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Aveta

In Gallo-Roman religion, Dea Aveta was a mother goddess, also associated with the freshwater spring at Trier in what is now Germany. Aveta is known mainly from clay figurines found at Toulon-sur- Allier in France and at Trier. These figurines show the goddess with infants at the breast, small lap-dogs, or baskets of fruit. There was a temple dedicated to Aveta in the Altbachtal complex at Trier. Her name is also known from inscriptions found in Switzerland and the Côte-d'Or (France).

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In Gallo-Roman religion, Dea Aveta was a mother goddess, also associated with the freshwater spring at Trier in what is now Germany.1 Aveta is known mainly from clay figurines found at Toulon-sur- Allier in France2 and at Trier. These figurines show the goddess with infants at the breast, small lap-dogs, or baskets of fruit.1 There was a temple dedicated to Aveta in the Altbachtal complex at Trier.3 Her name is also known from inscriptions found in Switzerland and the Côte-d'Or (France).4

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References

  1. Miranda Green. "The Celtic Goddess as Healer." In Sandra Billington (ed). 1996. The Concept of the Goddess. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-14421-6. p.33.
  2. Timeless Myths. Gallic Deities
  3. Miranda Green. 1992. Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-08076-7. p.28.
  4. L'Arbre Celtique. "Aveta"
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