Nemetona

Nemetona is a goddess of ancient Celtic religion worshiped in eastern Gaul. She is thought to have been the eponymous deity of the Germano-Celtic people known as the Nemetes; evidence of her veneration is found throughout their former territory in and around what is now Trier, Germany.^[1] She is also attested in Bath, England, where an alter to her was dedicated by a man of the Gallic Treveri people.^[1] Her name is derived from the Celtic root nemeto-, referring to sacred areas, and is related to nemeton, a term designating religious spaces.^[1]

Surviving inscriptions often associate Nemetona with Mars. She is paired with "Loucetios Mars" in the inscription at Bath, and with Mars at Trier and Altrip.^[1] Individual inscriptions to Nemetona and Loucetios have been recovered from the same site in Klein-Winternheim.^[2] The Altrip site was further notable for yielding a terra cotta depiction of the goddess.^[1]

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References

• Jufer, Nicole; Thierry Luginbühl (2001). Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie. Editions Errance. 
• Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO.