- Aveta
In
Gallo-Roman religion , Dea Aveta was a mother goddess, also associated with the fresh-water spring atTrier in what is nowGermany .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.] Aveta is known mainly from clay figurines found at Toulon-sur-Allier inFrance ["Timeless Myths." [http://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/gallic.html Gallic Deities] ] 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. [Miranda Green. 1992. "Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art." Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-08076-7. p.28.] Her name is also known from inscriptions found inSwitzerland , and theCôte-d'Or (France ). ["L'Arbre Celtique." [http://www.arbre-celtique.com/approfondissements/divinites/inventaire-div/div_liste.php?nomdiv=Aveta "Aveta"] ]References
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