John Shaqi
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE

Aveta

Iron Age Europe

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.

Aveta

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).

Pantheon: Celtic Culture: Celtic Civilization: Iron Age Europe Period: 800 BCE – 500 CE

Source: Wikipedia

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Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aveta

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