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Boudihillia
A Gaulish Goddess: Righteousness of Battle
Boudihillia in a Gaulish goddess known from the region of Hadrian's wall and forms one half of the Alaisiagae (along with Beda) and is a goddess of battle and death. |
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Gaul: Righteousness of Battle
Along with Beda Boudihillia forms a pair of goddesses known as the Alaisiagae and they represent burial and the righteousness of battle.
The following inscription to Boudihillia was found in the Vercoviciivm fort on Hadrian's Wall, Housesteads, Northumberland: DEABVS ALAISIAGIS BAVDIHILLIE ET FRIAGABI ET N AVGN HNAVDIFRIDI VSLM (To the Alaisagae goddesses Boudihillia and Friagabis, and to the divine spirit of the Emperor, the Numerus of Hnaudifridius willingly and deservedly fulfills its vow). In another inscription within the same temple her name is replaced by that of the Germanic goddess Fimmilena whiich strongly suggests syncretization of the two deities.
The name Boudihillia is probably derived from the reconstructed proto-Celtic roots: *boudi- (victory) and hīlījā (fullness, righteousness) giving 'Righteousness of Battle' an apposite name for one of the Alaisiagae; goddesses of battle and death.
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