Celtic Gods: Brythonic goddess, Cuda (Well-being, Prosperity)

Cuda
A Brythonic Goddess: Well-being, Prosperity

Cuda is Brythonic goddess known from an inscribed sculpture found at Cirencester, England where she is depicted as a mother goddess with fertility symbols and she represents prosperity and health.



Synonyms:
Bryth: Well-being, Prosperity

Cuda is known from an inscribed sculpture found at Cirencester, England, the capital of the Dubunni tribe. The image depicts her as a mother goddess, accompanied by three hooded Genii Cucullati (hooded figures found in sacred contexts who are generally small in stature and carry eggs, or other fertility attributes). The goddess is depicted seated with something in her lap (possibly an egg or loaf [the egg would equate with a cult of fertility]) and the three hooded figures are standing. The nearest figure appears to be accepting something from Cuda.

Another depiction of Dubonnic genii caculati comes from Daglingworth where, again, they are associated with a mother goddess who might be Cuda, based on a partial inscription. Thus the genii cacullati may be protective deities guarding the mother goddess.

Cuda's name relates directly to the concepts of wealth and well-being (with the substituton of c/q sounds to p/b the modern Cymric form is budd) which would fit with a role as a deity of fertility and possibly of healing.



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