Celtic Gods: The Gaish goddess, Laha (She who Sends Forth)

Laha
A Gaulish Goddess: She who Sends Forth

Laha is a Gaulish goddess known from six inscriptions all originating in the Pyrenees region of France. All these sites are associated with springs and water sources and by inference Laha is a goddess of the divine well or sping.



Synonyms:
Gaul: She who Sends Forth

Laha is a goddess known from several inscriptions in the Pyrennes region of France, namely at Alan (CIL XIII 00142), Francon (CIL XIII 00145), Marignac-les-Peyres (CIL XIII 00144), Castelnau-de-Picampeau (CIL XIII 00147) and Sana (CIL XIII 00143) in the Haute-Garonne and Ferrère (CIL XIII 00317) in the Hautes-Pyrénées. These are all sites associated with springs and watersources, which implies that Laha was a goddess of the divine well or spring.

One of the few of the reconstructed proto-Celtic roots that may relate to this goddess' name is: *lā-(j)e/o- (send) and may have the sense of 'She Who Sends Forth' which would be apposite for a goddess of watersources. Etymologically her name may be related to those of the goddes Lahara known from Irujo, Spain and Lahus Paraliomegus known from Lugo, Spain.



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