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Ronea
A Gaulish Goddess: The Maned Goddess
Ronea is a Gaulish Goddess known from a single inscription found at Lioux, France. If the interpretation of her name as 'the maned goddess' is correct then she may be a goddess of steeds or horses. |
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Gaul: The Maned Goddess
Ronea is a goddess known only from a single inscription found at Lioux in the Veucluse region of France (ILN-IV 136). Beyond this almost nothing is known of Ronea save for the goddess' name. Even this is difficult to interpret, but a tentative translation could be offered if the name is derived from the reconstructed proto-Celtic elements *rƒno- (mane), the deific particle -e- and the feminine ending -a giving us 'The Maned Goddess'. If this etymology is correct then Ronea may well have been an equine goddess of the same basic type as Epona and Mullo.
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