Celtic Gods: The Gaulish Goddess, Sandravdinga (Most Angry Spirit)

Sandravdiga
A Gaulish Goddess: Most Angry Spirit

Sandravdinga is a Gaulish goddess known from a single inscription found at Groot-Zundert in the Netherlands. She seems to have been the protective geniae locae 'spirit of place' of the locale.



Synonyms:
Gaul: Most Angry Spirit

Sandravdiga is a goddess known from a single inscription found at Groot-Zundert in the Netherlands. She would seem to be a native deity, and the name would seem to be Celtic rather than Germanic and can be interpreted as containing the reconstructed proto-Celtic lexical elements: *sani- (especially), *draugo- (spirit), *dīka- (angry) and the feminine ending -a, giving us: 'The Most Angry Spirit'; suggesting that she might have been a genius loci (spirit of place).



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