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Segomanna
A Gaulish Goddess: Forceful Mother/Mother of Victory
Segomanna is a Gaulish goddess known from a single inscription found at Serviers-Labaume, France. Her name is the female cognate of Segomo and like her masculine counterpart she may have been a martial deity. |
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Gaul: Forceful Mother/Mother of Victory
Segomanna is a goddess known from only a single inscription found at Serviers-Labaume in the Gard region of France (AE 1906, 33). Though nothing is known directly about this goddess' attributes her name strongly suggests that she is, etymologically, if not mythologically, the feminine equivalent of the male deity, Segomo.
Like her masculine counterpart, Segomanna's name can be derived from the reconstructed proto-Celtic elements *sego(s)- (force/victory) and possibly a stub of the word *mamm- (mother). Thus Segommana could be the 'Forceful Mother' or the 'Mother of Victory'.
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