Celtic Gods: The Gaulish Goddess, Trittia (The Third One)

Trittia
A Celtic Goddess, also known as Tritta: The Third One

Trittia (Tritta) is a Gaulish goddess known from two inscriptions, both from the Var region of France. She is probably the tutelary deity of the town of Trets. She probably represents a divine aspect of a trinity of goddesses.



Synonyms: Tritta
Gaul: The Third One

Trittia is a goddess known from two inscriptions found at Carnoulles in the Var region of France (CIL XII 0225) and Pierrefeu in the Var region of France (CIL XII 0316) where she is invoked as Trittiae. Trittia is also probably the tutelary deity of Trets in the Bouches du Rhône department of Provence. The site has been populated since megalithic times and the Romans knew this Oppidium (town) as Trittia.

Trittia's name is formed from the reconstructed proto-Celtic lexical element *trīs- (three) though in this case the form seems to represent the Gaulish version of 'The Third One' (which in its Cymric form yould be trydydd and in Irish tris or tres). Thus it would seem that Tritta was 'The Third One'. Whether this meant that she was one aspect of a triple goddess or that bein the thrid born of a trinity she had some special cult significance may never be known for certain.



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