- Ancamna
In
Gallo-Roman religion , Ancamna was a water goddess worshipped particularly in the valley of theMoselle River . She was commemorated atTrier as the consort of MarsLenus , and at Möhn as the consort of Mars Smertulitanos.Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl. 2001. "Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie." Editions Errance, Paris. pp.14, 21. fr icon]Inciona is also apparently invoked along with Lenus MarsVeraudunus on a bronze "ex voto" from Luxembourg;Musée d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg. 1974. "Pierres sculptées et inscriptions de l'époque romaine", catalogued by Eugénie Wilhelm, p.71. fr icon] it is unclear what connection, if any, exists between Inciona and Ancamna. Jufer and Luginbühl link Ancamna with two other consorts of the Gaulish Mars,Litavis andNemetona , noting that none of these appear to be warrior goddesses themselves; instead, they suggest that Ancamna might have been associated with a spring.The name Ancamna may be derived from the
Proto-Celtic *"anko-abonā" , denoting ‘crooked river.’ [Reconstructed [http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/pcl-moe.pdf Proto-Celtic—English lexis] as collated by theUniversity of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies.] The name *"ank-ab(o)nā" presumably developed intoGaulish *"Ankabna", being transcribed inLatin letters as "Ancamna". This apparent semantic connotation has led Dr. John Koch at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies to suggest that this personality may personify “meandering freshwater flow”.Fact|date=February 2007 This theory, if it is correct, may imply a parallel between Ancamna and such beings asNantosuelta , which may be another name for the same personified aspect of nature.Works cited
Further reading
*Ellis, Peter Berresford, "Dictionary of Celtic Mythology"(Oxford Paperback Reference), Oxford University Press, (1994): ISBN 0-19-508961-8
*MacKillop, James. "Dictionary of Celtic Mythology". Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-280120-1.
*Wood, Juliette, "The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art", Thorsons Publishers (2002): ISBN 0-00-764059-5
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