Aveta

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Aveta, or a similar mother goddess, as depicted on terracotta statuettes among the Treveri. (Replica)

In Gallo-Roman religion, Dea Aveta was a mother goddess, also associated with the freshwater spring at Trier in what is now Germany.[1] Aveta is known mainly from clay figurines found at Toulon-sur- Allier in France[2] and at Trier. These figurines show the goddess with infants at the breast, small lap-dogs, or baskets of fruit.[1] There was a temple dedicated to Aveta in the Altbachtal complex at Trier.[3] Her name is also known from inscriptions found in Switzerland and the Côte-d'Or (France).[4]

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  1. a b Miranda Green. "The Celtic Goddess as Healer." In Sandra Billington (ed). 1996. The Concept of the Goddess. Routledge. Template:ISBN. p.33.
  2. Timeless Myths. Gallic Deities
  3. Miranda Green. 1992. Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art. Routledge. Template:ISBN. p.28.
  4. L'Arbre Celtique. "Aveta"

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