Annea

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Annea was a goddess of the northern Italian Celts . She was worshiped in what is now the province of Cuneo near the French border, where an inscription identifies her with the Roman goddess Juno . She is also identified with the Gallic goddess Clivana, who is probably an nickname for Anneas.

The meaning of the name Annea is unclear, but it is probably related to the Celtic "Ann-" for "mother" and is etymologically related to that of the Irish goddess Anu / Ana . Except for her equation with the goddess Juno , who suggests a function as mother goddess or mother of gods, not much is known about Anne's cult. Eilenstein equates Annea not only with Anu, but also with Danu / Dana . His suspicions of a connection with Cernunnos and the Gundestrup cauldron are unproven.

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Celtic religion
• Celtic mythology
• Black Annis

literature

• John A. MacCulloch: The Religion of the Ancient Celts . Dover Publ., Minneolah, NY 2003, ISBN 0-486-42765-X (reprint of Edinburgh 1911 edition)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harry Eilenstein: Cernunnos: From Shaman to Druid Merlin . 3. Edition. BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2018, ISBN 978-3-8448-1819-2 , pp. 141 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
2. ↑ Harry Eilenstein: The cauldron of Gundestrup: Origins of Celtic mythology . 2nd Edition. BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8391-6455-6 , pp. 110 ( limited preview in Google Book search).