Ansotica

Ansotica was a Liburnian deity worshiped in the area around Nin and Zadar in Croatia . She represents the type of mother goddess or goddess of love and was equated with the Roman Venus .

As with almost all Illyrian deities, there is no definite meaning of the name for Ansotica. The name sounds formally Celtic , but other researchers suspect that it could also be Illyrian , both peoples were closely related (also linguistically) and tribes of both peoples lived in ancient times in the area of ​​today's Croatia.

The Venus Ansotica was depicted according to the Mediterranean Roman- Greek model, a statue of Venus Ansotica made from Tuscan white marble has been preserved in Nin , it shows the crowned Venus clad in a toga with her son Priapus or Cupid .

See also

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

Web links

• Hinrichs / Büttner: Handbuch der Südosteuropa-Linguistik , Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1999, ISBN 9783447039390, p. 756.
• Statue of Venus Ansotica

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AE 1940, 00006 : Veneri Ansotic (ae) / sacrum / Baebia C (ai) f (ilia) Maximil / la ex testament (o) / L (uci) Corneli Bassi fecit