Nantosuelta
Gaulish · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Gaulish goddess of home, fertility and water, consort of Sucellus; her emblem is a house-shaped sceptre and she is attended by a raven.
Domains
- home fertility water
Powers
- Tend the home, hearth and domestic plenty
Epithets
- the Winding River Goddess of home, hearth, and nature; consort of Sucellus, shown with a raven and a house-topped sceptreGallo-Roman dedications (e.g. Sarrebourg) (primary)
Relations
- spouse: SucellusReciprocal of gaulish_sucellus.spouse — Divine couple of the Sarrebourg relief: the mallet god beside Nantosuelta with her house-sceptre and raven.Green, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend (1992) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Sarrebourg relief and Nantosueltae dedications (Gaul, Rhineland) (primary); Name perhaps 'winding/sunny stream' (nanto- 'valley/stream'); Delamarre (2003) (secondary)