Arentia the Divine Consort
Lusitanian · deity · Roman period · Recorded classification
Name leads with the English phrase 'the Divine Consort'; attested votive form Arentia. Paired with Arentius and, like him, apparently named from a water-root. Known only from epigraphy with no narrative; authored as a distinct figure because she is independently attested and bears her own epithet.
Domains
- springs sacred waters
Relations
- spouse: Arentius the Divine ConsortReciprocal of lusitanian_arentius.spouse — Arentius and Arentia are a paired divine couple, dedicated to jointly in Lusitanian votive inscriptions of the Egitania region.B. M. Prósper, Lenguas y religiones prerromanas del occidente de la Península Ibérica (2002) (secondary)
Sources
- Arentia is the female member of a Lusitanian divine couple (with Arentius), attested in central-eastern Lusitania and bearing the epithet Equotullaicensis; the pair is named together on a votive altar from Cilleros (Cáceres).: Votive altar from Cilleros (Cáceres) (inscription); J. C. Olivares Pedreño, 'Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula', e-Keltoi 6 (2005) (secondary)