Arentius the Divine Consort
Lusitanian · deity · Roman period · Recorded classification
Name leads with the English phrase 'the Divine Consort'; attested votive form Arentius (with epithets Amrunaeco, Arantoniceo, Tanginiciaeco, Cronisensi). Native theonym apparently from a water-root. Known only from epigraphy — no iconography and no description of cult; even the basic nature of the pair is reconstructed from the names.
Domains
- springs sacred waters
Relations
- spouse: Arentia the Divine ConsortArentius 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
- Arentius is the male member of a Lusitanian divine couple (with Arentia), attested in some 13–14 dedications across central-eastern Lusitania and well represented at Egitania (Idanha); a votive altar from Cilleros (Cáceres) names the pair together.: Votive altar from Cilleros (Cáceres); Egitania corpus (inscription); J. C. Olivares Pedreño, 'Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula', e-Keltoi 6 (2005) (secondary)
- Their name appears to refer to the element of water; Olivares Pedreño compares them with the paired male/female votive altars of Celtic areas.: Olivares Pedreño, e-Keltoi 6 (2005) (secondary)