Nabia

For the prehistoric animal, see Nabia (genus).
Diana, the Roman goddess often compared to Nabia.[1]

Nabia (or Navia) was a goddess of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, although she also had an extended cult during the Roman occupation of the peninsula.[2]

Nabia was worshipped in many places on the Iberian Peninsula, sometimes in very different ways, leading some historians to suggest that "Nabia" was just a common word used by different peoples to refer to their deities (a theory questioned by others).[3][page needed] Due to the uncertainty of her nature, she is sometimes interpreted as a water deity,[1] other times she is associated with valleys, forests and hills,[4] and she's further seen as the goddess of fertility, health, and abundance.[5]

Her name, including variations, is attested in 28 inscriptions as of 2025.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b FERREIRA, Daniela. Os Deuses foram honrados. Porto: Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto - FLUP, 2022. p. 67fn322.
  2. ^ Estudios sobre la tabula siarensis, Anejos de Archivo Español de Arqueología IX, Madrid, 1988, p. 264.
  3. ^ MELENA, José L. Un ara votiva romana en el Gaitán, Cáceres, 1984.
  4. ^ Los Dioses de la Hispania Céltica, Madrid, 2002.[page needed]
  5. ^ "Um balneário com 3 mil anos". Público. 2007-02-28.
  6. ^ Ruiz, José María Vallejo; González-Rodríguez, M.ª Cruz (2025). "De dioses y hombres: teónimos, grupos humanos y topónimos en el occidente hispano romano" [About Gods and Men: Theonyms, Human Groups and Place Names in the Roman Hispanic West]. Palaeohispanica (in Spanish). 25: Actas del XV Coloquio de Lenguas y Culturas Paleohispánicas: 581–600 [583]. doi:10.36707/palaeohispanica.v25i1.701.

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