Nabia

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Nabia was the celtic goddess of rivers and water in Gallaecian and Lusitanian mythology, in the territory of modern Galicia (Spain) and Portugal.

The present-day Navia River in Galicia, was named in honor of the deity. Likewise, the Neiva River, near Braga (Bracara Augusta, old Roman capital of Gallaecia) is also named after her.

The goddess Nabia was very popular in the territory of the Callaici Bracari with several inscriptions, like the one in a Celtic language at Braga's Fonte do Ídolo (Portuguese for Fountain of the Idol).

[edit] See also

• Castro culture
• Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

[edit] References

• Coutinhas, José Manuel - Aproximação à identidade etno-cultural dos Callaici Bracari.Porto. 2006.
• García Fernández-Albalat, Blanca - Guerra y Religión en la Gallaecia y la Lusitania Antiguas. A Coruña. 1990.
• Olivares Pedreño, Juan Carlos - Los Dioses de la Hispania Céltica. Madrid. 2002.

[edit] External links

• Religiões da Lusitânia (in Portuguese)
• Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)