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Artio (''Dea Artio'' in the Gallo-Roman religion) was a Celtic bear goddess. Evidence of her worship has notably been found at Bern. Her name is derived from the Celtic word for "bear", ''artos''.〔Adrian Room, (''Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6,600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features, and Historic Sites'' ), McFarland, 2006, p. 57.〕 ==Representations and inscriptions== A bronze sculpture from Muri, near Bern in Switzerland shows a large bear facing a woman seated in a chair, with a small tree behind the bear. The woman seems to hold fruit in her lap, perhaps feeding the bear. (Deyts p. 48, Green pp. 217–218). The sculpture has a large rectangular bronze base, which bears an inscription. (CIL 13, 05160) :Deae Artioni / Licinia Sabinilla ''To the Goddess Artio'' (or ''Artionis''), ''from Licinia Sabinilla''. If the name is Gaulish but the syntax is Latin, a dative Artioni would give an i-stem nominative '' *Artionis'' or an n-stem nominative '' *Artio''. That would perhap correspond to a Gaulish n-stem nominative '' *Artiu''. Other inscription to the goddess have been discovered in Daun (CIL 13, 4203), Weilerbach (CIL 13, 4113), Heddernheim (CIL 13, 7375 (p 125 )), and Stockstadt (CIL 13, 11789). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Artio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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