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Ataegina or Ataecina (Spanish; (ポルトガル語:Atégina)) was a popular goddess worshipped by the ancient Iberians, Lusitanians, and Celtiberians of the Iberian Peninsula. ==Name and functions== The name ''Ataegina'' is most commonly derived from a Celtic source: the two roots '' *atte-'' and '' *geno-'' to mean "Reborn" or from '' *ad-akwī-'' (Irish ''adaig'') meaning "night".〔(E-Keltoi Journal of Inter-disciplinary Celtic Studies Vol. 6 )〕 Epigraphs from the Badajoz region associate the goddess with the Roman Proserpina or Persephone which would make her a goddess presiding over Spring and seasonality, echoing the "reborn" derivation of the name.〔Juan Manuel Abascal, ''Las inscripciones latinas de Santa Lucía del Trampal (Alcuéscar, Cáceres) y el culto de Ataecina en Hispania,'' Archivo Español de Arqueología 68: 31-105 (1995)〕 Ataegina was worshipped in Lusitania and Betica; there were also sanctuaries dedicated to Ataegina in Elvas (Portugal), and Mérida and Cáceres in Spain, along with other places, especially near the Guadiana river. She was one of the goddesses worshipped in ''Myrtilis'' (today's Mértola, Portugal), ''Pax Julia'' (Beja, Portugal) and especially the city of ''Turobriga'', whose precise location is unknown. A bronze plaque from Malpartida de Cáceres suggests associations with the goat as a sacred animal.〔 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「Ataegina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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