Ataegina by Gaspar

Mixed Medium • Fantasy • posted on Jul 17, 2007

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Ataegina (Portuguese: Atégina) was the Goddess of rebirth (Spring), fertility, nature, and healing in the Lusitanian mythology. She is also seen as the Lusitanian goddess of the moon. It is believed Ataegina's name comes from the Celtic Ate + Gena, meaning "reborn". Author and researcher Moisés Espírito Santo argues that the name combines Atta and Jana, the first being an epithet of the archetypal mother-goddess and the latter indicating the Roman deity Jana (partner to Janus) or, quite possibly, the moon goddess Diana. Espírito Santo also argues that Ataegina is a composite deity arising from syncretic tendencies.