Cathubodua (Proto-Celtic: *Katu-bodwā, "battle crow") is the name of a Gaulish battle goddess.
Etymology
Cathubodua is the name of a Gaulish goddess derived from a single inscription at Mieussy in Haute Savoie, eastern France, which actually reads ATHVBODVAE AVG SERVILIA TERENTIA S L M. The text's restitution as Cathubodua depends on the assumptions that an initial C has been lost and that the personal names ATEBODVAE, ATEBODVVS and ATEBODVI in 3 other inscriptions in modern Austria and Slovenia are unrelated.
In the Gaulish language, the name Cathubodua is believed to mean battle-crow. Etymological lexical forms reconstructed in the University of Wales' Proto-Celtic lexicon, suggest that the name is likely to be ultimately derived from the Proto-Celtic *Katu-bodwā, a word that could be interpreted as ‘battle-fighting’.
References
- ^ "Cathubodua". L'Arbre Celtique. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- W. M. Hennessey (1870). The Ancient Irish Goddess of War.
- Pictet, Adolphe (1868). "SUR UNE NOUVELLE DÉESSE GAULOISE DE LA GUERRE". Revue Archéologique. 18: 1–17. ISSN 0035-0737. JSTOR 41733071.
- CIL III, 5247; CIL III, 4732; CIL III, 5386; Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Dottin, Georges (1918). La Langue Gauloise, Grammaire, Textes et Glossaire. Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck. p. 235, 244.
- "Proto-Celtic—English lexicon" (PDF). Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. University of Wales. 12 June 2012. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2005.
- "Project 5: The Celtic Languages And Cultural Identity: A Multidisciplinary Synthesis". The University of Wales. 22 December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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