Nabia

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

The Fonte do Ídolo, in Braga.

The present-day Navia River and Avia (river) in Galicia and Asturias, the Neiva River, near Braga (Bracara Augusta, old Roman capital of Gallaecia) and the Nabão River which passes through the city of Tomar may all share the etymology of the goddess's name.

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

See also

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.

Further reading
  • Abad, Rosa Brañas. "Navia. La gran diosa galaica". In: Memoria del agua: la tradición y el imaginario galaicos. Ladislao Castro Pérez (ed. lit.), María Eugenia Muñoz Fernández (ed. lit.), 2021, págs. 87-132. ISBN 9788412365719.
  • Fernández-Albalat, Blanca García. "La diosa Nabia: nueva interpretación". In: Actas 1er. Congreso Peninsular de Historia Antigua : Santiago de Compostela, 1-5 julio 1986. Gerardo Pereira Menaut (dir. congr.), Vol. 2, 1988, págs. 249-261. ISBN 84-7191-446-8.
  • Olivares Pedreño, Juan Carlos. "El culto a Nabia en Hispania y las diosas polifuncionales indoeuropeas". In: Lucentum, ISSN-e 1989-9904, Nº 17-18, 1998-1999, págs. 229-242. ISSN 0213-2338.
  • Prósper, Blanca María. "El nombre de la diosa lusitana Nabia y el problema del betacismo en las lenguas del occidente peninsular". In: Ilu 2 (1997): 141-149.
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