Cathubodua ( Proto-Celtic: *Katu-bodwā, "battle crow") is the name of a Gaulish battle goddess.
Cathubodua is the name of a Gaulish goddess derived from a single inscription at Mieussy in Haute Savoie, eastern France, [1] which actually reads ATHVBODVAE AVG SERVILIA TERENTIA S L M. [2] The text's restitution as Cathubodua depends on the assumptions that an initial C has been lost [3] and that the personal names ATEBODVAE, ATEBODVVS and ATEBODVI in 3 other inscriptions in modern Austria and Slovenia [4] are unrelated.
In the Gaulish language, the name Cathubodua is believed to mean battle-crow. [5] [1] 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’. [6] [7] Nonetheless it is this second element *bodwā which appears to be the Proto-Celtic root of the later form of the name Badhbh.[ citation needed] The masculine form *bodwos ('fighting') developed in Gaelic into Bodb.[ citation needed]
She appears to be similar to the Irish goddess Badb Catha; under this identification, Badb Catha would foresee the fate of warriors before the battle.
Cathubodua ( Proto-Celtic: *Katu-bodwā, "battle crow") is the name of a Gaulish battle goddess.
Cathubodua is the name of a Gaulish goddess derived from a single inscription at Mieussy in Haute Savoie, eastern France, [1] which actually reads ATHVBODVAE AVG SERVILIA TERENTIA S L M. [2] The text's restitution as Cathubodua depends on the assumptions that an initial C has been lost [3] and that the personal names ATEBODVAE, ATEBODVVS and ATEBODVI in 3 other inscriptions in modern Austria and Slovenia [4] are unrelated.
In the Gaulish language, the name Cathubodua is believed to mean battle-crow. [5] [1] 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’. [6] [7] Nonetheless it is this second element *bodwā which appears to be the Proto-Celtic root of the later form of the name Badhbh.[ citation needed] The masculine form *bodwos ('fighting') developed in Gaelic into Bodb.[ citation needed]
She appears to be similar to the Irish goddess Badb Catha; under this identification, Badb Catha would foresee the fate of warriors before the battle.