Adsullata

In Celtic mythology, Adsullata was a river goddess of the Continental Celts associated with the River Savus (Sava) in Noricum.[1][2]

Later she came to Brittany from Celtic Gaul and was believed to be a goddess of hot springs and the origin of the Anglo-Celtic sun goddess, Sul.

Etymology

This theonym appears to be derived from Proto-Celtic *Ad-sūg-lat-ā. That derivation literally means (allative) "sucking liquid", which may have been a byword for the notion of "suck-giving liquid"[3] The Romano-British form of this Proto-Celtic reconstruction would likely have been *Adsuglata.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Turner, Patricia; Coulter, Charles Russell (2001). Patricia Turner and Charles Russel Coulter. Dictionary of ancient deities. Oxford University Press, 2000. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514504-5.
  2. ^ "Adsalluta". Ubi Erat Lupa. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Database query to An etymological lexicon of Proto-Celtic (in progress) [Matasovic]". Pryifsgol Cymru University of Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 11, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  4. ^ Willis, David (2003). "The diachrony of Brythonic Celtic syntax" (PDF). The syntax of Welsh. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–62. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2005.
  5. ^ Campbell, Lyle; Harris, Alice C. (2002). "Syntactic reconstruction and demythologizing 'Myths and the prehistory of grammars'". Journal of Linguistics. 38 (3): 599–618. doi:10.1017/S0022226702001706. ISSN 1469-7742.
  6. ^ Greene, David. "Celtic languages". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.


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