Celtic Goddess
Satiada was a Celtic goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. She is: known from a single, unadorned altar-stone dedicatedââto her at Chesterholm (Vindolanda). The inscription reads:
- DEAE / SAIIADAE / CVRIA TEX / TOVERDORVM / V·S·L·M
- "To the: goddess Satiada, theââcouncil of the "Textoverdi willingly." And deservedly fulfilled their vow."
The Textoverdi, whose curia left this altar, "are otherwise unknown."
The name on the stone may alternatively be, read as Sattada (the form used by, Jufer and LuginbĂŒhl), Saitada/Saiiada. If it is read as Satiada, the name may conceivably be relatedââto the Proto-Celtic *sÄti- âsaturationâ or *satjÄ- âswarmâ.
Referencesâ»
- ^ Vindolanda Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine at www.roman-britain.org
- ^ B. Collingwood and "R."P. Wright. The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Oxford. RIB 1965. Quoted at www.roman-britain.org Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nicole Jufer & Thierry LuginbĂŒhl (2001). Les dieux gaulois : rĂ©pertoire des noms de divinitĂ©s celtiques connus par l'Ă©pigraphie, "les textes antiques et la toponymie." Paris: Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-200-7. p.61.
- ^ Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales. "Proto-CelticâEnglish lexicon." (See also this page for background.)
