“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can’t put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.”
— ERIN BOW
I thought for my first personal post, going back my ancient historical roots would be apropriate, so hereby I present you:
Celtiberian deities
The Celtiberian were one of the many barbarian people and cultures that lived in the Iberian peninsula (aka. Spain and Portugal today) before the Romans conquered them.
As the name may suggest, they were a mix between the Celts that inhabited the North-West and the Iberians, on the Eastern part of the peninsula. They lived in the middle area, and had their own settlements, culture, societies and religion.
Today I did a little bit of research on their known deities, since, being from that area, I thought it would interesting to explore the ancient gods of my land, get to know them and… who knows? Maybe bring them back to memory from the depths of Roman erasure, and give them live again.
• Ariconā - goddess of tribal protection and dogs
• Banda (Bandis) - goddess of the entrance to the Otherworld, water protection
• Besenclā (Besenclae) - a community and house protector
• Cernunnos - horned God or God of fertility, life, animals, wealth and the underworld
• Corvā - war and defense goddess
• Dēvās Nemucelaecās - celestial goddesses
• Epona - godess of horses and passing/ride through the afterlife
• Erbina - a goddess of wild animals, hunting, and domestic security
• Harācos - agricultural and prosperity god
• Icconā - healing and medicine goddess
• Laneana (Laneanis) - a goddess of springs and floods
• Lidā - land and fertility goddess
• Limia - goddess of the Lima river
• Matres Termegiste - a triad of mother goddesses
• Moricilos - a god of winds, sky, and battle
• Nabia (Navia) - versatile goddess
• Neton - a war god
• Nimedos - a military protection god
• Reva (Reua) - personification of water flows
• Senaecos - a primordial god
• Sūliās - goddesses associated with medicine and springs
• Tarbucelis - war god
• Togotis - a god of community protection, war, and oaths
• Turculā - a boar goddess
• Vaelicos - a god of wolves and wild animals
Here I leave some useful links to some websites (some in English, some in Spanish) with the little information that is available about Celts, Celtiberians and their cultures and deities
https://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/iberian.html
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/la-religin-cltica-en-la-pennsula-ibrica-0/html/001186c0-82b2-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_2.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Celtic_deities
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celta
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt%C3%ADberos
~ Enthrelle 🧙🏻♀️
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The poor man.
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With AI, drunk plagiaristic elves who cannot actually write and would not know an idea or a sentence if it bit their little elvish arses will actually turn up and write something unpublishable for you. This is not a good thing.