The pre-Roman pantheon of the Lusitanian, Gallaecian, Vettonian and Celtici peoples of the western Iberian Peninsula, known almost entirely through Roman-era Latin votive inscriptions rather than any surviving native narrative literature, since the region left no myth text of its own beyond a handful of short ritual inscriptions such as the Cabeco das Fraguas sacrifice text. Its best attested figures, Endovelicus, Ataecina, Bandua, Nabia, Reve and Trebaruna, survive as names, epithets and dedications carved in stone by worshippers rather than as characters in any story.
Facts
Attestation
Era of AttestationAttested from Roman-era inscriptions from the Iberian Peninsula naming Lusitanian deities such as Endovelicus, from the first centuries BCE and CE, until absorption into Roman religion. 1 Correspondences & Relations
Sources
1. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source Jose d'Encarnacao
Jose d'Encarnacao, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, Lisbon, 1975Encarnacao's catalogue as the basis for the pantheon overview and its named figures
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