Arnemetia is a goddess of Romano-British religion whose shrine stood at Aquae Arnemetiae, meaning the waters of Arnemetia, a site now occupied by the town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England. Her name draws on the Celtic elements are, meaning against or beside, and nemeton, meaning sacred grove, leading scholars to interpret it as she who dwells in the sacred grove. Because of this transparent meaning, some scholars have proposed that Arnemetia may originally have been a divine epithet describing a local water goddess and her relationship to a nearby grove, rather than a name in her own right. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Attestation
Era of Attestation Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 4 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Function
Domain / Function Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Arnemetia, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
3. Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia
John T. Koch (ed.), ABC-CLIO, 2006Arnemetia, Romano-British inscriptions at BuxtonView the Source 4. The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th edition
Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow (eds.), Oxford University Press
Wikipedia, "Arnemetia"
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