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Sequana
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The Gaulish goddess of the source of the river Seine, which bears her name. Excavation of her sanctuary near Dijon, at the river's spring, recovered a bronze statue of the goddess standing in a boat shaped like a duck, together with more than a thousand wooden and bronze votive offerings, many carved as the specific limbs, eyes or organs pilgrims hoped she would heal, making the site one of the clearest surviving records of a healing-water pilgrimage cult anywhere in Gaulish religion.
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Place of OriginFontes Sequanae, the source of the Seine near Dijon, France, the site of her excavated sanctuary. 1 Origin of the NameThe river Seine takes its name from Sequana, the Gaulish goddess of its source. 1 Cult
Attributes and IconographyExcavation of Sequana's sanctuary near Dijon recovered a bronze statue of the goddess standing in a boat shaped like a duck, together with more than a thousand wooden and bronze votive offerings carved as the limbs, eyes or organs pilgrims hoped she would heal. 1 Function
Domain / FunctionRivers, lakes and springs 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 The Gaulish goddess of the source of the Seine, matching the reading already carried by the region's other Gaulish healing-water deities. Correspondences & Relations
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