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Sep 23

Yorkshire’s Holy Wells & the Severed Head

Filed under Articles, Brigantia England, Celtic Head, Celtic Tribes, Gods, Iron Age, Well

The cult of the severed head is important in Celtic tradition; and most of Yorkshire was once occupied by the Celtic tribe of the Brigantes, a confederacy of Celtic tribes subservient to an overruling royal dynasty. The reign of their queen Cartimandua was contemporaneous with that of Boadicea.

Adel, Brigantes, Brigantia, Cataway Well, Diana's Well, East Witton, Eshton, Green Springs, Hebden Bridge, Holy Well, Holy Wells, Ikley, Ilkley Moor, Skipton, Slavering Baby, St Helen, St Helen's Well, White Wells, Whitley, Yorkshire
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Sep 23

Brigantia votive inscriptions – Finds and Analysis

Filed under Altar, Articles, Brigantia England, Gods, Iron Age, Reports

Votive inscriptions to the Goddess Brigantia have been found in the North of England using four names: Caelestis Brigantia, Nympha Brigantia, Brigantia Augusta, and Victoria Brigantia. In this report I review what is known about them, and how this knowledge can help us understand how the Romano-British viewed the Goddess.