Trebaruna

Trebaruna, also Treborunnis and possibly *Trebarunu, was a Lusitanian deity, probably a goddess.

Trebaruna's cult was located in the cultural area of Gallaecia and Lusitania (in the territory of modern Galicia (Spain) and Portugal). Her name could be derived from the Celtic *trebo (home) and *runa (secret, mystery), suggesting a protector or protectress of property, home, and families.[1]

Two small altars dedicated to this goddess were found in Portugal, one in Roman-Lusitanian Egitania (current Idanha-a-Velha) and another in Lardosa. The Tavares Proença Regional Museum in Castelo Branco now contains the altar from Lardosa. It was located in an area where the people from a Castro settlement founded a Roman-Lusitanian villa. This altar used to hold a statue of the goddess which has since been lost. Nevertheless, it still preserves this inscription: TREBARONNE V(otum) S(Olvit) OCONUS OCONIS f(ilius) which translates as: Oconus, son of Oco, has fulfilled the vow to Trebaruna.[2] A name Trebarune (probably in the dative case) also appears on the inscription of Cabeço das Fráguas as a divinity receiving a sacrifice of a sheep.

Following the announcement in 1895 by José Leite de Vasconcelos of the discovery of Trebaruna as a new theonym, a poem celebrating this was published which likened Trebaruna to the Roman Victoria.[3] She has recently[4] become, among neopagans, a goddess of battles and alliances.[5] The Portuguese metal-band Moonspell composed a song called "Trebaruna" which is a celebration of the goddess.

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References
  1. O Archeologo Português, 1/29, 1933, p. 163
  2. O Archeologo Português, 1/29, 1933, pp. 165-166
  3. Trebaruna, deusa Lusitana, ode heroica, José Leite de Vasconcelos, Barcelos : Typographia da Aurora do Cavado (1895)
  4. O que é a Pagan Federation? Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Pagan Federation Portugal Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
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