- Terracotta relief of the Matres (the Vertault relief), from the Gallo-Roman settlement of Vertillum (Vertault) in Gaul. An altar of the Aufanian Matronae...
- The names differ, probably due to geographic: in northern Italy Matronae in Britain Matres, in Gaul mostly Matrae ( dative derivation ) and Matres.
- This alternation between the forms Matres and Matronae is also found for Mother Goddesses possessing Germanic epithets (see below).
- So to talk about the Matronae and Matres, we need to start with a discussion of their context and their inscribed altars and temples.
- Relics of the female goddesses known as the Matres and Matronae, who were worshipped in Northwestern Europe between the first and fifth centuries...
- Matres or Matronae (litt. "Mothers"): ancient deities, venerated in northwestern Europe. People sacrificing to the Aufanian Mothers.
- Some scholars believe that the Disir come directly from the Matres, meaning “Mothers” and pronounced “MAH-tress,” and the Matronae, pronounced...
- Bonn Minster'da (Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn) kazılan Aufanian Matronae'nin bir sunağı. Matres ( Latince "anneler" için) [1] ve Matronae...
- Archaeologist Rudolf Simek offers valuable insights into the depictions of the Matres and Matronae. He observes intriguing details that may hold symbolic meaning.
- The Matres (Latin "mothers") and Matronae (Latin "matrons") were female deities venerated in Northwestern Europe from the first to the fifth century.