- Motifs[edit]. Matres and Matronae appear depicted on both stones with inscriptions and without, both as altars and votives.
- The names differ, probably due to geographic: in northern Italy Matronae in Britain Matres, in Gaul mostly Matrae ( dative derivation ) and Matres.
- So to talk about the Matronae and Matres, we need to start with a discussion of their context and their inscribed altars and temples.
- This alternation between the forms Matres and Matronae is also found for Mother Goddesses possessing Germanic epithets (see below).
- Etymology The native name or names of the Matrones/Matres, if any, are unknown; the titles Matrae or Matronae are Latin for “mothers” and are Roman in origin.
- Relics of the female goddesses known as the Matres and Matronae, who were worshipped in Northwestern Europe between the first and fifth centuries...
- Some scholars believe that the Disir come directly from the Matres, meaning “Mothers” and pronounced “MAH-tress,” and the Matronae, pronounced...
- Archaeologist Rudolf Simek offers valuable insights into the depictions of the Matres and Matronae. He observes intriguing details that may hold symbolic meaning.
- Matres or Matronae (litt. "Mothers"): ancient deities, venerated in northwestern Europe. People sacrificing to the Aufanian Mothers.
- Motifs. Matres and Matronae appear depicted on both stones with inscriptions and without, both as altars and votives.
- Motifs[edit]. Matres and Matronae appear depicted on both stones with inscriptions and without, both as altars and votives.
- The names differ, probably due to geographic: in northern Italy Matronae in Britain Matres, in Gaul mostly Matrae ( dative derivation ) and Matres.
- So to talk about the Matronae and Matres, we need to start with a discussion of their context and their inscribed altars and temples.
- This alternation between the forms Matres and Matronae is also found for Mother Goddesses possessing Germanic epithets (see below).
- Etymology The native name or names of the Matrones/Matres, if any, are unknown; the titles Matrae or Matronae are Latin for “mothers” and are Roman in origin.
- Relics of the female goddesses known as the Matres and Matronae, who were worshipped in Northwestern Europe between the first and fifth centuries...
- Some scholars believe that the Disir come directly from the Matres, meaning “Mothers” and pronounced “MAH-tress,” and the Matronae, pronounced...
- Archaeologist Rudolf Simek offers valuable insights into the depictions of the Matres and Matronae. He observes intriguing details that may hold symbolic meaning.
- Matres or Matronae (litt. "Mothers"): ancient deities, venerated in northwestern Europe. People sacrificing to the Aufanian Mothers.
- Motifs. Matres and Matronae appear depicted on both stones with inscriptions and without, both as altars and votives.