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. Her name could be derived from the Celtic * and *, suggesting a protector or protectress of property, home, and families.
Two small altars dedicated to this goddess were found in Portugal, one in Roman-Lusitanian Egitania 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 S OCONUS OCONIS f which translates as: Oconus, son of Oco, has fulfilled the vow to Trebaruna.
A name Trebarune 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. She has recently become, among neopagans, a goddess of battles and alliances.
The Portuguese metal-band Moonspell composed a song called "Trebaruna" which is a celebration of the goddess.

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