Artio
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Artio (Dea Artio in the Gallo-Roman religion) is a Celtic bear goddess. Evidence of her worship has notably been found at Bern in Switzerland. Her name is derived from the Gaulish word for 'bear', artos.
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Vinony files it under Animal goddesses, Bear deities and Celtic goddesses.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- Celtic deity
- Gender
- female
- Image
- HMB - Muri statuette group - Artio 2.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Artemis
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- Artio
- worshipped by
- Celtic mythology
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Artio (Dea Artio in the Gallo-Roman religion) is a Celtic bear goddess. Evidence of her worship has notably been found at Bern in Switzerland. Her name is derived from the Gaulish word for 'bear', artos.
==Name== thumb|The goddess Artio as depicted in the Muri statuette group.|248x248px The Gaulish theonym Artiō derives from the Celtic word for the 'bear', (cf. Old Irish , Middle Welsh , Old Breton ), itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos ('bear'). A Celtic form reconstructed as *Arto-rix ('Bear-King') could be the source for the name Arthur, via a Latinized form *Artori(u)s. The Basque ('bear') is also presumed to be a Celtic loanword.
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