' Cf. examples in B. ^4. H. 54, 26-7. One is a bronze half -boar,
with native inscription ; perhaps a tessera of friendship between
two Iberian towns.
* Cf. 2552 d scq. = 462.
ii6 Other Native Deities

Queen of Turobriga is asked and entreated by her
sacred majesty to avenge the thefts and wrongs com-
mitted to the detriment of her female devotee, accord-
ing to the schedule annexed, which includes six tunics,
two linen wrappers, and an indusium or woman's under-
garment.
The Lugoves, Lougii, or Lucoves, seem to be a
pluralized form of the Celtic god Lugus or Mercury,
a root which appears in Gallic and Irish personal
names, and several dedications to them occur both
in Gallascia and Celtiberia. One altar near Lugo has
three triangular depressions for incense, suggesting
three gods ; and they were perhaps woodland deities,
their name being formed from the same root as the
Latin lucus}

Other native deities were Aernus,^ probably assimi-
lated to the victorious Mars, since his altars are
adorned with palms; and Trebaruna, a duplication
of Victoria, as the two goddesses have altars side by
side dedicated by the same person. The Celtic
goddess of horses and mangers, Epona or Ebona, who
was also known at Rome, has a few ex-votos, both
in southern Spain and near Csesaraugusta, the altar
in one case being adorned with the figure of a
chariot.^

Another important group of powers were the fairies
and water-nymphs, as well as other personifications of
rivers and healing fountains. The fairies or ' mothers '
were popular throughout the Celtic world ; they are the
banshees of Ireland, and in Spain were revered in

1 Cf. article in B. ^. H. 56, 349, with references. 2 5651.
