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In [[Gallo-Roman religion]], '''Artio''' was a [[goddess]] of the [[bear]], and was worshipped at [[Berne]], which actually means "bear".
==Representations and inscriptions==
A bronze sculpture from Muri, near [[Berne]] in [[Switzerland]] shows a large
bear facing a woman seated in a chair, with a small tree behind the
bear. The woman seems to hold fruit in her lap, perhaps feeding the
bear. (Deyts p.48, Green pp.217-218). The sculpture has a large rectangular bronze base, which bears an inscription. (CIL 13, 05160)
:Deae Artioni / Licinia Sabinilla
''To the Goddess Artio'' (or ''Artionis''), ''from Licinia Sabinilla''. If the name is Gaulish but the syntax is Latin, a dative Artioni would give an i-stem nominative ''*Artionis'' or an n-stem nominative ''*Artio''. That would perhap correspond to a Gaulish n-stem nominative ''*Artiu''.
Another inscription from [[Trier]] (Wightman p.217, CIL 13, 04113) also refers to Artio.
==Etymology==
Her name is derived from the [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] word ''artos'', bear (Delamarre 2003 p. 55-56). Other Celtic languages have similar words, such as [[Irish language|Old Irish]] ''art'', [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''arth'' - which may also be the source for the modern name [[Arthur]].
== See also ==
*[http://www.thaliatook.com/OGOD/artio.html Artio-Obscure Goddess Online Directory]
*[http://www.swissworld.org/xobix_media/images/sis/2003/sisimg20031015_4343317_0.jpg picture @ Stefan Rebsamen Bern Historical Museum]
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==References==
* [[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum]] (CIL) vol XIII, Inscriptiones trium Galliarum et Germaniarum
* Delamarre, X. (2003). ''Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise'' (2nd ed.). Paris: Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-237-6
* Deyts, Simone (1992) ''Images des Dieux de la Gaule''. Paris, Editions Errance. ISBN 2-87772-067-5.
* Green, Miranda (1992) ''Animals in Celtic Life and Myth''. London, Routledge. ISBN 0-415-18588-2
* Wightman, E.M. (1970) ''Roman Trier and the Treveri'' London, Hart-Davis. ISBN 0-246-63980-6
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[[Category:Animal goddesses]]
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