Brigantia (goddess) Brigantia (goddess) Brigantia was a goddess in Celtic (Gallo-Roman and Romano-British) religion of Late Antiquity. Through "interpretatio Romana", she was equated with "Victoria". The tales connected to the characters of Brigid and Saint Brigid in Irish mythology and legend have been argued to be connected to Brigantia although the figures themselves remain distinct. The name is derived from Proto-Celtic "*Brigantī" and means "The High One", cognate with the Old Irish name Brigit, the Old High German personal name "Burgunt", the Sanskrit word "Bṛhatī" (बृहती) "high", an epithet of the Hindu dawn goddess Ushas, and Avestan "bǝrǝzaitī". The ultimate source is
Triple Goddess (Neopaganism) goddess of motherhood and sexuality Mari, and the hag-goddess of wisdom Ana) is the main form of religion. In her discussion of James Mellaart's theories regarding Çatalhöyük, Lynn Meskell says it is probable that the Triple Goddess originated with the work of Jane Ellen Harrison. Harrison asserts the existence of female trinities, discusses the Horae as chronological symbols representing the phases of the Moon and goes on to equate the Horae with the Seasons, the Graces and the Fates. and the three seasons of the ancient Greek year, and notes that "[T]he matriarchal goddess may well have reflected the three