Artahe
Artahe
Goddess
Artaha (also spelled Artehe) is the name of an ancient goddess that was worshiped in Southern Gaul, in the region of Aquitania. She is a protector goddess that is thought to be associated with bears.[citation needed]
The theonym is recorded in several inscriptions from Saint-Pé-d'Ardet, where there seems to have been a Gallo-Roman-era cult center for the god:[1]
- CIL 13, 64
- Lexeia Odanni f(ilia) Artehe v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
- CIL 13, 70; AE 1888, 141
- Deo Artahe L(uci) P(ompei) Pauliniani [nep(os) 3]
- ILTG 37
- Artahe deo Rufo IIFIS v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
- ILTG 38
- [...] Artahe [...]
From the same region - the village of Lourde - comes another inscription bearing the name:
- CIL 13, 71
- Artehe deo Bonnexi Amandi v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
It is also recorded in an inscription from Malvezie:
- CIL 13, 73 (4, p 2)
- Ar[t]a[he deo] L(ucius) Antist(ius) Syntr[o]p(h)us v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)