Matronae Aufaniae

The Aufanian Matronae (detail) from the Gallo-Roman temple site at Görresburg, Nettersheim (Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn)

The Matronae Aufaniae (or Matres Aufaniae or Deae Aufaniae) were one name for Celtic mother goddesses (Matronae) worshipped throughout Celtic Europe. They are known only from inscriptions and reliefs and they appear to have been found mainly in the German Rhineland.

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