Vihansa

Vihansa is the name of a Germanic goddess written on a bronze tablet found in , near Tongeren in modern Belgium.

Name[]

There is general agreement among scholars that the theonym is Germanic; it probably belongs to the Tungrian dialect or language. Vihansa is most likely a Latinized form of the compound *wiha-ansu-, meaning 'holy deity'.^[1]

Dedication[]

The inscription was engraved by Q. Catius Libo Nepos, centurion with Legio III Cyrenaica, who dedicated his shield and spear to the goddess Vihansa, probably after returning to his homeland from a military service:^[2]^[3]

Vihansae / Q(uintus) Catius Libo Nepos / centurio leg(ionis) III / Cyrenaicae scu/tum et lanceam d(onum) d(edit)
— Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum CIL XIII, 3592.

References[]

^ Neumann 1999, p. 126.
^ Raepsaet-Charlier, Marie-Thérèse (1995). "Municipium Tungrorum". Latomus. 54 (2): 361–369. ISSN 0023-8856. JSTOR 41537302.
^ Raepsaet-Charlier, Marie-Thérèse (2017). "Multiculturalisme et multilinguisme dans la cité des Tongres à l'époque romaine". Meertaligheit dan ooit, Tijdschrift van de Alumni Letteren Leuven. 7. pp. 119–125.

Bibliography[]

Neumann, Günter (1999), "Germani cisrhenani — die Aussage der Namen", in Beck, H.; Geuenich, D.; Steuer, H. (eds.), Germanenprobleme in heutiger Sicht, Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 978-3110164381

External links[]

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[FOOTNOTENeumann1999126-1] Neumann 1999, p. 126.

[2] Raepsaet-Charlier, Marie-Thérèse (1995). "Municipium Tungrorum". Latomus. 54 (2): 361–369. ISSN 0023-8856. JSTOR 41537302.

[3] Raepsaet-Charlier, Marie-Thérèse (2017). "Multiculturalisme et multilinguisme dans la cité des Tongres à l'époque romaine". Meertaligheit dan ooit, Tijdschrift van de Alumni Letteren Leuven. 7. pp. 119–125.

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