the origin of the name Britain

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fitzcoraldo Nov 9, 2005 17:47:16
Replying to PeterH

Our discussion my not have progressed the theme of this thread any but it does echo back to a previous thread on 'icons'. Do you suppose our warrior queens, were the protoype Brittainia?
Another ramble could be the question of , if the Iron Age Tribes followed female warriors into battle, then were their chosen Goddesses of a similar nature? If so, where and when did the warrior goddess on the western margins of Europe evolve? It kinda blows away the benevolent momma earth groove.

M morfe
morfe Nov 9, 2005 18:58:08
Replying to fitzcoraldo

"It kinda blows away the benevolent momma earth groove."

Too right Fitzo.

But don't forget the triple aspect: birth, love, death - or inception, struggle, release?

P PeterH
PeterH Nov 9, 2005 19:59:42
Replying to fitzcoraldo

"Do you suppose our warrior queens, were the protoype Brittainia?"

That does seem possible or even likely. There must have been a reason for introducing a female identity. Was Britannia simply the Roman Minerva (goddess or war, wisdom and crafts) in native guise. There is much evidence of celticisation of Roman deities.