Alauna
Alauna is the feminine form of the Gaulish god Alaunus or (possibly[1]) an unrelated Celtic river goddess in her own right.
It appeared as the Latinized form of various placenames in Celtic Europe:
Places
- France
- Alauna or Alaunia, the Roman settlement at Valognes in Normandy
- Alauna or Alaunus, the Roman name of the River Aulne in Brittany
- England
- Alauna, Alavana, Alona, or Alunna, generally identified with the Roman fort at Watercrook near Kendal in Cumbria
- Alauna Carvetiorum, the Roman settlement at Maryport in Cumbria
- Alauna, the Roman settlement at Alcester in Warwickshire
- The River Aln, sometimes identified with the Alauna or Alaunos River in Ptolemy's Geography
- The Roman settlement at Learchild, sometimes identified with the Alauna in Ptolemy's Geography
- Scotland
- The Allan Water, sometimes identified with the Alauna or Alaunos River in Ptolemy's Geography
- Ardoch in Perthshire, sometimes identified with the Alauna in Ptolemy's Geography
See also
References
- ^ Monaghan, P. The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore, p. 13. Facts on File (New York), 2002.
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