Talk:Arduinna

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Proposed merge[edit]

Arduina and Arduinna are clearly on the same subject but, as I don’t know which name is commoner, I am neutral as to where the merged article should be. —Ian Spackman (talk) 18:08, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can find records of only two inscriptions, one spelled Arduinna at Rome, the other Ardbinna from somewhere called Gey in Germany. No single-n spellings. Q·L·1968 ☿ 20:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I merged them, it seems double "n" is the most common. Goldenrowley (talk) 08:11, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Variant spellings[edit]

The 'variant spellings' Arduina, Arduinnae, Arduinne do not deserve special mention. There are, as far as I'm away, no instances in which Arduinna is spelled with only one n. The other two are merely in the dative case – but English prefers the nominative for its citation forms. (Ardbinna could legitimately be considered a variant spelling.) Q·L·1968 ☿ 22:33, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ardvi Sura Anahita[edit]

There's every reason to think that Arduina is the same goddess as the Iranian - Zoroastrian and, relevantly, Mithraic - Ardvi Sura Anahita, the 'strong moist spotless' one, a personification of the receptiveness and enduring power symbolized by water. There is some continuity between quasi-Zoroastrian Iranian peoples 'natively on the ground' like the Alans in the Ciscaucasian steppe (SE Russia) and the early Kurds of Cappadocia, with the Celts of the Balkans and Galatia (W-C Turkey); but more likely the connection between Iran and the Ardennes is via Roman soldiers who everywhere espoused the esoteric Iranian religion of Mithras, about which we still know far too little.UnknownSage (talk) 00:43, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]