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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Celtic goddess</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the rock group, see <a href="/wiki/Dea_Matrona_(band)" title="Dea Matrona (band)">Dea Matrona (band)</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matrona_Gaul_goddess.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Matrona_Gaul_goddess.jpg/200px-Matrona_Gaul_goddess.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Matrona_Gaul_goddess.jpg/300px-Matrona_Gaul_goddess.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Matrona_Gaul_goddess.jpg/400px-Matrona_Gaul_goddess.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1091" data-file-height="1655" /></a><figcaption>Stone carving of the goddess Matrona</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matrona_Gaul_goddess_alt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Matrona_Gaul_goddess_alt.jpg/200px-Matrona_Gaul_goddess_alt.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="355" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Matrona_Gaul_goddess_alt.jpg/300px-Matrona_Gaul_goddess_alt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Matrona_Gaul_goddess_alt.jpg/400px-Matrona_Gaul_goddess_alt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="873" data-file-height="1550" /></a><figcaption>Stone carving of the goddess Matrona</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Celtic_mythology" title="Celtic mythology">Celtic mythology</a>, <b>Dea Matrona</b> ('Divine Mother') was the <a href="/wiki/Goddess" title="Goddess">goddess</a> who gives her name to the river <a href="/wiki/Marne_(river)" title="Marne (river)">Marne</a> (ancient <i>Matrŏna</i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) in <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Gaulish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaulish language">Gaulish</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/theonym" class="extiw" title="wikt:theonym">theonym</a> <i>Mātr-on-ā</i> signifies 'Great Mother'<sup id="cite_ref-delamarre_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delamarre-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the goddess of the Marne has been interpreted to be a <a href="/wiki/Mother_goddess" title="Mother goddess">mother goddess</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-delamarre_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delamarre-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many Gaulish religious images—including inexpensive <a href="/wiki/Terracotta" title="Terracotta">terracotta</a> <a href="/wiki/Statue" title="Statue">statues</a> <a href="/wiki/Mass_production" title="Mass production">mass-produced</a> for use in household <a href="/wiki/Shrine" title="Shrine">shrines</a>—depict mother goddesses nursing babies or holding fruits, other foods, or small dogs in their laps. In many areas, such <i>Matronae</i> were depicted in <a href="/wiki/Triple_deities#Triple_goddesses" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple deities">groups of three</a> (or sometimes two)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (see <a href="/wiki/Matres_and_Matronae" title="Matres and Matronae">Matres and Matronae</a> for the triads of mother goddesses well attested throughout northern Europe). </p><p>The name of Welsh mythological figure <a href="/wiki/Modron" title="Modron">Modron</a>, mother of <a href="/wiki/Mabon_ap_Modron" title="Mabon ap Modron">Mabon</a>, is derived from the same etymon (and Mabon has a cognate in Gaulish <a href="/wiki/Maponos" title="Maponos">Maponos</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dea_Matrona&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aveta" title="Aveta">Aveta</a>, another Gallic mother goddess</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dea_Matrona&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus" title="Ammianus Marcellinus">Ammianus Marcellinus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ausonius" title="Ausonius">Ausonius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sidonius_Apollinaris" title="Sidonius Apollinaris">Sidonius Apollinaris</a>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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Lewis and Charles Short (1879). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3DMatrona2">"A Latin Dictionary, 'Matrona'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. Perseus, Tufts University<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Spirits">Genii Cucullati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grannus" title="Grannus">Grannus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ialonus_Contrebis" title="Ialonus Contrebis">Ialonus Contrebis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenus" title="Lenus">Lenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litavis" title="Litavis">Litavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loucetios" title="Loucetios">Loucetios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lugus" title="Lugus">Lugus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maponos" title="Maponos">Maponos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matres_and_Matronae" title="Matres and Matronae">Matres</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Matrona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogons" title="Mogons">Mogons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantosuelta" title="Nantosuelta">Nantosuelta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogmios" title="Ogmios">Ogmios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritona" title="Ritona">Ritona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosmerta" title="Rosmerta">Rosmerta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Segomo" title="Segomo">Segomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirona_(goddess)" title="Sirona (goddess)">Sirona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucellus" title="Sucellus">Sucellus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suleviae" title="Suleviae">Suleviae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranis" title="Taranis">Taranis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telesphorus_(mythology)" title="Telesphorus (mythology)">Telesphorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toutatis" title="Toutatis">Toutatis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virotutis" title="Virotutis">Virotutis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visucius" title="Visucius">Visucius</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rouelle_d_or_Balesme_Haute_Marne.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Celtic wheel"><img alt="Celtic wheel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Rouelle_d_or_Balesme_Haute_Marne.jpg/100px-Rouelle_d_or_Balesme_Haute_Marne.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Rouelle_d_or_Balesme_Haute_Marne.jpg/150px-Rouelle_d_or_Balesme_Haute_Marne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Rouelle_d_or_Balesme_Haute_Marne.jpg/200px-Rouelle_d_or_Balesme_Haute_Marne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="525" /></a><figcaption>Celtic wheel</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-right mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taranis_Jupiter_with_wheel_and_thunderbolt_Le_Chatelet_Gourzon_Haute_Marne.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Taranis"><img alt="Taranis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Taranis_Jupiter_with_wheel_and_thunderbolt_Le_Chatelet_Gourzon_Haute_Marne.jpg/100px-Taranis_Jupiter_with_wheel_and_thunderbolt_Le_Chatelet_Gourzon_Haute_Marne.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Taranis_Jupiter_with_wheel_and_thunderbolt_Le_Chatelet_Gourzon_Haute_Marne.jpg/150px-Taranis_Jupiter_with_wheel_and_thunderbolt_Le_Chatelet_Gourzon_Haute_Marne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Taranis_Jupiter_with_wheel_and_thunderbolt_Le_Chatelet_Gourzon_Haute_Marne.jpg/200px-Taranis_Jupiter_with_wheel_and_thunderbolt_Le_Chatelet_Gourzon_Haute_Marne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="953" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>Taranis</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#c1e6c1;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Iron_Age" title="British Iron Age">Britannia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abandinus" title="Abandinus">Abandinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaisiagae" title="Alaisiagae">Alaisiagae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancasta" title="Ancasta">Ancasta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andraste" title="Andraste">Andraste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cunomaglus" title="Cunomaglus">Apollo Cunomaglus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnemetia" title="Arnemetia">Arnemetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belatucadros" title="Belatucadros">Belatucadros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britannia" title="Britannia">Britannia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clota" title="Clota">Clota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocidius" title="Cocidius">Cocidius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventina" title="Coventina">Coventina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iouga" title="Iouga">Iouga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latis" title="Latis">Latis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nodens" title="Nodens">Nodens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocelus" title="Ocelus">Ocelus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricagambeda" title="Ricagambeda">Ricagambeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satiada" title="Satiada">Satiada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senuna" title="Senuna">Senuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulis" title="Sulis">Sulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinotonus" title="Vinotonus">Vinotonus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verbeia" title="Verbeia">Verbeia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veteris" title="Veteris">Veteris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#c1e6c1;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gallia_Aquitania" title="Gallia Aquitania">Gallia Aquitania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abellio" title="Abellio">Abellio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baco_(god)" title="Baco (god)">Baco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fagus_(god)" title="Fagus (god)">Fagus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexarbores" title="Sexarbores">Sexarbores</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#c1e6c1;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gallia_Belgica" title="Gallia 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