Nantosuelta"Winding River". A Gallic protective goddess and goddess of water. Among
Mediomatrici of Alsace she is often portrayed holding a model of a house, indicating a domestic function.
Nantosuelta was
consort of Sucellos,
God of Agriculture. Her name means ' Winding River' though her attributes do not show her as a water-deity. Chief amongst these is her little house, usually depicted on a long pole like a sceptre of some kind. Other associated objects include a bird, a bee-hive and honeycombs. The latter certainly have homely connotations and she therefore appears to have been a goddess of hearth and house, well-being and prosperity. Like her husband, she also had nourishment and fertility aspects and sometimes carried a cornucopia. In Britain, she is probably to be found depicted on a small stone from East Stoke in Nottinghamshire. Her partner is clearly Sucellus. The goddess shown has bushy hair and carries a bowlful of apples. She is often shown with a Raven. She is associated with ravens, and may be connected with
Morrigan
Catholic: First appearance of "The White Lady" to Bernadette at Lourdes, France. The site was long sacred to Persephone/Proserpina in Roman Gaul. One of
great Osiris festival cycles in
ancient Egyptian calendar, celebrated especially at
main center of Osiris worship in Abydos (2/11) and at Busiris,
ancient holy city of
Nile delta. The principal ceremony performed on
last of these three days was a dawn ritual of opening
doors of
horizon, and thereby reaffirming
precision of
divine order operating between Sun and Earth. (Month of Pamenot, days 28 - 30). The Pharaonic melody for this feast, as preserved in music of
Coptic church, has been found by Dr. Maged Samueel in Cairo.
Nantosuelta; Breton name is Nataseulta Health; Miracles; Providence; Abundance; Home and Hearth Celtic/Continental She is a water goddess as river goddess, or water nymphs. She is associated with Spring Water; Cornucopia ,Associated Element: Water.