frame|right|Latin inscription reading DEO MARTI CICOLLUI ET LITAVI ('To Mars Cicolluos and Litavis').Litavis (Gaulish: Litauī 'Earth', lit. 'the Broad One') is a Gallic deity whose cult is primarily attested in east-central Gaul during the Roman period, where she mainly appears as the consort of Mars Cicolluis. She was probably originally an earth-goddess.'' The divine pair Mars Cicolluis–Litavis was likely associated with fertile and nourishing land, an interpretation supported by the meanings of both divine names. In medieval Celtic languages, various terms derived from the name *Litauia'' (
frame|right|Latin inscription reading DEO MARTI CICOLLUI ET LITAVI ('To Mars Cicolluos and Litavis').Litavis (Gaulish: Litauī 'Earth', lit. 'the Broad One') is a Gallic deity whose cult is primarily attested in east-central Gaul during the Roman period, where she mainly appears as the consort of Mars Cicolluis. She was probably originally an earth-goddess.'' The divine pair Mars Cicolluis–Litavis was likely associated with fertile and nourishing land, an interpretation supported by the meanings of both divine names. In medieval Celtic languages, various terms derived from the name *Litauia'' (meaning 'land' or 'country') came to designate the Brittany Peninsula.
==Name and etymology== === Etymology === The Gaulish divine name ('Earth', lit. 'the Vast One') is generally derived from Proto-Celtic ('broad'; cf. Old Breton , Middle Welsh ), itself going back to Proto-Indo-European . This form is commonly interpreted as an epithet of the Proto-Indo-European Earth-goddess . Cognates are found in the Vedic Earth-goddess Pṛithvī Mātā (पृथ्वी) ('Mother Earth, the Vast One') and in Ancient Greek Plátaia (Πλάταια), a naiad described as the consort of Zeus, as well as in ritual expressions such as Old Hittite palḫiš dankuiš daganzipaš ('broad dark earth-genius') and Young Avestan ząm pərəθβīm ('broad earth').
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