Nabia

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Diana, the Roman goddess often compared to Nabia<ref name="Ferr">FERREIRA, Daniela. Os Deuses foram honrados, 2022.</ref>Template:Page needed

Nabia (or Navia) was a goddess of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, although she also had an extended cult during the Roman occupation of the peninsula.<ref name="Arch">Estudios sobre la tabula siarensis, Anejos de Archivo Español de Arqueología IX, Madrid, 1988, p. 264.</ref>

Nabia was worshipped in many places on the Iberian Peninsula, sometimes in very different ways, leading some historians to suggest that "Nabia" was just a common word used by different peoples to refer to their deities (a theory questioned by others).<ref name="Mel">MELENA, José L. Un ara votiva romana en el Gaitán, Cáceres, 1984.</ref>Template:Page needed Due to the uncertainty of her nature, she is sometimes interpreted as a water deity,<ref name="Ferr" /> other times she is associated with valleys, forests and hills,<ref name="dioses">Los Dioses de la Hispania Céltica, Madrid, 2002.Template:Page needed</ref> and she's further seen as the goddess of fertility, health, and abundance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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