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Aveta, or a similar mother goddess, as depicted on terracotta statuettes among the Treveri. (Replica)

In Gallo-Roman religion, Dea Aveta was a mother goddess, also associated with the freshwater spring at Trier in what is now Germany.<ref name="Concept">Miranda Green. "The Celtic Goddess as Healer." In Sandra Billington (ed). 1996. The Concept of the Goddess. Routledge. Template:ISBN. p.33.</ref> Aveta is known mainly from clay figurines found at Toulon-sur- Allier in France<ref>Timeless Myths. Gallic Deities</ref> and at Trier. These figurines show the goddess with infants at the breast, small lap-dogs, or baskets of fruit.<ref name="Concept"/> There was a temple dedicated to Aveta in the Altbachtal complex at Trier.<ref>Miranda Green. 1992. Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art. Routledge. Template:ISBN. p.28.</ref> Her name is also known from inscriptions found in Switzerland and the Côte-d'Or (France).<ref>L'Arbre Celtique. "Aveta"</ref>

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