In Gallo-Roman religion, Ancamna was a goddess worshipped particularly in the valley of the river Moselle. She was commemorated at Trier and Ripsdorf as the consort of Lenus Mars,<ref>H. Finke (1927). "Neue Inschriften," Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 17, inscriptions 12 (= Template:AE), 13 (= EDCS-11201739), 20 (= Template:AE), 254 (= Template:CIL).</ref> and at Möhn as the consort of Mars Smertulitanus.<ref>Template:CIL.</ref><ref name="Jufer">Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl. 2001. Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie. Editions Errance, Paris. pp.14, 21. Template:In lang</ref> At Trier, altars were set up in honour of Lenus Mars, Ancamna and the genii of various pagi of the Treveri, giving the impression of Lenus Mars and Ancamna as tribal protectors honoured in an officially organized cult.Template:Sfnp<ref>Two such surviving inscriptions were published in Finke (1927) "Neue Inschriften," Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 17: inscriptions 12 and 13.</ref> Among the few statuettes left as votive offerings at the sanctuary of Mars Smertulitanus and Ancamna at Möhn is one of a genius cucullatus like those offered to the Xulsigiae at the Lenus Mars temple complex in Trier.Template:Sfnp
Inciona is also apparently invoked along with Lenus Mars Veraudunus on a bronze ex voto from Luxembourg;<ref name="MNHA">Musée d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg. 1974. Pierres sculptées et inscriptions de l'époque romaine, catalogued by Eugénie Wilhelm, p.71. Template:In lang</ref> it is unclear what connection, if any, exists between Inciona and Ancamna. Jufer and Luginbühl link Ancamna with two other consorts of the Gaulish Mars, Litavis and Nemetona, noting that none of these appear to be warrior goddesses themselves; instead, they suggest that Ancamna might have been associated with a spring.<ref name="Jufer"/> Edith Wightman considers the couple Mars Loucetius and Nemetona to be "closely similar to if not identical with, Lenus and Ancamna".Template:Sfnp
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- Ellis, Peter Berresford (1994). Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford Paperback Reference), Oxford University Press, Oxford. Template:ISBN
- MacKillop, James (1998). Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Template:ISBN.
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- Wood, Juliette (2002). The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art. Thorsons Publishers. Template:ISBN