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Heh, we could simply leave it at that, aye!
Hang on, though. Might it be possible to state that this wasn't done by societies in a precivilised stage? Caesar and Asclepiodotus are fairly late, aren't they? And is the latter just another case of euhemerisation, anyway?It's true that ancient European societies deified worthy mortals, considering them to be like the Gods themselves, but this isn't anything really noteworthy if you follow the veiled suggestions of the lore- that anyone can be so deified, assuming they were worthy.
Is there a Dacian parallel? My memory is dim for non-Isles stuff!
Really? I see no grounds for such a neck-sticking-out 'merely' there! We aren't entirely sure WHOSE mothers the Matronae are, anyway. Perhaps it was of a God. Sounds pretty much like the typical Celtic idea of the Thrice Born Hero to me. Lug, Cuchulainn, Fiann, etc...For example, the mothers worshipped by the ancient northern Europeans were merely deified maternal ancestors.
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