page_title: Nehalennia
hierarchical_section_title: Nehalennia
caption_attribution_description: Domburgs Nehalennia altaar volgens Plaat 7 No. 15a van L.J.F. Janssen, De Romeinsche Beelden en Gedenksteenen van Zeeland, Leiden, 1845
context_page_description: Nehalennia is a goddess of unclear origin, perhaps Germanic or Celtic. She is attested on and depicted upon numerous votive altars discovered around what is now the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands, where the Schelde River flowed into the North Sea. Worship of Nehalennia dates back at least to the 2nd century BC, and veneration of the goddess continued to flourish in northern Europe in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
context_section_description: Nehalennia (spelled variously) is a goddess of unclear origin, perhaps Germanic or Celtic. She is attested on and depicted upon numerous votive altars discovered around what is now the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands, where the Schelde River flowed into the North Sea. Worship of Nehalennia dates back at least to the 2nd century BC, and veneration of the goddess continued to flourish in northern Europe in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
caption: An altar for Nehalennia in Domburg, Netherlands. On her right is a dog, and in her hands a basket of apples.
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