Nabia was the goddess of river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

s and water

Water

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 in Gallaecia

Gallaecia

Gallaecia or Callaecia, also known as Hispania Gallaecia, was the name of a Roman province and an early Mediaeval kingdom that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania...

n and Lusitanian mythology

Lusitanian mythology

Lusitanian mythology is the mythology of the Lusitanians, the Indo-European people of western Iberia, in the territory comprising most of modern Portugal, Extremadura and a small part of Salamanca....

, in the territory of modern Galicia (Spain

Spain

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) and Portugal

Portugal

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.

The present-day Navia River and Avia (river)

Avia River

The Avia river is a tributary of the Miño River with a length of 36.7 km. It borns in the serra of the Suído at a height of 880 m., in the place called Fonte Avia . It follows an SO-NL direction after arriving to the artificial lake of Albarellos, between the municipalities of Leiro, Boborás...

 in Galicia, was named in honor of the deity. Likewise, the Neiva River, near Braga

Braga

Braga , a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and one of the oldest Christian cities in the World...

 (Bracara Augusta, old Roman

Ancient Rome

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 capital of Gallaecia) and Nabão River who passes through the city of Tomar

Tomar

Tomar Municipality has a total area of 351.0 km² and a total population of 43,007 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 16 parishes, and is located in Santarém District...

 are also named after her.

The goddess Nabia was very popular in the territory of the Callaici Bracari with several inscriptions, like the one in a Celtic language

Celtic languages

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 at Braga's Fonte do Ídolo

Idol's Fountain

The Fountain of the Idol is a Roman fountain located in the civil parish of São José de São Lázaro, in the municipality of Braga, northern Portugal...

(Portuguese

Portuguese language

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for Fountain of the Idol).

External links

• Religiões da Lusitânia (in Portuguese)
• El nombre de la diosa lusitana Nabia (in Spanish)