Abnoba
Abnoba is the name of a mother goddess in Celtic religion. They personified the Black Forest, which bore the name Abnoba mons in antiquity. After the interpretatio romana she is equated with Diana.
Etymology and Mythology
The etymology of the name Abnoba is unclear. Originally, the Black Forest and Tacitus ( Germania 1) is already in Pliny the Elder ( Hist. 4.79 nat. ) So named at the time of Roman rule in Gaul the first dedicatory inscriptions arose. A statue found on the Brigachquelle in St. Georgen in the Black Forest is associated with the Diana Abnoba. Then a deer, a hare and a bird between human heads can be seen. The assignment, however, is unsecured.
Because of this and similar findings was Abnoba as the protector of the forest, the deer and the sources, especially the patron saint of medicinal springs in Badenweiler. Wild and hunters were under their protection. Equating with Diana shows about one discovered in Badenweiler consecration inscription of a certain Fronto, who thus redeemed a vow. Probably standing on the pedestal supporting this inscription, originally a statue of this deity. In fact, suffering were in Badenweiler cured, leading to infertility, and in the spas of this place the women's section was, unusually, not less than that for men. Abnoba should therefore have been considered for the visitors of Badenweiler mainly as a fertility deity.