Bandua

Bandua is the name of a Celtic goddess. He was found on inscriptions from Aquae Flaviae, today Bragança in the Roman province of Lusitania (Portugal) and also from Galicia. The inscription from Bragança bears the text:

In Rairiz de Veiga ( Ourense, Galicia) Bandua is called as a partner of Mars on a vexillum (Roman ensigns ):

The place name band in Ourense apparently also points to Bandua.

After Steuding the syllable ban referred to the subsequent word as feminine, so that with bandua or bandea a female deity can be understood in general. Whether it is so this is a single goddess or a collective term that is not clearly determined.