Erecura

( However, according to some theories originally an Illyrian ) Aericura, also Aeracura, Aercura, Herecura, Hericura, Ericura or Erecura is an ancient Celtic- Germanic deity.

Mythology

Aericura mostly portrayed similar to that of Proserpina with attributes, sometimes in the company of a wolf or dog, very often but with fertility attributes such as apple baskets. Some Aericura will be interpreted as a fertility deity, but often as a goddess of death and companion or assistant ( πάρεδρα, Paredra ) from Dis Pater, both functions may have overlapped in the Celtic world of faith. A well-known inscription with pictorial representation is from Sulzbach ( Roman province of Germania superior) (now in the Badische Landesmuseum Karlsruhe ). Aericura is shown here with a fruit basket in hand, Dis Pater with a scroll.

Widespread Aericura is mainly in the Danube region, southern Germany and Slovenia, however, appear representations of her in Italy, Britain and France.

However Written evidence of their devotion and lacking an etymology of the name of the Celtic languages ​​is also not yet succeeded. An interpretation from the Latin * aeri - Cura ( " the worries about the aes [ copper / bronze coin ?] "; Aereos of copper ) is controversial. Eilenstein Aericura translated as " protector in combat".

In an inscription in Corbridge, Northumberland, a male God Arecurius is mentioned, which was equated by the interpretatio romana with Apollo or Mercury.