Andraste, also known as Andrasta
Andraste, also known as Andrasta, was, according to the
Roman historian Dio Cassius, an Icenic war goddess invoked by Boudica in her
fight against the Roman occupation of Britain in AD 60.[1 "their name for
Victory": i.e., the goddess Victoria.[2] Thayer asserts that she may also
be related to Andarta. The goddess Victoria is related to Nike, Bellona, Magna
Mater (Great Mother), Cybele, and Vacuna—goddesses who are often depicted on
chariots. Her name has been translated as meaning "indestructible" or
"unconquerable".[3]
"Let us, therefore, go against [the Romans], trusting
boldly to good fortune. Let us show them that they are hares and foxes trying
to rule over dogs and wolves." When she [Boudica] had finished speaking,
she employed a species of divination, letting a hare escape from the fold of
her dress; and since it ran on what they considered the auspicious side, the
whole multitude shouted with pleasure, and Boudica, raising her hand towards
heaven, said: "I thank you, Andraste, and call upon you as woman speaking
to woman ... I beg you for victory and preservation of liberty."[2]
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