A Curiousiity...

[badstar]

Does the name Rigantonia ring a bell for anyone? I'm convinced that I read the name in myth somewhere, but a google search only comes up with "Did you mean rigatoni"

No, no...I'm not talking about a pasta dish.

Could have sworn that this was a goddess somehow related to Brigantia.

Comments

[saratoga80.livejournal.com]

I wonder if this isn't, because of the close "Briganti" and "Rigantoni" a typographical error that you may have seen from an otherwise factual source.

I make this conculsion based on two things: One, Celtic deities often have many different names dependign on where the language formed, such as Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Ireland or Breton France.

Second, other than Rhiannon, I am familiar with no celtic dieties that bear a name beginning with R. It's not a common starting letter or sound for Gaelic Proper Nouns. This isn't to say that I am definiteive expert, just basing my knowledge of celtic myth, a little wikipedia and pantheon.org knowledge, and some googling to flesh it out. '-)

[fuego.livejournal.com]

definitely in a book that I saw this...and it would have been Continental Celtic that I'm thinking of.

Rhiannon is Welsh, by the way, not Gaelic.

[pinkpolarity.livejournal.com]

I've absolutely seen "Rigantona". Damned if I can remember where, though, it was years ago.

[ranger-hotsauce.livejournal.com]

No, but my dyslexia makes me want to see that as "Ringtonia", which must be where those noises your cell phone makes come from.

[starrymom.livejournal.com]

All I could find is http://caeraustralis.com.au/be_find.htm

"Gwri's mother's name, Rhiannon, originally Riannon in the White Book, meaning 'Great Queen' (*Rigantonia) reflects the term Modron 'Divine Mother'."

[fuego.livejournal.com]

hey, that's more than I found...thanks!

[fuego.livejournal.com]

(though I could have sworn I had read the name in connection with Brigantia and the Continental Celts...oh well, I remember the name in connection with Rhiannon now that you post it here...thanks!)

[marilyth.livejournal.com]

That's the first thing I thought... Rigatoni?? :)

[chronarchy.livejournal.com]

She's a Gaulish deity. Or something like that. I'll do some digging and see what I can come up with.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

actually...the searched-for information has been found, so no rush or anyhitng