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{{Short description|Water deity}}
[[File:Ancamna MarsSmertrius HistMusPfalz 3477.jpg|right|thumb|Depiction of Ancamna and Mars [[Smertrius]] from [[Freckenfeld]] in the ancient territory of the [[Nemetes]].]]
In [[Gallo-Roman religion]], '''Ancamna''' was a goddess worshipped particularly in the valley of the river [[Moselle]]. She was commemorated at [[Trier]] and [[:de:Ripsdorf|Ripsdorf]] as the consort of [[Lenus]] [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]],<ref>H. Finke (1927). "Neue Inschriften," ''Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission'' 17, inscriptions 12 (= {{AE|1915|00071}}), 13 (= EDCS-11201739), 20 (= {{AE|1915|00070}}), 254 (= {{CIL|13|07778}}).</ref> and at [[Welschbillig|Möhn]] as the consort of Mars [[Smertrios|Smertulitanus]].<ref>{{CIL|13|04119}}.</ref><ref name="Jufer">Nicole Jufer & Thierry Luginbühl. 2001. ''Les dieux gaulois : répertoire des noms de divinités celtiques connus par l'épigraphie, les textes antiques et la toponymie.'' Editions Errance, Paris. pp.14, 21. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> At Trier, altars were set up in honour of Lenus Mars, Ancamna and the ''[[Genius (mythology)|genii]]'' of various ''[[pagus|pagi]]'' of the [[Treveri]], giving the impression of Lenus Mars and Ancamna as tribal protectors honoured in an officially organized cult.{{sfnp|Wightman|1970|page=214}}<ref>Two such surviving inscriptions were published in Finke  (1927) "Neue Inschriften," ''Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission'' 17: inscriptions 12 and 13.</ref> Among the few statuettes left as [[votive offering]]s at the sanctuary of Mars Smertulitanus and Ancamna at Möhn is one of a ''[[Hooded Spirits|genius cucullatus]]'' like those offered to the Xulsigiae at the Lenus Mars temple complex in Trier.{{sfnp|Wightman|1970|page=224}}

[[Inciona]] is also apparently invoked along with Lenus Mars [[Veraudunus]] on a bronze ''ex voto'' from Luxembourg;<ref name="MNHA">Musée d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg. 1974. ''Pierres sculptées et inscriptions de l'époque romaine'', catalogued by Eugénie Wilhelm, p.71. {{in lang|fr}}</ref> it is unclear what connection, if any, exists between Inciona and Ancamna. Jufer and Luginbühl link Ancamna with two other consorts of the Gaulish Mars, [[Litavis]] and [[Nemetona]], noting that none of these appear to be warrior goddesses themselves; instead, they suggest that Ancamna might have been associated with a [[spring (hydrosphere)|spring]].<ref name="Jufer"/> Edith Wightman considers the couple Mars [[Loucetius]] and [[Nemetona]] to be "closely similar to if not identical with, Lenus and Ancamna".{{sfnp|Wightman|1970|page=219}}

==Works cited==
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==Further reading==
* Ellis, Peter Berresford (1994). ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology'' (Oxford Paperback Reference), Oxford University Press, Oxford. {{ISBN|0-19-508961-8}}
* MacKillop, James (1998). ''Dictionary of Celtic Mythology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford. {{ISBN|0-19-280120-1}}.
* {{cite book|last=Wightman |first=Edith Mary |date=1970 |title=Roman Trier and the Treveri |publisher= Rupert Hart-Davis |location=London }}
* Wood, Juliette (2002). ''The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art.'' Thorsons Publishers. {{ISBN|0-00-764059-5}}

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