Nehalennia

The desire for prosperity and protection from the destructive forces of nature is of all times. Some two thousand years ago on the North Sea coast in the south of what is now the Netherlands a Goddess was worshiped who was held responsible for both of these desires. Nehalennia or She who lives on the coast had her temples there in which people of Germanic Celtic and Roman origin promised to grant her an offering if under her protection they had returned safely from the dangerous crossing to England and in most cases had also done good business. A rich treasure trove of votive stones engraved with the donors' thanks to Nehalennia demonstrate this abundantly. This book shows and describes many of those altar stones and paints a picture of the practice in this frontier area of the Roman Empire.