{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_IB_ATAEGINA", "Ataegina", null, "Iberian/Lusitanian", "chthonic goddess / regeneration deity", "Underworld Deity", "underworld; regeneration; rebirth; healing; nature; spring", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Ataegina (variants: Ataecina, Adaegina, Ategina) is the most widely distributed indigenous goddess of the Lusitanian and Baetican zone, attested in approximately 40 Latin votive inscriptions from a broad geographical area spanning modern Portugal, Extremadura (Spain), and Andalusia. Her theonym is typically analyzed as from PIE *ati-gena-, \"born again / reborn,\" pointing to a regeneration and cyclic renewal function; alternatively the first element may relate to *atel-, \"night.\" She is a chthonic deity \u2014 associated with the underworld, death, and regeneration of nature \u2014 and is most explicitly syncretized with the Roman Proserpina in a group of inscriptions that invoke \"Dea sancta Ataegina Turibrigensis Proserpina\" (from the main cult site at Turobriga, near Aroche, Huelva). The Turobriga cult combined the indigenous Ataegina with the Roman goddess of the underworld and spring/regeneration cycle, making this the most explicit ancient interpretatio romana in the Iberian tradition. Her epithets include \"Queen of the Sun\" in some dedications, suggesting solar as well as chthonic aspects \u2014 a paradox paralleled in other Mediterranean underworld-yet-light deities (Persephone, Hecate). Bl\u00e1zquez (1962) pp. 125-146; Olivares Pedre\u00f1o (2002) pp. 111-125.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_IB_ATAEGINA"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7404699999824516, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}