Cáceres suggests associations with the goat as a sacred animal. Turibriga or Turobriga Her name appears with adjective Turobrigensis, which seems to indicate a place called Turibriga or Turobriga. Similar epigraphic attestations read Turibrige, [T]urubricae and Turibri, which led professor Amílcar Guerra to indicate a form *Turibris. This place is interpreted by scholarship to mean the main center of her cult, but its precise location is unknown. Classical author Pliny indicated it belonged to Celtic Beturia. Functions Epigraphs from the Badajoz region associate the goddess with the Roman Proserpina (analogous to Greek Persephone), which would make her a goddess presiding over spring and seasonality, echoing the "reborn" derivation of the name, or connect her to the Underworld. In that regard, a dedication etched in marble was found in Augusta Emérita: the propitiator prays to Dea Ataecina Turibrig(ensis) Proserpina for her to avenge the theft of some pieces of clothing. See also Ataecina (dwarf planet) Footnotes References Bibliography Frías, Manuel Salinas de; Cortés, Juana Rodríguez. "Corrientes religiosas y vías de comunicación en Lusitania durante el Imperio Romano". In: V Mesa Redonda Internacional sobre Lusitania Romana: las comunicaciones. Cáceres, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 7, 8 y 9 de noviembre de 2002. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, Secretaría General Técnica, Subdirección General de Información y Publicaciones, 2004. pp. 286–292. . . . Olivares Pedreño, Juan Carlos. Los dioses de la hispania céltica. Universitat d´Alacant / Universidad de Alicante, Servicio de Publicaciones: Real Academia de la Historia. 2002. pp. 247–249. . Vasconcellos, José Leite de. Religiões da Lusitania na parte que principalmente se refere a Portugal. Lisboa: Imprensa nacional, 1897. pp. 146–173. Further reading Abascal Palazón, Juan Manuel. "Ataecina". In: Luís Raposo (coord.). Religiões da Lusitania. Loquuntur saxa. Lisboa, Museu Nacional de Arqueologia: Ministério da Cultura, Instituto Português de Museus, 2002. pp. 53–60. . . Hernando, Domingo Portela. "El culto a Ataecina en la Península Ibérica". In: Homenaje de Talavera y sus tierras a Don Fernando Jiménez de Gregorio: Talavera, 1998. Coord. por César Pacheco Jiménez, 1998, pp. 121–130. . Jordan, Michael. Encyclopedia of Gods, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002. . . Epigraphy Abascal Palazón, Juan Manuel. “La dea domina sancta Turibrigensis Ataecina y las nuevas evidencias epigráficas de Alcuéscar (Cáceres)”. En: Cardim Ribeiro, José (ed.). Diis · Deabusque. Actas do II Colóquio Internacional de Epigrafia «Culto e Sociedade». (Sintria III-IV, 1995-2007). Sintra: Museu Arqueológico de São Miguel de Odrinhas, 2011, pp. 15–36. . .