The Three Mother Goddesses
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Three Mother Goddesses by Richard Croft as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
The Three Mother Goddesses
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: Unknown
Set in a niche in the wall of St.Martin's church is this curious replica of the three mother goddesses Roman sculpture discovered in 1831 whilst digging a new grave, the original resides in Grantham Museum. The sculpture is 1ft 7ins long and 1ft 4ins high showing three seated figures depicting the Romano-Celtic Mother Goddess in triple form representing the three aspects of the one divinity, similar to the holy trinity. The three goddesses are seated on a long couch with upright sides and back, all appear to be pregnant and wear long dresses gathered up under the bust. Looking at the sculpture, the figure on the right holds a loaf of bread and a corn measure, the central figure holds a shallow basket of fruit and the left-hand figure holds a dish with piglet and a 'patera' (bowl) in her right hand. The Roman station of Causennae was established here as early as 43AD although the date of the sculpture is unknown it is undoubtedly Roman.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.979859
Longitude
-0.538867