Moonspell - Ataegina, with english Lyrics.
I have nothing to do with that culture, but i love the song. Here is some wiki inf:
"Ataegina
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Ataegina or Ataecina (Spanish; Portuguese: Atégina) was a chthonic goddess worshipped by the ancient Iberians, Lusitanians, and Celtiberians of the Iberian Peninsula, and one of the most important Iberian deities. She was goddess of rebirth (spring), fertility, nature, the moon, and healing.
It is believed Ataegina's name comes from the Celtiberian ate gena "reborn". Sociologist Moisés Espírito Santo argues that the name combines Atta and Jana, the first being an epithet of the archetypal mother-goddess and the latter indicating the Roman deity Jana (partner to Janus) or, quite possibly, the moon goddess Diana. Espírito Santo also argues that Ataegina is a composite deity arising from syncretic tendencies.
The animal sacred to Ataegina was the goat. She had a devotio cult, in which someone would call on the goddess to ask for healing, or occasionally curse someone, results ranging from slight afflictions to death.
Ataegina was worshiped in Lusitania and Betica; there were also sanctuaries dedicated to Ataegina in Elvas (Portugal), and Mérida and Cáceres in Spain, along with other places, especially near the Guadiana river. She was one of the main goddesses worshiped in Myrtilis (today's Mértola, Portugal), Pax Julia (Beja, Portugal) and especially the city of Turobriga, whose precise location is unknown. She is known from several inscriptions in the Tagus region and Baetis (Guadalquivir) valley, and where she was identified with the Roman goddess Proserpina: 'ATAEGINA TURIBRIGENSIS PROSERPINA'. She was often depicted carrying a cypress branch."
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