A Germanic goddess mentioned in Roman sources, possibly associated with healing or women's fertility in pre-Christian Germanic religion.
From Germanic languages; the name appears in Tacitus's Roman writings about Germanic peoples. The etymology is uncertain, but 'henna' may relate to female deities or fertility.
Baduhenna is one of the few Germanic goddesses whose names survived through Roman historians, but we know almost nothing about her worship—most pre-Christian Germanic religion was lost, making these fragmentary references incredibly precious to historians!
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