Iouga
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In Celtic polytheism, female deification of junction.
[edit] Centres of worship
Iouga was worshipped in Roman Britain an altar-stone raised to her having been recovered in the United Kingdom at York[citation needed]. As a deification of junction, she may have been associated with the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss at York.
[edit] Etymology
Iouga is derived from the Proto-Celtic *jugā meaning 'yoke, join' (q.v. [1] [2] [3]), from which the feminine Welsh word *iau is derived.
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