Reitia

Reitia (Venetic: 𐌓𐌄:𐌉:𐌕𐌉:𐌀) was a goddess, one of the best known deities of the Adriatic Veneti of northeastern Italy.

A large body of votive offerings on pottery and metal objects has been found at a Venetic shrine in Baratella, near Este.

Inscriptions dedicating offerings to Reitia are one of our chief sources of knowledge of the Venetic language.

Roman-era inscriptions from Northern Italy and the Alpine region show Diana and the Greek Artemis taking Reitia's place as healer, a function only observed in that area, as in an incomplete inscription on a roll-up silver sheet found in Austria, dated to the 2nd century A.D., which reads: For migraines.

"On the other hand, Strabo tells how the people of Northern Italy worshipped Artemis above all other gods, hinting at her syncretism to the local Raetia.