Vagdavercustis

Vagdavercustis is a Germanic goddess known from a dedicatory inscription on an altar found at Cologne (Köln), Germany.

The element Ver-custis may be interpreted as the root wer- ('man') attached to the verbal noun *kusti- ('choice'; cf.

[2] The inscription appears on the front of the altar above a carved relief of five male figures carrying out a ritual.

He extends his hand toward an altar in order to burn incense, a box of which is held by a boy to the left.

[3] The inscription reads as follows: Roughly translated into English, the inscription can be read as: The altar was dedicated by a Roman citizen,[5] and the iconography is that of a traditional Roman sacrifice,[6] but Vagdavercustis was most likely a native Germanic or Celtic goddess.