Talk:Cathubodua

etymology
I added an explanation of the probable Gaulish meaning of the name Cathubodua. Until now, the article's explanation was based on speculation and original research. The University of Wales does not seem to equate the Gaulish name with proto-celtic *Katu-bodwā, rather some editor of wikipedia does so. While this leap is reasonable, it does not seem to be demonstrated by litterature. Note that I've found at least one case where proto-celtic *bodwà is translated as crow, though I don't consider that source reliable.

I also deleted speculation on badbd and therefore bodua being derived from the presence of crows (and other scavengers) on battlefields. This is pure speculation and was so far unsourced.

I was tempted to remove mention of Boudina and Boudiga in the intro, but unfortunately this seems to be sourced. The problem with these two names is that they seem to be based on a different Gaulish and even proto-celtic word, namely boudi and *boudi (victory, gain, profit), maybe also related to budina and *bùdinà (band, army). But again, this is also speculation and has no place in the article.

On the other hand one could add Cassibodua Gaulish apparent war goddess.--85.93.206.159 (talk) 11:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Good work. Yes, Boudina and Boudiga have been linked to Catubodua by real scholars in published works; however, if you can find a reference that disputes this identification, I'd welcome seeing a mention of it as well. (I agree with you, Jufer and Luginbühl are probably not right in this matter.) From what I've seen, Cassibodua is also based upon a single inscription, which is so fragmentary that (in my opinion) the very name should be considered speculative. Q·L·1968 ☿ 22:18, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Move from Catubodua to Cathubodua
This page should move to Cathubodua. The original inscription has an H, and there's no reason for us to 'correct' it. The sources cited in the article also use the H. Q·L·1968 ☿ 21:33, 13 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Okay, I believe this is should be an uncontroversial move; however, I can't do it because Cathubodua (a redirect page) has an edit history. It's a pretty trivial edit history, however—from 6 March 2007‎ to 15 April 2007‎, an article of this name authored by User:T@nn consisted of two sentences, a reference, and some categories. Nothing wrong with it, but pretty thin. I think that &#123;&#123;db-move&#125;&#125; is the right procedure, but I guess my proposal there will get shot down if this is too bold! Q·L·1968 ☿ 16:15, 28 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Wow, that was incredibly fast turnaround! Thanks, User:Cyde! (Or was it User:Chrislk02?) I've now moved the page to Cathubodua and updated the template that provided most of the links to Catubodua (which should stick around as a redirect). Q·L·1968 ☿ 16:26, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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