No primary-origin narrative is present in the sampled sources. Modern materials (a Wikidata gloss and a Dutch lecture summary) present Abundia as a named supernatural woman associated with abundance and include her in a list of goddesses said, in the lecture's interpretation, to have been invoked by alleged witches in medieval and early-modern Europe. The provided material does not include historical attestations, myths, or provenance beyond these modern references.
The sampled sources do not provide any traditional or iconographic description of Abundia. The modern summaries that name her do not record physical appearance, and no primary visual or textual descriptions were included in the provided material.
In the available material Abundia is described only in minimal terms: Wikidata calls her a "beneficent fairy who brings abundance," and a modern lecture groups her among goddess-figures invoked in witchcraft contexts. The lecture's broader discussion links such goddesses to narratives of nocturnal gatherings and alleged witch-flights, but it does not provide primary-source evidence that Abundia herself was credited with flight or other specific powers. The sole concrete attributed function in the sampled sources is bringing abundance.
Absorbing Man
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Absyrtus
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Abtin
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Abu
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Abumi-guchi
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Abundantia
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Abura-sumashi
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Abyzou
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Abzar İyesi
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Abzû
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Community Record
- [1]Wikidata: Q16525118 (Abundia). Wikidata entry Q16525118 — short gloss: "beneficent fairy who brings abundance."wiki
- [2]Lezing over historische hekserij met Abe van der Veen (lecture description, Dutch). Lecture description (Dutch) listing "Abundia, Richella, Diana en Herodias" as goddesses invoked in (Christian) medieval contexts and noting associated witch-flight imagery and alleged use of "beruchte heksenzalf."other
- [3]Diana (mythology) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia article on Diana; used here as comparative context because the lecture groups Diana with Abundia in a constellation of goddesses associated with nocturnal goddess-procession motifs.wiki
- [4]Amalthean Horn / Aradia (personal website list mentioning Abundia). Personal website that includes Abundia in a list of goddesses (contextual, modern secondary mention).other
- [5]Contemporary uses of the name 'Abundia' (examples). Modern personal/corporate uses of the lexical item "Abundia" (demonstrates modern name usage but does not document historical folkloric practice).other