# MacKillop, *Dictionary of Celtic Mythology*, 1998 > [!cite] > MacKillop, James. *Dictionary of Celtic Mythology*. Oxford University Press, 1998. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcelt0000mack. --- ## quotes ‘**Artio,** Dea Artio. // The bear-goddess of the Continental Celts as represented in a small bronze found at Berne \[bear city], Switzerland.’ [[MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, 1998|(MacKillop 1998, s.v. ‘Artio’)]] ^04a565 ‘Artio is depicted as seated before a huge bear that is near a tree. In her lap she holds a patera or saucer containing fruit, apparently in offering to the bear. Inscriptions elsewhere speak of Artaois, Artaius, masculine forms for “bear-god”, which are associated with Gaulish Mercury.’ [[MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, 1998|(MacKillop 1998, s.v. ‘Artio’)]] ^2cbb73