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                        Baphomet - A Note on the Name III
   
   Tradition tells of a community who venerated the goddess in an area of what
   is now North Scotland. this community is believed to have comprised of the
   ancestors of 'The Picts', and they were based around the River Oykel. The
   Latinized form of their name, given by Ptolemy, was Smertae, which means
   'stained' or 'smeared folk'.
             The name by which this community knew the goddess is not
   recorded, but in Gaulish inscriptions there is reference to a war goddess
   named Rosmerta. Her name translates as 'the greatly smeared goddess' - that
   is, smeared with blood. It is quite possible that the Smertae were
   connected with her worship, and they were said to smear themselves with the
   blood of their enemies, in her honour.
             Interestingly, another community which lived near the region of
   the Smertae during the same era, was known by a name which translates as
   the 'cat people' (see Note on the Name II).
   
   
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