Gambara (Lombard)

Gambara is a female literary figure from the founding myth of the Germanic Lombard people. According to the Origo Gentis Langobardorum and the Historia gentis Langobardorum(I 3, 7, 8) (History of the Lombards) of Paul the Deacon Gambara was presented as the mother of the mythical twin tribal chiefs Ybor (Ibor) and Agio (Ajo). In the Gesta Danorum (VII, 28) of Saxo Grammaticus she appears with a slightly different name as Gambaruc, mother of Aggo and Ebbo. Gambara saved the Lombards from attack by the Vandals, who worshiped the god Wotan by her appeal to the goddess Frea, and gained victory for her sons.