Borvo
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In Gallo-Roman religion, Borvo ("to boil"), also Bormo, Bormanus, was a deity was associated with mineral springs, hot springs and healing.
In Gaul, he was particularly worshipped at Bourbonne-les-Bains, in the territory of the Lingones, where ten inscriptions are recorded.
Borvo was frequently associated with a divine consort. Eight of the inscriptions mention the goddess Damona. This one is typical (CIL 13, 05911):
- Deo Apol/lini Borvoni / et Damonae / C(aius) Daminius / Ferox civis / Lingonus ex / voto
In other areas, Borvo's partner is the goddess Bormana. Bormana was, in some areas, worshipped independently of her male counterpart.
Two other inscriptions are recorded, one (CIL 13, 02901) from Entrains-sur-Nohain and the other (CIL 12, 02443) from Aix-en-Savoie in Gallia Narbonensis
He was sometimes equated with Apollo, as the inscription above illustrates, and has similarities to the goddess Sirona, who was also a healing deity associated with mineral springs.[1]
Alternative: Bormanus (Gaul), Bormanious (Portugal), Bormo.
[edit] References
- ^ Paul-Marie Duval. 1957-1993. Les dieux de la Gaule. Presses Universitaires de France / Éditions Payot. Paris.
[edit] References
Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Miranda Green. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997
- Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL), 12 Gallia Narbonensis
- Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL), 13 Tres Galliae et Germanae
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