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Cult[edit]
Borvo was worshipped over an extensive area in Gauls and northwestern Iberia, especially around spa towns.[1]
Entrains: holding a goblet, a money-bag, and a plate of fruit = probably indicating a deity of fertility and wealth.[1]
Q(uintus) Vettius / Guticus / Borv(oni) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) [CIL 12, 02444]
Vichy: sitting naked on a rock, holding a cup with liquid bubbling over from it.[1] portrayed equipped with a warrior's shield and helmet; the figure is seen seated, with a horned serpent rearing up towards him.[2]
Bourbonne-les-Bains: worshipped with Damona in a healing shrine[2]
Deo Apol/lini Borvoni / et Damonae / C(aius) Daminius / Ferox civis / Lingonus ex / voto [: CIL 13, 05911]
Aug(usto) / Borvoni / C(aius) Valent(inius) / Censori/nus / Mulli f(ilius) / ex voto [ CIL 13, 05912 ]
Deo Bor/voni / Vita/lia / Sas/sula / ex vo/to [ CIL 13, 05913]
Borvoni / et Damon(ae) / Aemilia / Sex(ti) fil(ia) / M[3]S [ CIL 13, 05914]
Borvoni / et Damo(nae) / Fro(n)t(o) Luc(i) f(ilius) [ CIL 13, 05915]
Borvoni et [Da]/monae C(aius) Ia/tinius Ro/manus (L)in/g(onus) pro salu/te Cocillae / fil(iae) ex voto [ CIL 13, 05916]
Borvoni / et Damon(ae) / Iul(ia) Tiberia / Corisilla / Claud(i) Catonis Ling(onis) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) [ CIL 13, 05917]
Deo Borvoni / et Damon(ae) / Maturia Rus/tica / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) [CIL 13, 05918]
Borvoni / et Damo/nae / [Se]xtilia / Sexti fil(ia) / Med(iomatrica?) [ CIL 13, 05919]
Deo Borvo(ni) / et Damon(a)e / Verrea / Veri/lla Lingo / [CIL 13, 05920]
Aix-en-Provence: equated with Hercules instead of Apollo, inscriptions bearing his name, mainly on destroyed statues thrown into the springs.[1]
Dexter Borman(o) / iter(um) l(ibens) m(erito) [CIL 12, 00494]
Borm[ano 3] / Q(uintus) Titi[us [AE 2013, 01004]
Bormano / et Borman[ae] / P(ublius) Sappinius / Eusebes v(otum) s(olvit) / l(ibens) m(erito) [: CIL 12, 01561]
G(ai!) Leuponi Borvonici [: CAG-70]
G(ai!) Leup[oni B]orvonici [BCTH-1908-163]
Medam/us Camal(i) / Bormani/co v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) [CIL 02, 02402]
C(aius) Pompeius / Gal(eria) Caturo/nis f(ilius) Mot/ugenus Ux/{s}amensis / deo Borma/nico v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens?) / quisquis ho/norem agi/tas ita te tua / gloria servet / praecipias / puero ne / linat hunc / lapidem [ CIL 02, 02403]
Hercules: the idea here may be the invocation of the Graeco-Roman 'strong-man' as a combattant against disease.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Busse & vaan de Weil 2006, pp. 230–231.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
MacKillopwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Green 1986, p. 162.
- Bibliography
- Busse, Peter E.; vaan de Weil, Caroline (2006). "Borvo/Bormo/Bormanus". In Koch, John T. (ed.). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 195–200. ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0.
- Charrière, Georges (1975). "La femme et l'équidé dans la mythologie française". Revue de l'histoire des religions. 188 (2): 129–188. ISSN 0035-1423. JSTOR 23668651.
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
- Green, Miranda J. (1986). The Gods of the Celts. A. Sutton. ISBN 978-0-389-20672-9.
- MacKillop, James (2004). A dictionary of Celtic mythology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860967-1.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill. ISBN 9789004173361.