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; eight of them also 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
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.
- Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL), 12 Gallia Narbonensis
- Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL), 13 Tres Galliae et Germanae
