Xulsigiae

In Gallo-Roman religion, the Xulsigiae were triple[1] goddesses worshipped at the healing-spring shrine in Augusta Treverorum (present-day Trier). Edith Wightman suggests that they "may be local nymphs of the spring"; on the other hand, she also links their name to that of the Suleviae, whom she characterizes as "domestic goddesses".[2] Their temple, a smaller shrine near the monumental Lenus Mars temple,[3] has also yielded clay figures of the genii cucullati.[4] The name itself is attested only from one inscription, where it accompanies that of Lenus Mars:

LENO MARTI
ET XVLSIGIIS
L VIRIVS DISE

TO V S L M[5]

"To Lenus Mars and the Xulsigiae, Lucius Virius Diseto freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow."

References

  1. ↑ Godchecker.com entry
  2. ↑ Edith Mary Wightman (1970). Roman Trier and the Treveri. Rupert Hart-Davis, London.
  3. ↑ Kraftorte und Kultplätze in Rheinland Pfalz, Deutschland. (in German)
  4. ↑ Carlie Sigel. "Exhibition Paper for the Genius Cucullatus." Archived August 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ AE 1924, 00016, retrieved 29 March 2008.
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