Bolvinnus

Bolvinnus is the name of a Gaulish god who, according to the Interpretatio Romana, is equated with Mars .

The deity is attested by two dedicatory inscriptions from Bouhy ( Département Nièvre ) in the former settlement area of ​​the Senones in the Roman province of Lugdunensis (CIL XIII 2899 and 2900). The goddess Duna named in the first inscription is assumed to be the actual spring deity of the local thermal spring.

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Celtic religion
• Celtic mythology

literature

• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 47.
• Bernhard Maier: The religion of the Celts. Gods, myths, worldview . Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-48234-1 , p. 85.

Web links

• John Rhys: Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic Heathendom. Kessinger Publishing, 2004, p. 35.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CIL XIII, 2899 Aug (usto) sacr (um) / Marti Bolv / inno Dun [ati] / C (aius) Domit (ius) Viri / lis decurio pro / salut (e) sua et Iul (i) / Thalli Virilli / ani fili (i) et Avi / tillae Aviti fil (iae) / uxoris v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito)
2. ↑ CIL XIII, 2900 [Aug (usto)] sacr (um) / Mart (i) Bolv / inn (o) L (ucius) Gabini / us Severus / donum de / dit
3. ^ Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Society of Friends and Supporters: Bonner Jahrbücher , Volumes 29-32, 1860, p. 171.