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
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ CIL 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) XIII, 2899
- ↑ CIL [Aug (usto)] sacr (um) / Mart (i) Bolv / inn (o) L (ucius) Gabini / us Severus / donum de / dit XIII, 2900
- ^ Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Society of Friends and Supporters: Bonner Jahrbücher , Volumes 29-32, 1860, p. 171.