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Luxovius

In Gallo-Roman religion, Luxovios, Latinized as Luxovius, was the god of the waters of Luxeuil, worshiped in Gaul. He was a consort of Bricta. The thermal spring sanctuary at Luxeuil provided evidence of the worship of other deities, including the sky-horseman who bears a solar wheel, and Sirona, another deity associated with healing springs.

Inscriptions

Luxovius is recorded in the following two inscriptions, both from Luxeuil-les-Bains :

:[Lus]soio / et Brictae / Divixti/us Cons/tans / v(otum) s(olvit) (ibens) m(erito) "To Lusso(v)ios and Bricta, Divixtius Constans freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow." (CIL 13, 05425)

: Luxovio / et Brixtae / G(aius) Iul(ius) Fir/manus / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) "To Luxovios and Brixta, Gaius Julius Firmans freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow." (AE 1951, 00231; CIL 13, 05426)

Etymology

The name Luxovios implies light symbolism, derived from a Proto-Indo-European stem *leuk- 'light', 'whiteness'. This may indicate that the god was a deity of both light and curative spring waters, two elements that were strongly linked in the Celtic world.

References

Bibliography

  • Année Epigraphique volume 1951
  • Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL), volume 13, Tres Galliae
  • Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Miranda Green. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997

References

  1. Jacques Lacroix. (2007). "Les noms d'origine gauloise - La Gaule des dieux". Errance.
  2. Zeidler, Jürgen. (2003). "On the etymology of Grannus". Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie.
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