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