Editing Borvo (section)

==Divine entourage==
Borvo was frequently associated with a divine consort, usually [[Damona]] (Bourbonne, Bourbon-Lancy), but sometimes also [[Bormana]] when he was worshipped by the name Bormanus (Die,  Aix-en-Diois).<ref name="MacKillop2">{{Harvnb|MacKillop|2004}}, s.v. ''Borvo''.</ref>{{Sfn|Busse|vaan de Weil|2006|pp=230–231}} Bormana was in some areas worshipped independently of her male counterpart, such as at [[Saint-Vulbas]].<ref>Miranda Green. ''Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend.'' Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997</ref>{{Sfn|Busse|vaan de Weil|2006|pp=230–231}}

{{Blockquote|text=Deo Apol/lini Borvoni / et Damonae / C(aius) Daminius / Ferox civis / Lingonus ex / voto|author=|title=|source=[[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum]] (CIL), '''13''': 05911. Bourbonne-les-Bains.}}

{{Blockquote|text=Bormano / et Borman[ae] / P(ublius) Sappinius / Eusebes v(otum) s(olvit) / l(ibens) m(erito)|author=|title=|source=[[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum]] (CIL), '''12''': 01561. Boubon-Lancy.}}

Borvo bore similarities to the goddess [[Sirona (goddess)|Sirona]], who was also a healing deity associated with mineral springs.<ref>Paul-Marie Duval. 1957-1993. ''Les dieux de la Gaule.'' Presses Universitaires de France / Éditions Payot. Paris.</ref> According to some scholars, Sirona may have been his mother.<ref name="MacKillop2" />

In other areas, Borvo's partner is the goddess [[Bormana]]. Bormana was, in some areas, worshipped independently of her male counterpart.<ref>Miranda Green. ''Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend.'' Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997</ref> Gods like Borvo, and others, equated with Apollo, presided over healing springs, and they are usually associated with goddesses, as their husbands or sons.<ref name="autogenerated3">[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/rac/rac15.htm The Religion of the Ancient Celts: Chapter XII. River and Well Worship<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He is found in [[Drôme]] at [[Aix-en-Diois]] with [[Bormana]] and in [[Saône-et-Loire]] at [[Bourbon-Lancy]] and in [[Haute-Marne]] at [[Bourbonne-les-Bains]] with [[Damona]] but he is accompanied by the ‘candid spirit’ [[Candidus (Celtic spirit)|Candidus]] in [[Nièvre]] at [[Entrains-sur-Nohain]].<ref name="autogenerated2" /> In the [[Netherlands]] at [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]] as Boruoboendua Vabusoa Lobbonus, he is found in the company of a [[Ogmios|Celtic Hercules]], [[Macusanus]] and [[Baldruus]].<ref name="autogenerated2" />