Editing Luxovius

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In [[Gallo-Roman religion]], '''Luxovios''', Latinized as '''Luxovius''', was the god of the waters of [[Luxeuil-les-Bains|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 (goddess)|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) <l=T>(ibens) m(erito)''
"To Lusso(v)ios and Bricta, Divixtius Constans freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow." (CIL 13, 05425)
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: ''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 language|Proto-Indo-European stem]] ''*leuk-'' 'light', 'whiteness'.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jacques Lacroix|year=2007|title=Les noms d'origine gauloise - La Gaule des dieux|publisher=Errance|isbn=978-2-87772-349-7|page=84}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zeidler |first=Jürgen |year=2003 |title=On the etymology of Grannus |journal=Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages= 87–88 |doi=10.1515/ZCPH.2003.77 |issn=0084-5302}}</ref>

==References==
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==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

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[[Category:Gaulish gods]]
[[Category:Water gods]]