Sulevia
Sulevia is a goddess whose name is similar to Sulis. Some researchers have suggested that Sulevia and similar names are attestations of Sulis elsewhere.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 100 BCE
- Attested period
- -100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Julius Caesar in Commentarii de Bello Gallico (52–51 BC).
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Sulis
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Some researchers have further suggested a role as the de facto Celtic solar deity, the associated Sulevia and similar names being the goddess's attestations elsewhere.”
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“The theonym Sulevia, which is more widespread and probably unrelated to Sulis, is sometimes taken to have suggested a pan-Celtic role as a solar goddess. She indeed might have been the de facto solar deity of the Celts.”
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“In ancient Celtic religion, Sulevia was a goddess worshipped in Gaul, Britain, and Gallaecia, very often in the plural forms Suleviae or (dative) Sule(v)is. Dedications to Sulevia(e) are attested in about forty inscriptions”
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