Bormanicus the Hot-Springs Healer

Name leads with the English phrase 'the Hot-Springs Healer'; attested votive form Bormanico (dative). Native theonym from a Celtic root *bormo-/*borvo- ('to boil, bubble'), describing thermal water. Classed as a deity; cognate with Gaulish Borvo. Known from the Caldas de Vizela dedications, no narrative.

Domains

• springs sacred waters
• healing medicine

Powers

• heal through hot bubbling springs

Sources

• Caldas de Vizela votive altars
• A. Tranoy, La Galice romaine (1981); Olivares Pedreño, e-Keltoi 6 (2005)
• A. Redentor, reading of the Caldas de Vizela altar as Reo Bormanicus