Tongoenabiagus the Oath-Spring God
Lusitanian · deity · Roman period (1st c. AD shrine) · deity
Name leads with the English phrase 'the Oath-Spring God'; attested votive form Tongoe Nabiagoi (the name is bound to that of Nabia in the inscription). The oath-function is an etymological inference. Known from the single Braga shrine.
Domains
- springs sacred waters
- oaths sworn bonds
Powers
- witness and bind oaths sworn at the spring
Relations
- companion: Nabia the River Lady
Sources
- Fonte do Ídolo inscription, Bracara Augusta (Braga)
- A. Rodríguez Colmenero, study of the Fonte do Ídolo establishing two deities
- Olivares Pedreño, e-Keltoi 6 (2005); Rodríguez Colmenero (Fonte do Ídolo study)