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Encyclopedia > Verbeia

In Insular Brythonic mythology, Verbeia was the goddess of the Wharfe River in North Yorkshire, England.


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VERBEIA (1256 words)
Verbeia - The Goddess of the River Wharfe?
For the text of the Verbeia altarstone (vide RIB 635 infra).
On the strength of the Verbeia altarstone, Ilkley has been tentatively identified with the Morbio entry from the Notitia Dignitatum (etiam vide infra).
Northern Earth - Altar Stones of Ilkley (2536 words)
Camden guessed that 'Verbeia' was the goddess of the Wharfe, and that the altar had been set up in relieved gratitude by Clodius Fronto after nearly coming a cropper in the river.
Verbeia is further connected to the waterways of the region by the two snakes she holds.
It is interesting, in light of Verbeia's serpents, that the Latin term vernatio refers to both the renewal of vegetation in spring, and snakes' shedding of skin at this time.
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