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Sulis

Sight·BathMentioned by The Guardian
Sulis
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“In the localised Celtic polytheism practised in Great Britain, Sulis was a deity worshiped at the thermal spring of Bath. She was worshiped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva, whose votive objects and inscribed lead tablets suggest that she was conceived of both as a nourishing, life-giving…”
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The GuardianJun 11

‘I’m hoping to meet a river goddess’: a wild journey through Britain’s mythic waterways

Follow the folklore and you will discover a landscape full of wonder and powerful women – from a fearsome Scottish warrioress to the first queen of a united England It’s just past midday and I appear to be inside a rain cloud. Soaked to the skin, my walking boots squelching through tufts of grass and black bog mud, I can hear hundreds of streams rolling off this wide mid-Wales peak, each vying…

hot spring goddess in Bath

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  • SulisSighthot spring goddess in Bath
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  • Hadrian's WallSightCarrawburgh, United Kingdomsite of Coventina's well
  • Llyn y Fan FachSightBannau Brycheiniog, United Kingdommountain lake home of a nymph
  • Dunscaith CastleSightIsle of Skye, United Kingdomruins on edge of Loch Eishort
  • Loch EishortSightIsle of Skye, United Kingdomloch near Dunscaith Castle
  • Glastonbury TorParkGlastonbury, United KingdomThe site is managed by the National Trust and has been designated a scheduled monument.
  • Coventina's wellSightCarrawburgh, United Kingdomwell near Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall
  • Ffynone waterfallSightFfynone, United Kingdomregarded as a portal to the Otherworld
  • Hafren ForestTrailPumlumon, United Kingdomtrails lead to the source of the River Severn
  • Pumlumon FawrSightPumlumon, United Kingdompeak with carved post marking river source
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