Sulis:
Bodies of water.
Celtic Goddess Sulis. She is the keeper of health and
healing and is associated with water, blessings, wishes and building community;
she oversees all sacred wells and springs which give healing. About a hundred miles outside of London, you can visit Sulis’s ancient natural healing spa/shrine in Bath, England. They look much as they did for over seven thousand years until they were di...scovered by the Romans, who used them for ritual and healing.
Her waters are said to be miraculous in their ability to cure.
"The Romans equated Sulis with their Minerva, and so She was known to them as Sulis Minerva–which is somewhat unusual, since the Romans generally used the native Celtic deity name after the Roman name. This is taken as an indication of Her importance and fame.
Though famous for healing, Sulis could curse as well as cure, and in Bath many ‘curse tablets’ have been found, asking Her to punish people suspected of wrongdoing.
She is shown here with one of the small offering-vessels dedicated to Her by worshippers which were found at the site of Bath; they were usually inscribed ‘DSM’, short for the Latin Dea Sulis Minerva, ‘to the Goddess Sulis Minerva’. Her dress is the milky greeny-grey of the water of the springs, and Her hair is the bright orange of the deposits left by the mineral-rich waters.”
(adapted from: Journey to the Goddess)
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