In ancient Celtic polytheism, Verbeia was a goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. She is known from a single altar-stone dedicated to her at Ilkley (RIB 635). She is considered to have been a deification of the River Wharfe.[1]
An image of a woman (also from Ilkley) may represent the goddess: she is depicted with an overlarge head and schematic features; she wears a long, pleated robe and she has two large snakes, represented as geometric zig-zags, which she grasps, one in each hand.
^Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, Miranda J. Green, Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1997
In ancient Celtic polytheism, Verbeia was a goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. She is known from a single altar-stone dedicated to her at Ilkley (RIB...
Roman altar found in Ilkley is inscribed "VERBEIAE SACRUM" ('sacred to Verbeia') and apparently refers to the River Wharfe (personified as a goddess)...
suggest the name Verbeia instead, this being the Roman name for the River Wharfe.: 43 An altar-stone dedicated to the goddess Verbeia is thought to originate...
goddess of the River Thames Veica Noriceia - a goddess attested in Noricum Verbeia - Brittonic goddess of the River Wharfe Vesunna - Gallic goddess of the...
'Verbeia Stone' puts this into question (see below). The same inscription now lends roman Ilkley the name by which it is generally referred: 'Verbeia'...
home to various Roman artefacts, including an original altar dedicated to Verbeia, the goddess of the River Wharfe. Three Anglo-Saxon crosses from the 8th century...
(Goddess Matron); the Seine was Sequana; the Severn, Sabrina; the Wharfe, Verbeia; the Saône, Souconna; there are countless others. Natural springs were...
of Britain online. Retrieved 2 June 2020. "RIB 635. Altar dedicated to Verbeia". Roman Inscriptions of Britain online. Retrieved 2 June 2020. "RIB 2014...
(2015-04-28). "War and Exile in Aleksandar Hemon's The Question of Bruno (2000)". VERBEIA. Revista de Estudios Filológicos. Journal of English and Spanish Studies...
early 2022, the Manor House launched the Supporters' Scheme and the two Verbeia altar stones (the Roman original and the 1608 replica) were moved to be...
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