A Celtic goddess, combining with a Roman deity? Pigs showing the way to medicine? Ancient curses? Sulis has it all!

Sources for this episode:

• 'Mythology of the British Isles' by Geoffrey Ashe
• 'Celts: Search for a Civilisation' by Alice Roberts
• https://journeyingtothegoddess.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/goddess-sulis/
• https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Sulis
• http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-goddess-sulis-minerva.html
• https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100541661#:~:text=s%C3%BAil%2C%20eye%5D.,what%20is%20today%20Bath%2C%20England.
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celtic-religion/The-Celtic-gods#ref533884
• https://earthandstarryheaven.com/2016/12/07/sulis/
• https://www.bathworldheritage.org.uk/hot-springs
• https://britishheritage.com/travel/baths-sacred-spring
• https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Roman-Baths-in-Somerset-A-Hot-Spring-and-a-Goddess
• https://www.thermaebathspa.com/about-us/spa-history/#:~:text=There%20is%20archaeological%20evidence%20that,settlement%20to%20take%20place%20here.
• https://saratogahotspringsresort.com/2012/07/health-benefits-of-hot-springs/#:~:text=Hot%20springs%20are%20a%20rich,menopausal%20symptoms%20and%20digestive%20disorders.
• https://www.roman-britain.co.uk/tribes/dobunni/
• https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/BritainDobunni.htm
• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Romans-in-England/#:~:text=In%2043%20AD%20the%20Emperor,of%20present%20day%20southeastern%20England.
• https://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/6483

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