Arvolecia

Arvolecia is a Germanic goddess worshipped in northern England; she may have been considered a healing goddess.

The individual who offered the inscription to the goddess bore a Celtic name, which speaks to the fluidity of worship among Celtic and Germanic peoples at this time.

Myth
Unknown.

Cult
Arvolecia received votive and dedicatory offerings from her worshippers; otherwise little is known of the specifics of her cult.

Etymology
Arvolecia’s name may be derived from the Proto-Germanic *arwa or “quick” and *lekja or “doctor, healer, leech.”

Region
Arvolecia is known from an inscription found at Brough in England.

Literary evidence
Unknown.

Archaeological evidence
Brough, England