One of the many river goddesses of #Celtic lands, Verbeia was the resident spirit of the River Warfe, known from inscriptions at a Roman fort in Yorkshire. Local legend has it that the river goddess appeared on #Beltane morning, on May 1, in the form of a white horse. Anyone seeing the apparition should be wary of drowning in the river’s spring flood.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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An indigenous #British Goddess in a Yorkshire Church
Verbeia is the goddess of the River #Wharfe in #Yorkshire.
Her Romano-Celtic altar can still be seen in the parish church at #Ilkley.
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