title: Bricta
text: # Bricta
  
  In Gallo-Roman religion, Bricta or Brixta was a Gaulish goddess who was a consort of Luxovius, god of the waters of Luxeuil-les-Bains (in antiquity, Luxovium).
  
  ## Inscriptions
  
  Bricta is recorded in the following inscriptions from Luxeuil-les-Bains :
  
      [Lus]soio / et Brictae / Divixti/us Cons/tans / v(otum) s(olvit) <l=T>(ibens) m(erito)
      "To Lusso(v)ios and Bricta, Divixtius Constans freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow." (CIL 13, 05425)
      Luxovio / et Brixtae / G(aius) Iul(ius) Fir/manus / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
      "To Luxovios and Brixta, Gaius Julius Firmans freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow."
  
  (AE 1951, 00231; CIL 13, 05426)
  
  ## Etymology
  
  This Gaulish theonym is derived from the word brixtom or brixta meaning magic. The word also appears on the inscription of Chamalières. (Delamarre pp. 76–77 with references and comparative etymology)
  
  