{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_IB_ENDOVELICUS", "Endovelicus", null, "Iberian/Lusitanian", "healing / oracular deity", "Healing Deity", "healing; prophecy; oracular dreams; incubation; protective deity", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Endovelicus (variants: Endovellicus, Endovelicus, Endovollicus, Endobellicus) is the best-attested indigenous deity of the Lusitanian/pre-Roman Iberian tradition, with approximately 80 Latin votive inscriptions and a significant number of sculptural dedications recovered from the sanctuary of S\u00e3o Miguel da Mota at Alandroal in the Alto Alentejo, Portugal. The S\u00e3o Miguel da Mota sanctuary was one of the major healing and oracular sanctuaries of the Roman province of Lusitania, visited by pilgrims across a wide regional radius. The deity's functions \u2014 healing, protective oracular dreams (incubation, the practice of sleeping in the sanctuary to receive divine healing visions), and general protection \u2014 are consistent with the broader ancient Mediterranean tradition of healing/oracular deities (cf. Asclepius at Epidaurus, Serapis at Alexandria). The theonym \"Endovelicus\" is of uncertain etymology: Bl\u00e1zquez proposed a root related to \"good\" (PIE *endho-/entu-, possibly meaning \"very good\" or \"all-good\"), while others have suggested a connection with \"the one below\" (underworld associations). Both a healing and a protective deity at once. Bl\u00e1zquez (1962) pp. 147-168; Olivares Pedre\u00f1o (2002) pp. 89-110.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_IB_ENDOVELICUS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.496302000006835, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}