Note (return) — Chapter XVIII
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At a later time, S. Gregory of Tours speaks of the image of a goddess Berecynthia drawn on a litter through the streets, fields, and vineyards of Augustodunum on the days of her festival, or when the fields were threatened with scarcity. The people danced and sang before it. The image was covered with a white veil.947 Berecynthia has been conjectured by Professor Anwyl to be the goddess Brigindu, worshipped at Valnay.948