In the Celtic polytheism of classical antiquity, Grannus ( also Granus Mogounus Amarcolitanus ) was a deity associated with spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and the sun.

He was regularly identified with Apollo as Apollo Grannus.

In all of his centres of worship where he is assimilated to a Roman god, Grannus was equated with Apollo, presumably in Apollo ’ s role as a healing or solar deity.

She was sometimes depicted with Apollo Grannus or Apollo Borvo.

Many more of Grannus ’ centres of worship lay in present-day Germany: inscriptions to the god have been uncovered at Alzey, Arnheim, Augsburg, Baumberg, Bonn, Ennetach, Erp, Faimingen, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Rheinzabern, Speier, Trier, Bitburg and Unterfinningen.

At Monthelon, Grannus is also called Amarcolitanus (" The one with a piercing or far-reaching look ") and at Horbourg-Wihr Mogounus.

The Roman Emperor Caracalla ( 188 AD to 217 AD ) visited the shrine of ‘ the Celtic healing-god ’ Grannus during the war with Germany in about 215.

When paired with Sirona, Apollo is often assimilated with a Gaulish deity, such as Apollo Borvo or Apollo Grannus.

* Apollo Grannus.

In Britain, dedications have been found to Apollo Anextiomarus, Apollo Anicetus Sol, Apollo Grannus and Apollo Maponus ( the latter showing a Latinising influence ,-os becoming-us ).

The phrase * trinoxtion Samonii is comparable to a Gaulish festival mentioned in a 1st century AD Latin inscription from Limoges, France, which mentions a " 10 night festival (* decamnoctiacon ) of ( Apollo ) Grannus " ( POSTVMVS DVNORIGIS F ( ILIVS ) VERG ( OBRETVS ) AQVAM MARTIAM DECAMNOCTIACIS GRANNI D S P D )

Hot springs such as those at Aquae Granni ( today's Aachen ) are thought to have been dedicated to Grannus.

The name of Grand has been linked to Grannus.

The name Grannus is sometimes accompanied by those of other deities in the inscriptions.

Considering that the gods worshipped in the future Alsace, then home of the Vangiones, were Celtic, such as Grannus, Moguns is currently taken to be Celtic.

Magons may have had other epithets, such as Grannus or Veteros, as did most gods worshipped by the Romans.

The wound in his scalp was examined, pronounced healing, and well doctored with simples, before they dished up the victuals.

Eventually it became clear to me, partly with the aid of another schizophrenic patient who could point out my condescension to me somewhat more directly, that this man, with his condescending, `` You're welcome '', was very accurately personifying an element of obnoxious condescension which had been present in my own demeanor, over these months, on each of these occasions when I had bid him good-bye with the consoling note, each time, that the healing Christ would be stooping to dispense this succor to the poor sufferer again on the morrow.

the burn oozed watery fluid for many days, and finally the healing was completed by bathing it with epsom salts.

A `` chaw '' of tobacco put on an open wound was both antiseptic and healing.

Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius, yet Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly plague.

In the traditionally Celtic lands he was most often seen as a healing and sun god.

Apollo Belenus was a healing and sun god.

An epithet for Apollo at Alesia, where he was worshipped as god of healing and, possibly, of physicians.

He was a god of healing, especially of the eyes.

In archaic Greece he was the prophet, the oracular god who in older times was connected with " healing ".

The " elf-shot " originally indicated disease or death attributed to the elves, but it was later attested denoting arrow-heads which were used by witches to harm people, and also for healing rituals.

It was supposed to have special healing properties, and, as a symbol of immortality, was used to decorate images of the gods and tombs.

It was also widely used by the Chinese for its healing chemicals, curing illnesses such as infections, rashes, and migraines.

Abracadabra is an incantation used as a magic word in stage magic tricks, and historically was believed to have healing powers when inscribed on an amulet.

The church was founded " to commemorate the word and works of Jesus " and " reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing ".

The church was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879 following a personal healing in 1866, which she claimed resulted from reading the Bible.

She turned it to Matthew 9: 2, which tells the story of Jesus healing a man who was sick with palsy, and after pondering the meaning of the passage, found herself suddenly well and able to get up.

Many members believe that the parents involved received poor guidance from church leaders, while others contend that the process of healing through Christian Science was not done correctly.

Many Puritans believed that creating a wound and inserting poison was doing violence and therefore was antithetical to the healing art.

: Þorvarð healed but slowly ; and when he could get on his feet he went to see Þorðís, and asked her what was best to help his healing.

" " Death, disability, and other unwanted outcomes have occurred when faith healing was elected instead of medical care for serious injuries or illnesses.

Because the summer was unusually dry and hot, the spring produced a smaller stream than in ordinary years.

A few months ago it was a fairly typical landlord who in the dead of night lugged me up a mountainside to drink from a spring famous in the neighborhood for its clarity and flavor.

Little enough joy was afforded Wright in the spring of 1925, when another destructive fire broke out at Taliesin.

That spring Welcome To Our City was selected for production by the 47 Workshop and it was staged in the middle of May.

It was in the spring of the year when he took to his bed and Tessie and Alfred found out that they didn't know each other.

This was just Richard's way of saying that last year the Birds opened spring training with a lot of jobs wide open.

Since it was issued in the spring of 1611, the King James Version has been most generally considered the most poetic and beautiful of all translations of the Bible.

According to one report, however, Mr. Hammarskjold was considered `` too controversial '' a figure to warrant bestowal of the coveted honor last spring.

My eyes were so bleary I could barely see him but there he was, a little smooth olivefaced guy in a new spring overcoat and a taffycolored fedora.

In spring and in autumn the run was made for a group of botanists which included an old friend of mine.

In January, 1958, the Minister of the Interior announced that an election law was ready to be submitted to the King, the rumors of election dates appeared once again, first for spring of 1958 and later for the summer.

In late 1957 the M.P. ( Mouvement Populaire ) appeared and in the spring of 1958 the internal strains of the Istiqlal was revealed when the third Council of Government under Balafrej was formed without support from progressive elements in the party.

The sailing in the spring of 1610 was Hudson's fourth in four years.

In the spring when penned cattle were turned out to grass, this was spoken of as `` turn-out time '', or `` put to grass ''.

He was fifteen years older than I -- forty-four -- but full of spring and sparkle.

Now it was nine years later, and it wasn't spring but winter when I returned.

In the spring of 1863, Lincoln was optimistic about upcoming campaigns to the point of thinking the end of the war could be near if a string of victories could be put together ; these plans included Hooker's attack on Lee north of Richmond, Rosecrans ' on Chattanooga, Grant's on Vicksburg, and a naval assault on Charleston.

By the spring of 1863, he was ready to recruit black troops in more than token numbers.

* In Oropus, north of Athens, the oracle Amphiaraus, was said to be the son of Apollo ; Oropus also had a sacred spring.

This was the spring which emitted vapors that caused the oracle at Delphi to give her prophecies.

Water from this spring was sacred ; it was used to clean the Delphian temples and inspire the priestesses.