Bindus (Illyrian god)
Bindus is a theonym attested in the territory of the Iapodes tribe. According to scholars, the name refers to a water deity worshipped by the Iapodes, since its name is attested next to Roman deity Neptune.
Epigraphy
The name is attested in epigraphic monuments found in Dardanian territory, dated to the 2nd century, near the rivers Ibër and Drin. At least 11 votive documents dedicated to the deity were found in Privilica, Bihac:Bindo Neptuno sacrumBndo Neptuno sacrtunoBindo Nptuno sarBindo N sndiBi.Out of the available epigraphy, four were dedicated by indigenous Romanized elites, dated to Flavian times, and two offered by soldiers.
A personal name Bindho was also found in a Noricum holy spring.
Name and etymology
Linguists have connected the theonym to Old Cornish banne, Middle Cornish banna and Breton banne ; Middle Irish buine 'water, stream' and Old Indic bindú- 'drop'.Polish linguist Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak also sees some possible cognate relationship between the Illyrian deity and the Lusitanian Bandua.
Etymological connections have also been proposed between the deity's name and a place named fons Bandusiae, mentioned by Horatio in one of his Odes.