Vibilia

Vibilia is a fictional goddess in a pan-European mythos used in speculative fiction and world-building. In the lore, she presides over memory, travel, and the transmission of knowledge. She is invoked to preserve the past and to guide travelers safely across lands and seas.

Iconography includes a lamp and a scroll, sometimes shown aboard a boat or at a crossroads. Temples dedicated to Vibilia are said to stand along river mouths and coastal routes, serving scribes, navigators, and storytellers. Her major festival, the Voyage of Remembrance, marks the turning of seasons with inscriptions and recitals.

Etymology in the in-universe texts links her name to roots meaning "to see" or "to remember," reflecting her role as keeper of memory. Scholarly debates in the lore focus on whether she began as a river spirit later fused with a memory goddess, or if she emerged from a traveling-people cult.

In contemporary fantasy literature, Vibilia appears as a patron deity for cartographers and historians. Game designers have used her as a neutral, benevolent figure who guides the party to safe passages and reconciles past events through storytelling.

See also: Memory deity; Travel deity; List of fictional deities.