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Atepomarus, Gaulish healing god associated with the Greek god Apollo; Borvo, Celto-Lusitanian healing god associated with bubbling spring water; Brigid, Irish goddess associated with healing; Belenus, Celtic god of fire and healing; Dian Cecht, Irish god of healing; Endovelicus, god of public health and safety
Detail of Iaso, the goddess of healing, from a scene depicting a group of goddesses. Iaso gazes at herself in a mirror, presumably as a sign of good health. Iaso (/ aɪ ˈ eɪ s oʊ /; Greek: Ἰασώ, Iāsō) or Ieso (/ aɪ ˈ iː s oʊ /; Greek: Ἰησώ, Iēsō) was the Greek goddess of recuperation from illness.
General deities were known by the Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses called upon for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The local deities from Celtic nature worship were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in ...
In Irish mythology, Dian Cécht (Old Irish pronunciation: [dʲiːən kʲeːxt]; also known as Cainte or Canta) was the god of healing, the healer for the Tuatha Dé Danann, and son of the Dagda according to the Dindsenchas. He was the father of Cu, Cethen and Cian. His other children were Miach, Airmed, Étan the poet and Ochtriullach (Octriuil).
A god of healing named Παιήων is mentioned twice in the Iliad. [6] In book 5, the Olympian god of war Ares is wounded by mortal hero Diomedes , who is assisted by Athena . Ares is taken up to Olympus in a hurry, where Paeon applies medicine ( Ancient Greek : φάρμακα ) that produces an instant relief. [ 7 ]
The theonym Belenus (or Belinus), which is a latinized form of the Gaulish Belenos (or Belinos), appears in some 51 inscriptions.Although most of them are located in Aquileia (Friuli, Italy), the main centre of his cult, the name has also been found in places where Celtic speakers lived in ancient times, including in Gaul, Noricum, Illyria, Britain and Ireland.
Many votive offerings were found in the form of statues of persons healed by the god, especially babies and young children. Also found near the temple was a gold plaque of Eshmun and the goddess Hygieia (meaning "Health") showing Eshmun holding a staff in his right hand around which a serpent is entwined.
Her name is derived from the word ἤπιος (epios, "soothing").Epione was the personification of the soothing of pain and the care needed for recovery. [1] With Asclepius, she was the mother of the five Asclepiades: Iaso, Panacea, Hygieia, Aceso, and Aegle, as listed in the Suda. [2]