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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
Apollo, god of medicine, music, poetry, song and dance; Athena, goddess of wisdom and smart war; Dionysus, god of wine; Hephaestus, god of forge and sculpture; Poseidon, god of the sea, one of the big three; Zeus, god of the sky and lightning, one of the big three; Hera, goddess of marriage, family, women, and childbirth, queen of the gods ...
Apollo Belenus was a healing and sun god. [54] Apollo Cunomaglus ("hound lord"). A title given to Apollo at a shrine at Nettleton Shrub, Wiltshire. May have been a god of healing. Cunomaglus himself may originally have been an independent healing god. [55] Apollo Grannus. Grannus was a healing spring god, later equated with Apollo. [56] [57] [58]
Apollo (Phoebus) – Greek god of healing, archery, music and arts, sunlight, knowledge, and patron of Delphi. Regarded as a great warrior and as the most beautiful of the gods. [3] Eros (Cupid, Amor) – god of love and sex; also known for his use of bow and arrow. He was often depicted as a winged boy, beginning in the Hellenistic period.
Asclepius (/ æ s ˈ k l iː p i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκληπιός Asklēpiós [asklɛːpiós]; Latin: Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis , or Arsinoe , or of Apollo alone.
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).
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.
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.