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  2. List of health deities - Wikipedia

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    Airmed, Irish goddess associated with healing and resurrection. Daughter of Dian Cecht and sister of Miach. Alaunus, Gaulish god of the sun, healing and prophecy associated with Greek god Helios-Apollo; Atepomarus, Gaulish healing god associated with the Greek god Apollo; Borvo, Celto-Lusitanian healing god associated with bubbling spring water

  3. Snakes in mythology - Wikipedia

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    Besides the very wide known religious creation story of Adam and Eve, [15] snakes were a common feature of many creation myths, for example many people in California and Australia had myths about the Rainbow Snake, which was either Mother Earth herself giving birth to all animals or a water-god whose writhing created rivers, creeks and oceans.

  4. Hygieia - Wikipedia

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    Together with her father, she appeared in dreams of patients who visited their temples. Patients performed the healing ritual temple sleep to get healed. [3] Hygieia is related to the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius, who is the son of the Olympian god Apollo. Hygieia is most commonly referred to as a daughter of Asclepius [4] and his wife Epione.

  5. Asclepius - Wikipedia

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    Some healing temples also used sacred dogs to lick the wounds of sick petitioners. [38] In honor of Asclepius, a particular type of non-venomous snake was often used in healing rituals, and these snakes—the Aesculapian Snakes—slithered around freely on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept. These snakes were introduced ...

  6. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of ...

  7. Caladrius - Wikipedia

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    Caladrius is the name of a minor character in the video game Dragon Age: Origins. He is associated with a plot that involves healers addressing a mysterious new plague actually using this as cover for their illegal slave trade in stolen "patients". In "Brute of All Evil" by Devon Monk, a doctor is a caladrius. She takes human form and serves as ...

  8. Dogs in religion - Wikipedia

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    Similar as the ancient Egypt's relationship of dogs in religion, in ancient Mesopotamia, the goddess Gula was symbolized by a dog, emphasizing the animal's role in healing and protection. [46] The ancient Greeks also had their own canine deity, Hecate, associated with magic, crossroads, and the underworld. These early religious associations ...

  9. Phoenix (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In the oldest images of phoenixes on record these nimbuses often have seven rays, like Helios (the Greek personification of the Sun). [16] Pliny the Elder [17] also describes the bird as having a crest of feathers on its head, [15] and Ezekiel the Dramatist compared it to a rooster. [18] The phoenix came to be associated with specific colors ...