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  2. Hygieia - Wikipedia

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    Hygieia is a goddess from Greek mythology (also referred to as: Hygiea or Hygeia; / h aɪ ˈ dʒ iː ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὑγιεία or Ὑγεία, Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa). Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια – hugieia [2]), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene". Hygieia developed ...

  3. List of health deities - Wikipedia

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    Sekhmet, goddess of healing and medicine of Upper Egypt; Heka, deification of magic, through which Egyptians believed they could gain protection, healing and support; Serket, goddess of healing stings and bites; Ta-Bitjet, a scorpion goddess whose blood is a panacea for all poisons; Isis, goddess of healing, magic, marriage and protection

  4. Bowl of Hygieia - Wikipedia

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    Hygieia was the Greek goddess of health, hygiene, cleanliness, and sanitation, and the daughter of Asclepius, who she is often closely associated with e.g. in prayers and hymns. Asclepius' symbol is his rod, with a snake twined around it; correspondingly, Hygieia's symbol is a cup or chalice with a snake twined around

  5. Panacea - Wikipedia

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    Panacea (the goddess of universal health) Hygieia ("Hygiene", the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation) Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness) Aceso (the goddess of the healing process) Aegle (the goddess of radiant good health) Panacea also had four brothers:

  6. Asclepius - Wikipedia

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    Votive relief of Asclepius, Epione and Hygieia. Mid-4th cent. BC, Acropolis Museum, Athens. From the fifth century BC onwards, [36] the cult of Asclepius grew very popular and pilgrims flocked to his healing temples to be cured of their ills. Ritual purification would be followed by offerings or sacrifices to the god (according to means), and ...

  7. List of Greek deities - Wikipedia

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    Goddess of fertility, motherhood and the mountain wilds. She is the sister and consort of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. Tethys: Τηθύς (Tēthýs) Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. Theia: Θεία (Theía)

  8. Aceso - Wikipedia

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    Goddess of the healing process and curing of sickness. The statue of Akeso, 2nd c. AD, Archaeological Museum, Dion. ... Hygieia, Panacea, and Aegle. [3] Mythology.

  9. Hygiea - Wikipedia

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    The asteroid 10 Hygiea, named after the Greek goddess; See also. Hygia, ... (the word hygiene is cognate with the name of the Greek goddess Hygieia