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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
Male deities depicted as animals or whose myths and iconography are associated with animals. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Animal gods . Subcategories
Gods and goddesses who are often depicted as being animals, having partially animalistic features, or are at least commonly associated with particular wild or domestic animals. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Cernunnos, god associated with horned male animals, produce, and fertility; Druantia, hypothetical Gallic tree goddess proposed by Robert Graves in his 1948 study The White Goddess; popular with Neopagans. Nantosuelta, Gaulish goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility; Sucellus, god of agriculture, forests, and alcoholic drinks
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 ...
Acts 8:7 “With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many people, and many who were paralyzed or crippled were healed.” The Good News: Though the healing journey may be difficult, it is ...
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.
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.