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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. Panacea - Wikipedia

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    Panacea may have been an independent goddess before being absorbed into the Asclepius myth. [1] Panacea traditionally had a poultice or potion with which she healed the sick. [citation needed] This brought about the concept of the panacea in medicine, a substance with the alleged property of curing all diseases. The term "panacea" has also come ...

  4. List of Greek deities - Wikipedia

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    Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. Oceanus: Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. Phoebe: Φοίβη (Phoíbē) Goddess of the "bright" intellect and prophecy, and consort of Coeus. Rhea: Ῥέα (Rhéa)

  5. List of health deities - Wikipedia

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    Aceso, goddess of curing sickness and healing wounds; Aegle, goddess of radiant good health; Hera, goddess of childbirth; she was called upon for women's safety during childbirth and for good health of the infants; Heracles Apotropaios, god of strength and athletes; he was trained in medicine and called on to avert plagues. Hygieia, goddess of ...

  6. Iaso - Wikipedia

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    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 daughter of Asclepius, she had four sisters: Aceso, Aegle, Hygieia, and Panacea. All five were associated with some aspect of health or healing.

  7. 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

  8. Hygiea - Wikipedia

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    Hygieia (disambiguation) Hygiene , a series of practices performed to preserve health (the word hygiene is cognate with the name of the Greek goddess Hygieia ) Topics referred to by the same term

  9. Aceso - Wikipedia

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    Aceso depicted with her father, Asclepios, and her siblings. Unlike her sister Panacea (Cure-All), she represented the process of curing rather than the cure itself. [4] Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis). [5]