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A health deity is a god or goddess in mythology or religion associated with health, healing and wellbeing. They may also be related to childbirth or Mother Goddesses . They are a common feature of polytheistic religions.
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 ...
Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια – hugieia [2]), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene". 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 [3] and his wife Epione.
Iaso (/ ˈ aɪ. ə s oʊ /; Greek: Ἰασώ, Iasō) 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.
Pages in category "Health goddesses" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aceso; Aglaia (mythology)
A prominent place in the Mesopotamian pantheon was occupied by healing goddesses, [147] regarded as divine patronesses of doctors and medicine-workers. [144] Multiple such deities existed: Nintinugga, "mistress who revives the dead," worshiped in Ninlil's temple in Nippur [148]
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]
The evidence for an association between her and healing first appears in sources from the Ur III period, and she is well attested as a medicine goddess in the Old Babylonian period. [5] Attestations of physicians serving as her cultic officials are considered to be early evidence of her healing role. [ 3 ]