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  2. List of health deities - Wikipedia

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    Borvo, Celto-Lusitanian healing god associated with bubbling spring water; Brigid, Irish goddess associated with healing; Belenus, Celtic god of fire and healing; Dian Cecht, Irish god of healing; Endovelicus, god of public health and safety; Glanis, Gaulish god associated with a healing spring at the town of Glanum

  3. 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 ...

  4. Rod of Asclepius - Wikipedia

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    The emergency medical services' Star of Life features a rod of Asclepius In Greek mythology, the Rod of Asclepius (⚕; / æ s ˈ k l iː p i ə s /, Ancient Greek: Ῥάβδος τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ, Rhábdos toû Asklēpioû, sometimes also spelled Asklepios), also known as the Staff of Aesculapius and as the asklepian, [1] is a serpent-entwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius ...

  5. Medicine in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Scattered across Greco-Roman and Egyptian history are descriptions of healing sanctuaries dedicated to the various healing gods. Sick or injured Romans would often flock to Asclepieia, temples dedicated to Asclepius, the god of healing, as it was believed that the god actually inhabited the sanctuary and would provide divine healing to ...

  6. Telesphorus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Telesphorus is assumed to have been a Celtic god in origin, who was taken to Anatolia by the Galatians in the 3rd century BC, where he would have become associated with the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius, perhaps in Pergamon (an Asclepian cult center) and spread again to the West due to the rise of the Roman Empire, in particular during the 2nd century AD, from the reign of Hadrian.

  7. Your Chiron Sign Is The (Astrological) Key To Self-Growth

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    Even more specifically, Chiron is both the wound and the work that’s required to heal that wound. It might sound confusing that Chiron represents both trauma and healing, but it’s actually a ...

  8. 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.

  9. Paean (god) - Wikipedia

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    A god of healing named Παιήων is mentioned twice in the Iliad. [6] In book 5, the Olympian god of war Ares is wounded by mortal hero Diomedes, who is assisted by Athena. Ares is taken up to Olympus in a hurry, where Paeon applies medicine (Ancient Greek: φάρμακα) that produces an instant relief. [7]