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  2. Egeria (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Egeria (Latin: [eːˈgɛria], [1] Ancient Greek: Ἠγερία [2]) was a nymph attributed a legendary role in the early history of Rome as a divine consort and counselor of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, to whom she imparted laws and rituals pertaining to ancient Roman religion. Her name is used as an eponym for a female advisor or ...

  3. Mami Wata - Wikipedia

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    The appearance of her hair ranges from straight, curly to wooly black and combed straight back. [4] [5] Most scholarly sources suggest the name "Mami Wata" is a pidgin English derivation of "Mother Water", reflecting the goddess's title ("mother of water" or "grandmother of water") in the Agni language of Côte d'Ivoire, [6] although this etymology has been disputed by Africanist writers in ...

  4. List of Yoruba deities - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Benin and Nigeria contain the highest concentrations of Yoruba people and Yoruba faiths in all of Africa. Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago are the countries in the Americas where Yoruba cultural influences are the most noticeable, particularly in popular religions like Vodon, Santéria, Camdomblé, and Macumba.

  5. List of Roman deities - Wikipedia

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    Carna, goddess who preserved the health of the heart and other internal organs. Ceres, goddess of the harvest and mother of Proserpina, and one of the Dii Consentes. The Roman equivalent of Demeter [Greek goddess]. Clementia, goddess of forgiveness and mercy. Cloacina, goddess who presided over the system of sewers in Rome; identified with Venus.

  6. Roma (personification) - Wikipedia

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    The Pergamene bequest became the new Roman province of Asia, and Roma's cult spread rapidly within it. [10] In contrast to her putative "Amazonian" Roman original, Greek coinage reduces the ferocity of her image, and depicts her in the "dignified and rather severe style" of a Greek goddess, often wearing a mural crown, or sometimes a Phrygian ...

  7. Water spirit - Wikipedia

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    Owu Mmiri of some riverine people of Nigeria are often described as mermaid-like spirit of water. [ 2 ] A jengu (plural miengu ) is a water spirit in the traditional beliefs of the Sawa ethnic groups of Cameroon , particularly the Duala , Bakweri , and related Sawa peoples.

  8. Cardea - Wikipedia

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    Cardea or Carda was the ancient Roman goddess of the hinge (Latin cardo, cardinis), Roman doors being hung on pivot hinges.The Augustan poet Ovid conflates her with another archaic goddess named Carna, whose festival was celebrated on the first day of June and for whom he gives the alternative name Cranê or Cranea, a nymph.

  9. Discordia - Wikipedia

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    In Roman mythology, Discordia is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Eris, goddess of strife and discord. She was the daughter of Nox (Night) and Erebus . Like Eris, Discordia has no mythology other than her involvement in the Judgement of Paris .