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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45160" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45160" /> == | ||
<p> in Greek and | <p> in Greek and Roman mythology, is the goddess of birth, the daughter of [[Jupiter]] and Juno, born on Crete, in the Amnisian cave, and sister of Hebe, Mar, and Vulcan. [[Homer]] speaks of a number of Ilithyiae, daughters of Juno, who send the arrow of pain, but help those in childbed. Often [[Ilithyia]] is identified with Juno, which is not strange, since [[Juno]] is the goddess of marriage. The Greek Ilithyia was also identified with Diana, probably because the latter, being the goddess of the moon, a certain influence over birth might be credited her. She is also called Lucina, or genetalis. [[Pindar]] and [[Ovid]] make her the daughter of Juno. In a [[Grecian]] temple erected to her she was represented as wearing a loose robe, and holding in one hand a flambeau. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75016" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75016" /> == | ||
