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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45160" /> == | |||
<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> | <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" /> == | |||
<p> The [[Greek]] goddess who presided over the travail of woman at childbirth, promoting or retarding the birth as the [[Fates]] might ordain. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_45160"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ilithyia Ilithyia from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_45160"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ilithyia Ilithyia from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_75016"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ilithyia Ilithyia from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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