Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Camenae" | Roman | Goddesses of springs, wells and fountains, or water nymphs of Venus . They were wise, and sometimes gave prophecies of the future. There were four Camenae: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta. Roman |
Nymph name "Egeria" | Greek | The nymph who instructed Numa in his wise legislation. Numa used to meet her in a grove near Aricia. Greek |
Goddess name "Virbius" | Roman | An ancient mythical king of Aricia and a favourite of Diana, who, when he had died, called him to life and intrusted him to the care of the nymph Aegeria. The fact of his being a favourite of Diana, the Taurian goddess, seems to have led the Romans to identify him with Hippolytus who, according to some traditions, had established the worship of Diana. Roman |