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Camena
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Also known as Camenae (Pl.), Casmena, Camoena, Camenae, Camenæ

150px|thumb|A 16th-century drawing of Egeria (mythology)|Egeria by [[Guillaume Rouille]] In Roman mythology, the Camenae (also Casmenae, Camoenae) were originally goddesses of childbirth, wells and fountains, and also prophetic deities.

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water deity
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female
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Camenae
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150px|thumb|A 16th-century drawing of Egeria (mythology)|Egeria by [[Guillaume Rouille]] In Roman mythology, the Camenae (also Casmenae, Camoenae) were originally goddesses of childbirth, wells and fountains, and also prophetic deities.

==Mythology== Some mythological figures associated with the Camenae include: Carmenta, or Carmentis Egeria, or Ægeria, or Aegeria Antevorta, or Porrima, or Prorsa Postverta, or Postvorta

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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