Hygieia
Also known as Hygiea, Hygeia
[[File:Statue of Hygieia (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Image of a marble statue depicting the lower portion of the goddess Hygieia while seated with a portion of a snake coiled atop the legs. Located in the Roman collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv: 03.12.11a Dates to the 1st or 2nd century, A.D.]]
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Hygieia
- Deity.image
- Hygea, copia romana da originale greco del III sec. ac.JPG
- Deity.caption
- 1st-century Roman statue of the goddess
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of good health, cleanliness, and sanitation
- Deity.abode
- Mount Olympus
- Deity.parents
- Asclepius and Epione
- Deity.siblings
- Iaso, Panacea, Aceso, Aegle
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Arte romana, igiea, II secolo da un originale greco del 360 ac.JPG
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Hygieia var, i den grekiska mytologin, hälsans och renhetens gudinna. Det är från hennes namn ordet hygien har sitt ursprung. Hon var dotter till Asklepios. Hennes motsvarigheter i romerska mytologin är Salus och Valetudo. Hygieias symbol är ormskålen.
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