Eileithyia
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυια (Eileíthuia, “the bringer or deliverer”).
Proper noun[edit]
Eileithyia
- (Greek mythology) The goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.
Translations[edit]
goddess of childbirth
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References[edit]
- 2004, William F. Hansen, Handbook of Classical Mythology, →ISBN: