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Egeria

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Egeria (ējēr`ēə), in Roman religion and mythology, goddess or nymph of fountains. Consort and adviser of King Numa, she was also identified with Diana Diana , in Roman religion, goddess of the moon, forests, animals, and women in childbirth. She was probably originally a forest goddess and a special patroness of women.
..... Click the link for more information.  and worshiped as a goddess of childbirth. The name is used as an epithet for a female adviser or companion.
Egeria [e′gir·ē·ə]
(astronomy)
An asteroid with a diameter of about 139 miles (224 kilometers), mean distance from the sun of 2.58 astronomical units, and G-type (C-like) surface composition.
Egeria
goddess of childbirth; protectress of the unborn. [Rom. Myth.: Avery, 425–426]
See : Childbirth
Egeria
wife, instructress, and advisor of emperor Numa. [Rom. Myth.: Jobes, 491; Avery, 426]
See : Counsel
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I had a positive abhorrence for the painted, bedizened, dead- faced, glassy-eyed Egeria of Peter Ivanovitch.
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It is really very unfortunate that you are not the Egeria of M.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The Princess was of the family of Pompili, lineally descended from the second king of Rome, and Egeria of the house of Olympus, while the Prince's grandfather, Alessandro Polonia, sold wash-balls, essences, tobacco, and pocket-handkerchiefs, ran errands for gentlemen, and lent money in a small way.
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