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LUCINA , goddess of See also:

light, a See also:title given to See also:Juno and See also:Diana as presiding over childbirth and bringing See also:children into the light of the See also:world. The full name is lucina dea, " the light-bringing goddess " (lux, light, hence adj. lucinus). It is also given to See also:Hecate (See also:Tibullus 3. 4. 13), as the bringer of terrible dreams, and is used metaphorically as a synonym for See also:child-See also:birth (Virg. Georg. iii. 6o; See also:Ovid, Ars. Amat. iii. 785).

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