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Female deities , often tutelary goddesses of cities , such as Baba of Lagash , Nammu of Eridu and Ninhursaga of Kesh , were mother - goddesses , while others had specific functions : Nisaba : patroness of scribes , Nanshe : goddess of ...
Female deities , often tutelary goddesses of cities , such as Baba of Lagash , Nammu of Eridu and Ninhursaga of Kesh , were mother - goddesses , while others had specific functions : Nisaba : patroness of scribes , Nanshe : goddess of ...
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His sister Hestia was goddess of the hearth and home , and Demeter , whose name means ' Grain Mother ' , was goddess of agriculture . Zeus's sister Hera also became his wife . They gave birth to Ares , the god of war , Hephaestus , the ...
His sister Hestia was goddess of the hearth and home , and Demeter , whose name means ' Grain Mother ' , was goddess of agriculture . Zeus's sister Hera also became his wife . They gave birth to Ares , the god of war , Hephaestus , the ...
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VENUS AND CUPID VENUS , GODDESS OF sexual desire , plays a major role in the Roman epic poem , the Aeneid . She was the mother of Aeneas , and on several occasions intervenes to help her son . Aeneas ' father , Anchises , was a mortal ...
VENUS AND CUPID VENUS , GODDESS OF sexual desire , plays a major role in the Roman epic poem , the Aeneid . She was the mother of Aeneas , and on several occasions intervenes to help her son . Aeneas ' father , Anchises , was a mortal ...
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