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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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