Deity · Collective
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goddesses of childbirth
Title · Simile
Ilithuiae
Alternative name · Reported
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The Eilithuiae are childbirth goddesses, daughters of Juno and dispensers of cruel labour pain.
“the Eilithuiae, goddesses of childbirth, daughters of Juno and dispensers of cruel pain, send upon a woman when she is in labour”
Juno is said to hold back the Ilithuiae.
“Juno brought the child to birth though there was a month still wanting, but she stayed the offspring of Alcmena, and kept back the Ilithuiae”
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“the Eilithuiae, goddesses of childbirth, daughters of Juno and dispensers of cruel pain”
“kept back the Ilithuiae”