Edusa
The Roman goddess who helped small children learn to eat.
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Egeria
The Roman oracular water goddess who inspired and guided Numa Pompilius,
the successor of Romulus in the kingship of Rome. She is also regarded
as his wife. They used to meet in a sacred grove in the midst of which
a spring gushed forth and there she taught him wise legislation and the
forms of public worship. After his death in 673 BCE she changed into a
well in the forest of Aricia in Latium, which was dedicated to Diana.
Egeria is one of the Camenae and was also worshipped as a goddess of birth,
foretelling the destiny of newborn babies.
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Egestes
The Roman personification of poverty. Virgil mentioned her later as a
demon in the underworld.
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Empanda
This goddess personified the idea of openness and generosity.
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Erycina
An epithet of Venus, worshipped on mount Eryx on Sicily.
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