Eileithyia
Meanings
name
- The goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυια (Eileíthuia, “the bringer or deliverer”).
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