In Irish mythology, Dian Cécht (Old Irish pronunciation [dʲiːən kʲeːxt]; also known as Cainte or Canta) was the god of healing, the healer for the
Brighid, the triple goddess of healing, poetry, and smithcraft is perhaps the most well-known of the Insular Celtic deities of healing. She is associated with many healing springs and wells. A lesser-known Irish healing goddess is Airmed, also associated with a healing well and with the healing art of herbalism.
Asclepius: The Greek God of Health
This symbol, known as the Rod of Asclepius, has become the modern symbol of medical care. Although it is often confused with a similar emblem linked to the god Hermes, called the caduceus, a true medical professional would undoubtedly recognize the differences.
As a goddess of healing, Brigid ruled over the sacred wells of Ireland. You can connect with and honour her energy by visiting a well or spring and offering up gratitude to Brigid before requesting healing of body, soul, and mind.
Hygieia, in Greek religion, goddess of health. The oldest traces of her cult are at Titane, west of Corinth, where she was worshipped together with Asclepius, the god of medicine.
In Greek mythology, Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια, Panakeia) was the goddess of healing. She was the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine, and the granddaughter of Apollo, god of healing (among other things).
In Greek mythology, Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια, Panakeia), a goddess of universal remedy, was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Panacea and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea (the goddess of universal health)
Sulis was the local goddess of the thermal springs that still feed the spa baths at Bath, which the Romans called Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis"). Sulis was likely venerated as a healing divinity, whose sacred hot springs could cure physical or spiritual suffering and illness.
Hygieia is a goddess from Greek, as well as Roman, mythology (also referred to as: Hygiea or Hygeia; /haɪˈdʒiːə/; Ancient Greek: Ὑγιεία or Ὑγεία, Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa). Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια – hugieia), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene".
Blodeuwedd is known as the Goddess of flowers, emotions, the wisdom of innocence and initiation ceremonies. She is also known as the Ninefold Goddess of the Western Isles of Paradise. Blodeuwedd's tale is the last of the four branches of the Mabinogion.
Apollo was worshipped throughout the Roman Empire. In the traditionally Celtic lands, he was most often seen as a healing and sun god.
“Jesus stated, 'I am willing, be healed! ' This statement emphatically declares that healing is the will of God, Jehovah-Rapha is His name.
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In Chinese Buddhism, Guan Yin is synonymous with the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the pinnacle of mercy, compassion, kindness and love.
The Ailm represents strength, endurance, and resilience as well as healing, purification, health, and fertility. The Ailm tends to be one of the most popular Celtic signs used to represent inner strength and you'll often see Celtic God and Goddesses depicted with tree-related symbols.
The Dagda. The Dagda's name translates to “The Good God,” described as the leader of the Celtic pantheon. Physically he is depicted as a large bearded man carrying a club around. In many ways, The Dagda has assumed the role of the Norse Odin in Celtic mythology as the most powerful god in the Celtic mythos.
This was the Morrígan. Commonly known as the "Phantom Queen", the Morrígan was a feared Celtic deity and the goddess of both death and war. As one of Ireland's most powerful goddesses, she appears as both a single being and a triple goddess, forming a trio of sisters who protect both destiny and prophecy.
(let the health of the people be the supreme law) …
For centuries, Ancient Greek deities like Apollo (the god of medicine, healing, plagues, prosperity and healing), Asclepius (the god of the medicinal arts), Artemis, Eileithyia and Hera (goddesses of childbirth), Hygieia (the goddess of sanitation and cleanliness), and Iaso and Panacea (goddesses of cures, remedies and ...
Hygieia was the Greek goddess of Health hygiene, and the associate, wife, or daughter of Asclepius. Asclepius' symbol is his rod, with a snake twined around it; correspondingly, Hygieia's symbol is a cup or chalice with a snake twined around its stem and poised above it.
These three forms are also the three forms of the Celtic Triple Goddess of war, fate, and death, the Morrigan. The Morrigan was made of the goddesses Morrigu, Badb, and Nemain. The triple goddess came in various forms including the three stages of womanhood listed above, the raven, the crow, the wolf, and the horse.
In some Irish myths, Clíodhna is a goddess of love and beauty, and the patron of County Cork. She is said to have three brightly coloured birds who eat apples from an otherworldly tree and whose sweet song heals the sick people.
Asclepius, Greek Asklepios, Latin Aesculapius, Greco-Roman god of medicine, son of Apollo (god of healing, truth, and prophecy) and the mortal princess Coronis. The Centaur Chiron taught him the art of healing.
HYGIEIA (Hugieia), also called Hygea or Hygia, the goddess of health, and a daughter of Asclepius. (Paus.
Aušrinė, Baltic pagan deity of medicine, health and beauty.
AIGLE (Aegle) was the goddess of radiant good health. She was an attendant of her father, the medicine-god Asklepios (Asclepius). Her sisters included Panakeia (All-Cure), Iaso (Remedy) and Hygeia (Good-Health).