from Dr. Carla Ionescu of the Artemis Research Centre
“The Hope Hygieia” Roman, Imperial period, 130-161 CE Marble
Hygieia, goddess of health, is feeding a snake from a shallow offering dish. In antiquity, the skin-shedding reptile was associated with rebirth and healing, and it is still used today as a symbol of the medical profession.
The Goddess has always been here.
from Dr. Carla Ionescu of the Artemis Research Centre
Did you know? In modern times, the Rod of Asclepius a serpent-entwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius (Hygieia’s father) is the predominant symbol for medicine and health care.
The gods and the goddesses, the myths, the archetypes, and our deeper relationship with animals and Mother Earth, although subjugated by Dominator culture have nonetheless survived throughout our story.
Although originally Greek, the goddess’s worship-and that of her healing father Asklepios was embraced by the Romans as well. This Roman statue reproduces a lost Greek bronze of the 4th century BCE, one of the earliest monumental representations of the goddess, which may have once stood with a statue of Asklepios on the south slope of the Acropolis in Athens.
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