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Littlestone
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Re: Neolithic Settlement
Jun 03, 2013, 17:13
tiompan wrote:
...the bath themselves were dedicated to Minerva ,a healing deity .


Minerva was goddess of the arts (which included commerce, crafts, music and poetry). Only as Minerva Medica did she become the goddess of medicine and apothecaries.

The relationship between religious centres and places of healing is an interesting one, though perhaps somewhat Western biased – there are examples (even today) of a wish to evoke good health and/or the protection of children at some Buddhist temples but those places are overwhelmingly places of study and learning in the shape of philosophical and religious debate.
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