🪷 August 5this the Feast of #Hygeia/#Salus daughter of #Aesculapius. She is the goddess of cleanliness, not only bodily but environmentally. Depicted with a serpent which #Hygiea feeds. Worshipers offer locks of hair to #Hygieia seeking her blessing. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/02/on-feast-day-of-hygeia-we-honor-our.html 🪷
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Taken this day, 2021, statue of #Hygieia in light and shadow, inside Saint Bernard's Well, #Stockbridge https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/51049560533/
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🪷 26 Feb is the Feast of #Hygeia/#Salus daughter of #Aesculapius. She is the goddess of cleanliness, not only bodily, but environmentally. Depicted with a serpent which #Hygiea feeds. Worshipers offer locks of hair to #Hygieia seeking her blessing. 🪷
#hygeia #Aesculapius #hygiea #hygieia
🪷 26 Feb is the Feast of #Hygeia/#Salus daughter of #Aesculapius. She is the goddess of cleanliness, not only bodily, but environmentally. Depicted with a serpent which #Hygiea feeds. Worshipers offer locks of hair to #Hygieia seeking her blessing. 🪷
#hygeia #Aesculapius #hygiea #hygieia