The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations

Ahura Mazda altar Amesha Spentas ancient Apollo appears Artemis Asklepieia Asklepios associated Assyria Atharva Atharvaveda Athens Babylonia became believed birth Budge century B.C. ceremonies chief child-birth chthonic cult cure death demons Dhanvantari disease divinity dreams earth Egypt Egyptian Eileithyia Epidauros epithet Eridu Esculapius Eshmun evil spirits Farnell festival Fowler Frazer functions goddess gods Greece Greek Gruppe healer healing deity hero honor Horus Hygieia hymns incantations incubation inscriptions invoked Isis Iuno Iupiter Jastrow King later legend Livy lord Macdonell magic Marduk medicine Mithras Müller Mythology myths Nusku oracle origin Osiris pantheon Papyrus Pausanias Phoenician physicians practices prayers priests purification religion religious remedies represented Rigveda rites ritual Roman Rome Roscher sacred sacrifice sanctuary Semitic Serapis serpent shrine sick Strabo suppliants Telesphoros temple texts Thoth Thrämer tion tradition Underworld Vedas Vedic viii Wissowa worship Yasht Yasna Zeus Zimmern