Hygieia

In Greek as well as Roman mythology, Hygieia (also Hygiea or Hygeia; /haɪˈdʒiːə/; Ancient Greek: Ὑγιεία or Ὑγεία, Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa), was one of the Asclepiadae; the sons and daughters of the god of medicine, Asclepius, and his wife Epione. Hygieia was the goddess/personification of health (Greek: ὑγίεια - hugieia), cleanliness and hygiene. Source.

Statue of Hygeia in Pentelic marble. Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color and cropping edits.

Hygieia by Klimt. Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Venus Hygieia. Accord14, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Hygieia Rotunda of Altes Museum. Yair Haklai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Hermitage hall. Netelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Invocation to the Goddess Hygieia by Louis-Héctor Leroux. Louis Hector Leroux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Hygeia by Peter Paul Rubens. Public Domain. Wikimedia commons.

Hygeia, Goddess of Health. Circle of Peter Paul Rubens. Public Domain. Wikimedia commons.

Hygieia, Rhodes. Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

St. Bernard's Mineral Well, Hygiea Statue, Water of Leith. Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Asclepius and Hygieia Relief. Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sculpture of Aesculapius and Hygeia. Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color and cropping edits.

Hugieia Pentagram. Machine Elf 1735, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Hygieia knew all about snakes. Interested in exploring more about the potentials of snakes and their venom (compare the words venom and Venus) for medicinal and other uses?