Fauna - Mythology.
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Fauna - Mythology. Roman An ancient goddess of healing and productivity of the Earth. Fauna was also a goddess of chastity and of fertility in women. Fauna was either the sister or the wife of Faunus, an equally old Roman god of nature and fertility. As a prophetess, she was called Fatua, and as a goddess she was also known by some as Bona Dea, which means "good goddess." In some stories, Fauna and Hercules, the Roman version of the Greek Heracles, fall in love when the hero arrives in Italy. Together they are the parents of Latinus, who becomes the king of the people of the Latium region of central Italy.
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