Febris
deity earth Roman single tradition · 2
Febris is the goddess of fever in Roman belief. She is mentioned alongside Orbona and Mala Fortuna, suggesting a potentially darker aspect within Roman beliefs.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 400
- Historical notes
- Roman goddess possibly derived from Februus; associated with fever as a purification process.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mala Fortuna, Februa, Orbona
- aspect of
- Februus
- manifested by
- Februus
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In some writing, there is a mention of Orbona alongside deities like Febris, goddess of fever and Mala Fortuna, goddess of bad luck. Which indicates that she might have had a darker or more ominous aspect in Roman belief.”
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“Februus may have become the Roman Febris, goddess of fever (febris in Latin means fever). These are possibly connected with the sweating of fevers, which was considered a purgative, washing, and purification process.”
#13372 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5