Lucifera

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Lucifera is a fictional daughter of Pluto created by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene, derived from a 16th‑century mythographic translation of the Greek epithet of Hecate meaning "light‑bearer."

When

First attested
1590 CE
Attested period
1590 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Spenser's 1590s epic poem.

Relationships

syncretized with
Hecate
child of
Pluto

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“In The Faerie Queene (1590s), Edmund Spenser invents a daughter for Pluto whom he calls Lucifera.”

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