Vejovis (Roman deity)

LC control no.	no2015102064
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Vejovis (Roman deity) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Vediovis (Roman deity) Vedivs (Roman deity) Vejove (Roman deity) Veiovis (Roman deity) Veive (Roman deity) Vedius (Roman deity) Veiove (Roman deity) Вейовис (Roman deity) Ведиовис (Roman deity) Вейовіс (Roman deity) 维迪奥维斯 (Roman deity) Weidi'aoweisi (Roman deity)
Special note	Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found in	GreekMythology.com, August 1, 2015 (Asclepius was the ancient Greek god of medicine, son of the god Apollo and Coronis, the daughter of Phlegyas, King of the Lapiths. Asclepius is also called Vejovis, Vejove, Vediovis, Aesculapius) <http://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Asclepius/asclepius.html> Encyclopedia mythica, August 3, 2015 (Veiovis; Veiovis (Vediovis) is one of the oldest of the Roman gods. He is a god of healing, and was later associated with the Greek Asclepius. He was mostly worshipped in Rome and Bovillae in Latium. On the Capitoline Hill and on the Tiber Island temples were erected in his honor. In spring, goats were sacrificed to avert plagues. Veiovis is portrayed as a young man, holding a bunch of arrows (or lightning bolts) in his hand, and is accompanied by a goat. He is probably based on the Etruscan god Veive.) <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/v/veiovis.html> Encyclopædia Britannica online, August 3, 2015 (Vejovis, also spelled Vediovis, or Vedivs, in Roman religion, a god of uncertain attributes, worshiped at Rome between the two summits of the Capitoline Hill (the Arx and the Capitol) and on Tiber Island (both temples date from just after 200 bc) and at Bovillae, 12 miles southeast of Rome.) Wikipedia, August 3, 2015 (Vejovis or Vejove (Latin: Vēiovis or Vēdiovis; rare Vēive or Vēdius) was a Roman god. Romans believed that Vejovis was one of the first Gods in this world. Vejovis was portrayed as a young man, holding a bunch of arrows, pilum, (or lightning bolts) in his hand, and accompanied by a goat. Romans believed that Vejovis was one of the first gods to be born. He was a god of healing, and became associated with the Greek Asclepius. He was mostly worshipped in Rome and Bovillae in Latium. On the Capitoline Hill and on the Tiber Island, temples were erected in his honour.) Italian page (Veiove) Norwegian page (Veive) Russian page (Вейовис = Veĭovis; Ведиовис = Vediovis) Ukrainian page (Вейовіс = Veĭovis) Chinese page (维迪奥维斯 = Weidi'aoweisi) Dictionary of classical antiquities, 1956 (Veiovis (also Vediovis). An old Italian deity whose peculiar attributes were early forgotten. At Rome he had a famous shrin between the two peaks of the Capitoline Hill, the Capitol and the Arx. ... He was probably a god of expiation, and hence at the same time the protector of runaway criminals.) The Oxford classical dictionary, 1996 (Ve(d)iovis, Roman god, a form of Jupiter, with a festival on 21 May, and temples on the Tiber island and between the two summits of the Capitoline hill.)