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Venus (/ˈviːnəs/; Classical Latin: [ˈwɛnʊs]) is a Roman goddess whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory

deity, perhaps a mother goddess. The reference to Venus is metaphorical, since the figurines predate the mythological figure of Venus by many thousands of

ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretised Roman counterpart Venus, desire, sex,

[Greek goddess]. Clementia, goddess of forgiveness and mercy. Cloacina, goddess who presided over the system of sewers in Rome; identified with Venus. Concordia

of the Asuras. The English name Venus stems originally from the ancient Romans. Romans named Venus after their goddess of love, who in turn was based on

husband's will Venus, goddess of beauty, love, desire, sex and fertility Virginiensis, the goddess who unties the girdle of the bride. Beiwe, goddess of fertility

Venus Genetrix may refer to: Venus Genetrix, epithet of the goddess Venus Venus Genetrix (sculpture), the name for a type of sculptural depiction of the

Dzidzilelya is an alleged Polish goddess. First mentioned by Jan Długosz as the Polish equivalent of the Roman goddess Venus, goddess of marriage. Nowadays, the

figurines are collectively described as "Venus figurines" in reference to the Roman goddess of beauty Venus. The name was first used in the mid-nineteenth

mid-1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus Anadyomene and often