Last week's #MythologyMonday thread is now available as a blog post with some additional info:
https://eroticmythology.com/mythology-monday-greek-gods-of-healing/
#Apollon #Apollo #Asklepios #Chiron #Paian #healing #mythology #indieAuthor #writing #nonfiction @mythology @pagan @folklore
An older god of healing who appears in the #Iliad as the Healer of the Gods is #Paian. In the Iliad, Paian heals #Ares after the latter is injured by #Diomedes and #Athena through medicine that produces instant relief. #Hades is healed in a similar fashion after #Herakles' arrow (thankfully without hydra blood) pierces him.
Paian is later reduced to an epithet of both #Apollon and his son #Asklepios.
A god that is not usually associated with medicine but has a healing aspect is #Dionysos.
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