Vejovis
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Vejovis or Vejove ( or ; rare or ) was a Roman god of Etruscan origins (, or ).
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Vinony files it under Asclepius, Epithets of Śuri and Etruscan gods.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
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Vejovis or Vejove ( or ; rare or ) was a Roman god of Etruscan origins (, or ).
==Representation and worship== Vejovis was portrayed as a young man, holding a bunch of arrows (or lightning bolts), or a pilum, 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.
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