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Encyclopedia > Furina
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In Roman mythology, the goddess Furina was the patroness of thieves. Her placation was the duty of the Flamen Furinalis.


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Hatchling Rider Furina, bondmate to copper Anath (446 words)
Personality: Furina is the most dedicated assassin of the five orphans from the rogue band known as the Brotherhood of the Knife.
History: Furina was one of the many children orphaned during the massacre along Davina's eastern half known as the Day of the Damned where nearly six thousand villages and three kingdoms were laid to ruin by the forces of the Daemons.
Furina was also one of five children to be rescued from destruction by the Daemoness Athena, whose compassion for the children left alone in the wake of the massacre and her guilt over being partly responsible for their family's deaths compelled her to protect and watch over them, finding homes for each of them.
FURIES - LoveToKnow Article on FURIES (207 words)
Mention may here be made of an old Italian deity Furina (or Furrina), whose worship fell early into disuse, and who was almost forgotten in the time of Varro.
This goddess had her own special priest, a grove across the Tiber where Gaius Gracchus was slain, and a festival on the 25th of July.
Authorities differ as to the existence of more than one goddess called Furina, and their identity with the Forinae mentioned in two inscriptions found at Rome (C.I.L. vi.
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