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Mefitis
Mefitis was an Italic goddess associated with sulphurous springs and vapours, waters and fertility, worshipped especially by the Samnites, Hirpini and Lucanians. Her main sanctuary lay in the Ansanto valley in Irpinia, where poisonous gases rise from a small pool, and another stood at Rossano di Vaglio in Lucania. The English word 'mephitic' derives from her name.
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