Laverna
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In Roman mythology, Laverna was a goddess of thieves, cheats and the underworld. She was propitiated by libations poured with the left hand. The poet Horace and the playwright Plautus call her a goddess of thieves. In Rome, her sanctuary was near the Porta Lavernalis.
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Laverna. |
Michael Jordan, Encyclopedia of Gods, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002
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