Furrina - Mythology.
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Furrina - Mythology. Roman A nymph, or an ancient goddess, about whom little is known, even though people celebrated a feast to her each year on July 25. As a nymph, or water spirit, Furrina is said to have lived in a woods near a stream that flowed into the Tiber River in Rome, a place known as the Grove of Furrina. By the first century b.c. her name was included in a list of the Roman Furies, goddesses of vengeance and fate.
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