Venilia

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Venilia, in Roman mythology, is a deity associated with the winds and the sea. According to Virgil and Ovid she was a nymph, the sister of Amata, and the wife of Janus[1] (or Faunus)[2] with whom she had three children, Turnus, Juturna, and Canens.[2]

She and Salacia are the paredrae of Neptune.

The Venilia Mons, a mountain on Venus, is named for her.[3]

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  1. ^ Ovid. "Metamorphoses Book XIV (A. S. Kline's Version)". The Ovid Collection. University of Virginia. 
  2. ^ a b "Venilia". Roman Myth Index. 
  3. ^ "Venilia Mons". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.