Egery

Nymph

Égérie is a nymph whose Roman king Numa Pompilius was claimed inspired when it set up the Roman religious institutions.

Egery, Camène (nymph) révérée of the Romans like goddess of the sources, lived the wood of Aricie, close to Rome. Numa Pompilius was inserted in this wood under pretext of consult this nymph, in order to give to its intentions the authority of the religion. According to Ovide, Égérie was an young woman that Numa married, and with which it shared the care of the government.

One shows still today close to old the Porte Capène, in the small valley of the Caffarella, the cave and the fountain of Égérie.

With appeared

egery The Égérie nymph is at the origin of a common noun: a egery is a woman who acts like inspirer of a man of being able, even of a writer, an artist, etc

Example: The procession was to be followed by a concert animated in particular by Joan Baez, egery of the mobilization against the Guerre of Vietnam.

* See the category Égérie

See too

Voyage of Égérie
egery (mollusc)

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