Roman Goddess associated with Childbirth and Women in Labor – ''Lucina'' may have been related to several Ancient Greek Goddesses of the same abilities. She lived among a ''sacred grove'' of Lotus Trees atop The Esquiline Hill (one of Rome's ''7 Sacred Hills''). Proper veneration before Childbirth ensured a Woman would have little pain in delivery. This was made so by drinking a fluid culled from the sacred Leaves, which ''killed pain''.
