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Daimones or Goddesses of the Personification of\u00a0Insanity, Madness, and Crazed Frenzy.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When we hear the word “mania”, most of us think that it means crazed or to act in a frenzy. How did this word work its way into our vocabularies? It all goes back to the Greek goddesses<\/a> or more commonly the divinity spirits of Mania or Maniae. In later Roman and Etruscan mythology, Mania or ‘Manea’ takes on a slightly different role, as the goddess of the dead, spirits and chaos. In Greek, Mania is sometimes referred to in the singular, but also often as a plural for the spirits personifying insanity, frenzy and madness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Role of Mania \/ The Maniae<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Maniae are often associated with the dead, the crazed, and the mentally ill. The name, after all, means excessive excitement or craze. They are also associated with the Erinyes, fearsome goddesses of vengeance. The Erinyes are also sometimes referred to as The Furies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mania not only dealt with gods and goddesses<\/a>, but she had a huge impact on humans as well. Many men wrote that Mania had a trigger finger that, just from one touch, would send them into a crazy, irrational fit. When animals would start foaming at the mouth or acting frenzied, the owners would either blame it on Lyssa (spirit of rage and rabies) or on Mania. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maniae were most likely children of Erebus<\/a> and Nyx<\/a>, though their exact line is not really stated anywhere firmly. Erebus is known as being the Titan of darkness and Nyx is known for being the Titaness<\/a> of the night. Not too much is said about how Mania managed her home life except that her parents were always using negative feelings and emotions to express themselves. This could be the reason that Mania was filled with so much rage and negativity herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In later Roman mythology, Mania ruled the underworld<\/a> for quite sometime along with the husband, Mantus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facts About The Maniae Goddesses\/Daimones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n