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ID: 901002188
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002188
Record Type: Character/Person

Decima (Roman deity)

Note: In Roman mythology, one of the three Fates; with Nona, Decima was responsible for birth.

Names:
Decima (Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
Decuma (Roman deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman characters> (P)
............Decima (Roman deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Nona
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Nona (Roman deity)) [901002189]
associated with .... Morta
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Morta (Roman deity)) [901002190]
counterpart is .... Lachesis
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Lachesis (Greek deity)) [901002187]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... fate
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Decima (Roman deity)
................Grant and Hazel, Who's Who in Classical Mythology (1993)
Decuma (Roman deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Fates," accessed 31 July 2019
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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