Editing Fraus

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In [[Roman mythology]], '''Fraus''' was the [[goddess]] of personification of treachery and fraud.<ref>{{cite book|last=Leach|first=Marjorie|title=Guide to the Gods|year=1991|publisher=Greenwood|pages=643}}</ref><ref name=giwm>{{cite book|last1=Imel|last2=Imel|first1=Martha Anne|first2=Dorothy Myers|title=Goddesses in World Mythology|year=1993|publisher=Greenwood|pages=142}}</ref><ref>George Richard Crooks, Alexander Jacob Schem, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ch8PAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22fraus%22+goddess&pg=PA379 A new Latin-English school lexicon]'', J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1867, p379</ref><ref>William Pulleyn, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jzc-AAAAIAAJ&dq=fraus+goddess&pg=PA227 The etymological compendium: or, Portfolio of origins and inventions]'', W. Tegg, 1840, p227</ref>

She was daughter of [[Orcus]] and Night ([[Nyx]]).<ref>John Lemprière, Lorenzo Da Ponte, John David Ogilby, ''[https://archive.org/details/bibliothecaclas02ogilgoog/page/n715 <!-- pg=713 quote="fraus" goddess. --> Bibliotheca classica]'', W.E. Dean, 1838, p713</ref>  She was depicted with a woman's face, the body of a snake, and on her tail the sting of a scorpion.<ref name=giwm/><ref>Johann Joachim Eschenburg, Nathan Welby Fiske, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7q0oAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22fraus%22+goddess&pg=PA440 Manual of Classical Literature]'', Frederick W. Greenough, 1839, p440</ref><ref>Johann Joachim Eschenburg, ''[https://archive.org/details/classicalantiqu00eschgoog/page/n158 <!-- pg=122 quote="fraus" goddess. --> Classical antiquities]'', E.C. & J. Biddle, 1860, p122</ref>

Fraus is an alternative name for [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]],{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}  the god of theft (among other things). She is alternatively described as Mercury's helper.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}. Her Greek equivalent was [[Apate (deity)|Apate]].

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[[Category:Trickster goddesses]]
[[Category:Children of Nyx]]
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