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MURILLO-GODINEZ, Guillermo. The mythological gods of medicine. Med. interna Méx. [online]. 2019, vol.35, n.2, pp.273-283.  Epub 30-Set-2020. ISSN 0186-4866.  https://doi.org/10.24245/mim.v35i2.2304.

Humans, at least since there are records of the history of humanity, have assigned features of divinity to natural phenomena but also to human phenomena, according to the worldview of each time and place. In addition to being part of history, in some cases they have been decisive for the construction of a national, regional or union history and identity, such a phenomenon persists to this day. Below is a compilation of data from the different mythologies in world medicine.

Palavras-chave : Humans; Medicine; Mythology.