What is Febris?
{{Infobox deity | type = Roman | name = Febris | deity_of = Goddess of fever | member_of = | image = Virgil Solis Febris.jpg | alt = <!-- for alternate text of the title image per [[WP:ALT]] --> | caption = | other_names = | hiro = | Old_Norse = | Devanagari = | Sanskrit_transliteration = | Tamil_script = | Tamil_transliteration = | Kannada_script = | Kannada_transliteration = | script_name = | script = | affiliation = <!-- or | associate = --> | cult_center = <!-- or | cult_centre = --> | abode = <!-- or | abodes = --> | planet = <!-- or | world = --> | mantra = | mantra benefits = | weapon = <!-- or | weapons = --> | battles = | artifacts = <!-- or | artefacts = --> | animals = | symbol = <!-- or | symbols = --> | adherents = | height = | age = | tree = | day = | color = <!-- or | colour = --> | number = | consort = <!-- or | consorts = --> | parents = | siblings = | offspring = Dea Tertiana and Dea Tertiana | predecessor = Februus | successor = | army = | mount = | texts = | gender = Female | Greek_equivalent = | Roman_equivalent = | Etruscan_equivalent = | Christian_equivalent = | Slavic_equivalent = | Hinduism_equivalent = | Canaanite_equivalent = | equivalent1_type = | equivalent1 = | equivalent2_type = | equivalent2 = | region = [[Ancient Rome]] | ethnic_group = | festivals = | nirvana = }} '''Febris''' was the Roman goddess of [[fever]]. She would give people fevers and also protect them from [[malaria]]. Ancient Roman people were scared of her and wish her to not to do harm. Febris was described as honest and shrewd.<ref>Seneca the Younger, ''Apocolocyntosis'', 6</ref> She was invoked with the formula ''Febris diva, Febris sancta, Febris magna'' (Goddess Fever, Holy Fever, Great Fever).<ref>{{cite book|last=Singer|first=Charles|year=192