She was daughter of
Orcus and Night (
Nyx).[5] She was depicted with a woman's face, the body of a snake, and on her tail the sting of a scorpion.[2][6][7]
Fraus is an alternative name for
Mercury,[citation needed] the god of theft (among other things). She is alternatively described as Mercury's helper.[citation needed]. Her Greek equivalent was
Apate.
References
^Leach, Marjorie (1991). Guide to the Gods. Greenwood. p. 643.
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abImel, Martha Anne; Imel, Dorothy Myers (1993). Goddesses in World Mythology. Greenwood. p. 142.