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FURIES, the Latin translation of Gr. Erinyes (q.v.), corre sponding to no native idea. The resemblance of name caused occasional confusion with the very ancient, but obscure Roman goddess Furrina, worshipped on the Ianiculum, whose functions and the derivation of whose name are unknown.