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Dabaiba

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an idol of the inhabitants of Panama. This goddess was of mortal extraction, aid, having led a virtuous life on earth, was deified after death, and called by those idolaters the mother of God. They sacrificed slaves to her, and worshipped her by fasting three or four days together, and by acts of devotion, such as sighs, groans, and ecstasies.