Mnemosyne was the Titan goddess of memory and remembrance. She was also the inventress of language and words. Mnemosyne was the daughter of Ouranos (Heaven), and being such was also a goddess of time. Mnemosyne had the duty of memorizing the stories of history to preserve them, as this was during oral tradition for keeping history, before writing. In this role she was represented as the mother of the Muses. Mnemosyne was a minor oracular goddess like her sister. Mnemosyne's Latin name is Moneta, which could be drawing from the verb "monere" meaning "to remind, advise, warn".
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