Was Columbia really just named after Columbus, or is there some deeper meaning to her name?
Also has there ever been a cult based around her?
Have you been playing Bioshock Infinite lately, OP?
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Played it a while back yeah. Still wondering if there's anything more to her.
1. Yes, she was named after Columbus (as is the country of Colombia)
2. No, there has never been a cult based around her except in vidya
Why did you use the word "Goddess" to refer to Columbia? She has never been regarded as a Goddess, only an anthropomorphic personification of the Americas.
She wasn't deified beyond symbolism to my knowledge, but a fun fact is a few isolated Hawaiians worshiped Washington as a god. American mythology is very interesting.
I worship her as a Goddess in the Greco-Roman tradition of Civic Goddesses.