Geography/Culture: Roman. She had a temple in the Forum.
Linguistic Note: Related English word; cloaca, from Latin cloaca, French cluere, 'to purge', with meanings: 1) An underground conduit for drainage, a sewer. 2. A privy or water-closet. 3. The common excrementory cavity at the end of the intestinal canal in birds, reptiles, most fishes and the monotremate mammals. {I always thought the cloak room, the term I grew up with as a polite reference to the privy, was a euphemism refering to a room where one might leave cloaks and coats etc.}
Description: Beneficent Goddess of efficient drainage systems; {Protectress of the alimentary canal, especially the cecum and colon}; {She Whose concern is with the healthful return of waste materials to earth}; {Matron of plumbers}; Overseer of state drains and sewage farms.
To Whom Sacred: {cassia (Senna) -- for its cathartic properties}; the Cloaca Maxima (greatest of the Roman sewers, which drained the Forum); {drains in general}.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• She could be considered an aspect of Salus, {Wholeness}, Who is linked with Hygeia, Health.
• See also Chinese Tzu-Ku-Shen, Violet-Lady.
• She was assimilated to Venus, Epitome-of-Grace-and-Charm.