Dea Dia

In Roman mythology, Dea Dia is the goddess of growth. She was worshipped at Ambarvalia, in May. Her priests were called Fratres Arvales. Other related archivesAmbarvalia, Bona Dea, Camenae, Carmenta, Ceres, Convector, Egeria, Flamens, Flora, Fortuna, Fratres Arvales, Juno, Jupiter, Lares, Lupercus, Mars, May, Mercury, Minerva, Pales, Pomona, Quirinus, Roman mythology, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan

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The Carmen Arvale is the preserved chant of the Arval priests or Fratres Arvales of ancient Rome. The Arval priests were devoted to the goddess Dea Dia, and offered sacrifices to her to ensure the fertility of ploughed fields (Latin arvum). There were twelve Arval priests, chosen from patrician families. During the Roman Empire the Emperor was always an Arval priest. They retained the office for life, even if disgraced or exiled. Their most important festival, the Ambarvalia, occurred durin ...

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In Roman mythology, the god Convector oversaw the bringing in of the crops from the fields. Other related archivesBona Dea, Camenae, Carmenta, Ceres, Dea Dia, Egeria, Flamens, Flora, Fortuna, Juno, Jupiter, Lares, Lupercus, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Pales, Pomona, Quirinus, Roman mythology, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan

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Jupiter Mars Quirinus Vesta Juno Fortuna Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Lares The Flamens Bona Dea Carmenta Camenae Dea Dia Convector Flora Lupercus Pales Pomona Egeria In Roman mythology, Carmenta was the goddess of childbirth and prophecy, a ...

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Arval Brethren (latin: Fratres Arvales) were a body of priests in ancient Rome who offered annual sacrifices to lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. The modern world knows them mainly for their stone-carved records of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices. Roman legend held that the priestly college was originated by Romulus, who took the place of a dead son of his nurse Acca Laurentia, and formed the priesthood with the remaining eleven sons. They were also connected originally with the Sabine priesthood of Sodales Titii and were pro ...

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Jupiter Mars Quirinus Vesta Juno Fortuna Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Lares The Flamens Bona Dea Carmenta Camenae Dea Dia Convector Flora Lupercus Pales Pomona Egeria Ceres, in Roman mythology, equivalent to the Greek Demeter, daughter of Saturn and Rhea, wife-sister of Jupiter, mother of Proserpina by Jupiter, sister ...

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In Roman mythology, Lupercus was a name for Faunus as well as another god. Lupercus was the god of shepherds. His festival (along with Faunus), celebrated on the anniversary of the founding of his temple, February 15, was called the Lupercalia. His priests (Luperci) wore goat-skins and hit onlookers with goat-skin belts. Lupercus was associated with the cave where Romulus and Remus were suckled by a she-wolf. He was associated with goats and dogs. Other related archivesBona Dea, Camena

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In Roman mythology, Acca Larentia was Hercules' mistress after he won her in a game of dice (Macrobius i. 10; Plutarch, Romulus, 4, 5, Quaest. Rom. 35; Aulus Genius vi. 7). Hercules advised her to marry the first man she met in the street, who proved to be a wealthy Etruscan named Tarutius. She inherited all his property and bequeathed it to the Roman people, who out of gratitude instituted in her honour a yearly festival called Larentalia (23 December). According to some, Acca Larentia was the mother of the Lares, and, like Ceres, Teilus, Flora and others, symbolized the fertility of the ...

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In Roman mythology, the Camenae were originally goddesses of springs, wells and fountains, or water nymphs of Venus . They were wise, and sometimes gave prophecies of the future. There were four Camenae: Carmentia, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta. They were worshipped in the sacred forest known as Porta Capena near Rome. Carmentia or Carmentis was the chief among the nymphs, the spring and grove outside the Porta Capena was dedicated to her. On her festival day, the Carmentalia which fell on January the 11th and 15th Vestal Virgins d ...

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Jupiter Mars Quirinus Vesta Juno Fortuna Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Lares The Flamens Bona Dea Carmenta Camenae Dea Dia Convector Flora Lupercus Pales Pomona Egeria In Roman mythology, Bona Dea ("the good goddess") was a goddess of fertility, healing, virginity and women. She was a dau ...

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