Goddess Acca Larentia  

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"ACCA LAURENTIA" WAS REGARDED IN ROME AS AN EARTH MOTHER GODDESS, NOURISHING AND LIFE-GIVING.. HOWEVER, HER OTHER SIDE IS THAT OF A CHTHONIAN GODDESS BELONGS IN THE UNDERWORLD FOR IT IS INTO THE ABODE OF THE DEAD THAT SHE TAKES HER CHILDREN AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE. IN ANCIENT MYTH, CHTHONIAN DEITIES OFTEN TOOK THE SHAPE OF A WOLF, AND "ACCA LAURENTIA" WAS THE SHE WOLF WHO SUCKLED ROMULUS AND REMUS.

THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS AS TO WHO SHE WAS, BUT SHE WAS A GODDESS NATIVE TO THE PEOPLE OF ITALY. ONE ACCOUNT SAYS THAT SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THE LARES (HOUSEHOLD GODS OR ANCESTRAL SPIRITS) AND THE "ARVAL "BROTHERS (THE 12 PRIESTS OF THE FIELD GODS). OTHERS SAY SHE IS A GODDESS OF SEXUALITY IN WHOSE WORSHIP SACRED PROSTITUTION PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE. ACCORDING TO ROMAN MYTH, SHE WAS A LOOSE WOMAN AND A MISTRESS OF "HERCULES.".. ROME'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PROSTITUTE. SHE MARRIED THE WEALTHY "TARUTIUS" AND AFTER HIS DEATH SHE DONATED HIS MONEY TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE...AND FOR THAT, THE PEOPLE REVERED AND CELEBRATED HER IN THE FESTIVAL OF THE" LARENTALIA" ON DECEMBER 23...THE LAST DAY OF THE "SATURNALIA. "

GODDESS? SACRED PROSTITUTE? SHE WOLF? WHATEVER MAY BE THOUGHT OF THE CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS SURROUNDING "ACCA LAURENTIA," THUS MUCH SEEMS CLEAR...SHE WAS OF ETRUSCAN ORIGIN AND CONNECTED WITH THE WORSHIP OF THE "LARES", FROM WHICH HER NAME "LARENTIA" ITSELF SEEMS TO BE DERIVED. THIS APPEARS FURTHER FROM THE NUMBER OF HER SONS, WHICH ANSWERS TO THAT OF THE TWELVE COUNTRY "LARES, "AND FROM THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THE DAY SACRED TO HER WAS FOLLOWED BY ONE SACRED TO THE LARES.

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Goddess Potina  

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POTINA is the Roman Goddess of a child's first drink. Just as Edusa looked after children as they ate their first solid foods after weaning, Potina watched over their first drink. The Romans placed great importance on infancy and early childhood, and had many deities devoted to this time, each with rule over a very specific aspect. Potina helped the child transition from suckling to drinking from a cup. Her name means "she of the act of drinking."

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Goddess Bona Dea  

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"BONA DEA "IS THE ROMAN GODDESS OF FERTILITY; SHE IS A VERY ANCIENT GODDESS, PERHAPS EVEN PREDATING VENUS AND APHRODITE. HER NAME MEANS "GOOD GODDESS". THE ROMANS ALSO CONSIDERED HER THE GODDESS OF CHASTITY. SHE IS OFTEN LINKED TO FAUNUS, THE FERTILITY GOD OF THE FIELDS, AND SHE HERSELF IS OFTEN CALLED FAUNA. WHEN SHE APPEARS TO HUMANS, IT IS SOMETIMES IN THE FORM OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN, AND OTHER TIMES, SHE MAY APPEAR IN THE FORM OF AN OLD WOMAN WITH POINTY EARS. THE SNAKE IS HER ATTRIBUTE.

SHE IS AN EARTH GODDESS WHO PROTECTS WOMEN AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR CHANGES AND IS ALSO BELIEVED TO WATCH OVER THE VIRGINS. SHE IS ALSO A HEALING GODDESS AND THE SICK (WOMEN) WERE TENDED TO IN HER TEMPLE GARDEN; MEN WERE NOT ALLOWED. SHE IS SKILLED IN HERB LORE AND BLESSED WOMEN AND THE EARTH WITH FERTILITY.

HER TEMPLE IN ROME WAS SITUATED SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH OF THE PRESENT CHURCH OF ST. CECILIA IN TRASTEVERA. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NOW REMAINS LEFT, IT IS SAID THAT THE TEMPLE WAS DECORATED IN VINE BRANCHES AND OTHER PLANTS AND FLOWERS. A SACRED SERPENT SAT BESIDE THE GODDESS ON HER THRONE.

THE WORSHIP OF BONA DEA WAS PART OF A MYSTERY RELIGION WHICH IS RESTRICTED TO WOMEN. EVEN KNOWLEDGE OF HER NAMES IS WITHHELD FROM MEN. EVEN REPRESENTATIONS OF MEN AND BEASTS WERE REMOVED, AND AT THESE SECRET MEETINGS, IT WAS FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK THE WORDS "WINE" AND MYRTLE...BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO LEGEND, FAUNUS HAD ARRIVED HOME ONE DAY TO FIND THAT SHE HAD DRUNK AN ENTIRE JAR OF WINE. SO, FOR BEING DRUNK, HE BEAT HER WITH A MYRTLE BRANCH AND KILLED HER. WOMEN DID, HOWEVER, CONSUME WINE AT THE FESTIVAL, BUT SINCE THE WORD WAS OFFICIALLY TABOO FOR WOMEN, IT WAS CALLED 'MILK'.

HER FESTIVAL OCCURS ON MAY 1ST; IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT A CEREMONY OPEN TO ALL THE WOMEN OF ROME WAS HELD IN HER TEMPLE ON THE AVENTINE. A SOW WAS SACRIFICED IN HER HONOR AT THIS TIME. THE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT NIGHT, AND THE RITUALS WERE CONDUCTED BY THE VESTALS.

"TODAY, MAY DAY, IS A DAY OF JOY AND CELEBRATION. DON A SPRING DRESS AND PUT FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR. "

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Mictlantecuhtle  

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The god of the dead; he is a guardian and spirit guide. Mictlantecuhtli is ruler over Mictlan, the lowest underworld, the northern realm of the dead. Mictlantecuhtli's wife is Mictlancihuatl. He is associated with the spider, the owl and the bat.

To create life, Quetzalcoatl needed the bones from those that lived in the previous world, the Fourth Sun. First Mictlantecuhtli agreed but when Quetzalcoatl came to collect the bones Mictlantecuhtli changed his mind. Fortunately, Quetzalcoatl managed to escape. However, on his way back up he dropped some bones and broke some of them. This explains why humans have all different sizes.

Mictlantecuhtli is both the ruler of the tenth day, Itzcuintli (dog), and the tenth trecena, 1-Tecpatl (knife). He is Lord of the Day for days with number 6 ("chicuacen" in Nahuatl). He is the fifth Lord of the Night.

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