"JUNO", THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND HEAVENLY LIGHT, ESPECIALLY THAT OF THE NEW MOON. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF "SATURN", THE WIFE OF "JUPITER" AND THE MOTHER OF "MARS" AND ONE OF THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ROMAN DEITIES. SHE WAS THE GODDESS OF LIGHT, BIRTH, WOMEN, AND MARRIAGE. IN ITALY, AS QUEEN OF WOMANKIND, SHE WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF WOMAN IN GENERAL. SHE PROTECTED WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND THE FAMILY.
AS THE IDEAL WOMEN, SHE BECAME THE SYMBOL OF THE PERFECT ROMAN WIFE AND MOTHER. AS A PARTNER AS WELL AS AN EQUAL, "JUNO" IS SUPPORTIVE, ENTERPRISING, CHALLENGING, AND CONFRONTING WHILE HELPING TO SHAPE POTENTIALITY INTO REALITY.
"MATRONALIA" WAS THE MOST FAMOUS FEAST OF THIS GODDESS. IT IS A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN AND POWER AS WELL AS A CELEBRATION OF VIRTUOUS MARRIAGE, MARKED BY GIFTS FROM HUSBAND TO WIFE, FROM LOVERS TO YOUNG WOMEN, AND FEASTS GIVEN BY THE WIVES FOR THEIR FEMALE SLAVES. IT WAS CELEBRATED BY THE ROMAN MATRONS AND VIRGINS ON THE MARCH 1ST. AT THIS FESTIVAL THE GODDESS WAS REPRESENTED VEILED, WITH A FLOWER IN HER RIGHT HAND, AND AN INFANT IN SWADDLING CLOTHES IN HER LEFT. IN THE TIME OF THE REPUBLIC, THE PUBLIC FESTIVAL WAS FOR ONLY ONE DAY, BUT IN PRIVATE HOUSES, THE CELEBRATION CONTINUED FOR SEVEN DAYS. PRAYERS WERE OFFERED TO THE GODDESS FOR A FRUITFUL MARRIAGE, AND HUSBANDS GIVE GIFTS TO THEIR WIVES WHILE TEMPLE FIRES WERE LIT WELCOMING THE NEW GROWTH TO THE EARTH.
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QUIRITIS is the Sabine Goddess of protection. The Sabines were another of the pre-Roman peoples of central Italy. Quiritis watched over the clans of the Sabines and was also worshipped by the nearby Faliscans. She also protected mothers and married women. Quiritis' name, which means "spear," is also seen as CURITIS, and it was under this name that she was later assimilated with the Roman Goddess Juno. A temple to Juno Curitis was located on the Campus Martius in Rome, where the "quirite" or spearmen trained.
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THIS DATE MARKS THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE ANCIENT GODDESS, "TIAMAT", THE BABYLONIAN VERSION OF GODDESS AS THE GREAT MOTHER CREATRIX. SHE WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE ORIGINAL WATERY CHAOS OF THE UNIVERSE; SHE PERSONIFIED THE SALT WATER (OCEAN) AT THE BEGINNING OF TIME. SHE WAS THE "MOTHER OF ALL MOTHERS," BUT SHE WAS ALSO THE TEMPESTUOUS SEA FOR THERE WAS CHAOS AND TUMULT IN HER SOUL.
THE GODDESS "TIAMAT", ALONG WITH THE GOD "APSU ( IS REPRESENTED IN THE EPIC OF "MARDUK" AS EXISTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME. THE TWO DEITIES ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL, ONE BEING THE MALE, THE OTHER THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE. BOTH PERSONIFY PRIMAEVAL CHAOS. AND IT WAS FROM THESE THAT CAME ORIGINALLY THE GODS.
"AND THE PRIMEVAL APSU, WHO BEGAT THEM,'AND MUMMU'-TIAMAT, THE MOTHER OF THEM ALL,"
THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY OTHER GENERATIONS OF GODS, WHOM THEY SOUGHT TO DESTROY. THIS RESULTED IN THE FIGHT OF "MARDUK "WITH THE PRIMEVAL GODDESS "TIAMAT." IN THIS BATTLE "MARDUK" IS THE CHAMPION AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OTHER GODS. HE SLAYS HER AND SPLITS HER IN HALVES LIKE A FISH, HALF OF WHICH HE USES TO MAKE A FIRMAMENT TO KEEP BACK THE CELESTIAL WATERS, AND THE OTHER HALF THE EARTH TO HOLD BACK THE SUBTERRANEAN WATERS.
THE ESSENCE OF THIS STORY IS THE VIOLENT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE OLDER MYTHOLOGIES OF THE MOTHER GODDESS, "TIAMAT," REPRESENTING PREHISTORY FERTILITY WORSHIP OF GODS AND GODDESS AND THE NEW MYTHS OF THE FATHER GODS, STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY BETWEEN THE TWO WITH THE EVENTUAL BIRTH OF PATRIARCHY.
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