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Postvorta

October 1, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Postverta or Postvorta was one of the two Carmentes and the goddess of the past in Roman mythology (along with her sister Antevorta, or prorsa … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags antevorta, carmenta, posvorta
Evander

Evander

September 24, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Evander was the son of the god Mercury and the nymph Carmenta. Greek culture hero Evander is credited for bringing the Greek pantheon, laws, and … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags carmenta, Lupercalia, Mercury, roman religion
Carmenta inventing the Latin alphabet (Antoine Dufour, 1504)

Carmenta, the Goddess of Childbirth and Prophecy

October 11, 2022September 22, 2022 by WeirdItaly

In Roman religion, Carmenta or Nicostrata, is one of the Camenae goddesses and is included in the group of Di indigetes. The Latin alphabet was … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags Camenae, carmenta, Carmentalia, Di indigetes, Evander of Pallene, Hermes, Mercury, Nicostrata, Pallantium, postvorta
Egeria

The Camenae

September 25, 2022September 22, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The Camenae were originally Roman mythology’s gods of prophecy, wells, springs, and childbirth. The four Camenae: Carmenta, or Carmentis Egeria, or Ægeria, or Aegeria Antevorta, … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags ancient rome, antevorta, birth and childhood deities, Camenae, carmenta, Egeria, Postverta, roman religion

Antevorta

October 1, 2022September 22, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Antevorta, also known as Porrima, is included in the group of Di indigetes and is one of the four Camenae. She is the goddess of the … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags ancient rome, antevorta, Camenae, carmenta, Di indigetes, postvorta

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