| Mater Matuta | |
|---|---|
deity of the dawn, ripening grain, and female maturation; protector in childbirth; associated with sea harbors/ports | |
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| Major cult centre | Satricum |
| Day | June 11, Matralia |
| Gender | Female |
| Region | Latium |
| Temples | on the north side of the Forum Boarium; also Campania |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek equivalent | Eos |
| Roman equivalent | Aurora |
Mater Matuta was an indigenous Latin goddess, whom the Romans eventually made equivalent to the dawn goddess Aurora and the Greek dawn goddess Eos.[1][2][a] Mater Matuta was the goddess of female maturation, and later became linked to the dawn.[4] Her cult is attested to in several places in Latium; her most famous temple was located at Satricum.
- ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum, II, 48.
- ^ Mantzilas, Dimitris (2018). Mater Matuta: An overview of her cult. D. Mantzilas, Myrema (Mythology-Religion-Magic). Ioannina: Carpe Diem Publications. pp. 487–540.
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{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Mantzilas (2018)
- ^ Forsythe, Gary (2005). A critical history of early Rome. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-520-94029-1. OCLC 70728478.
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