Furrina
Furrina (also Furina ) was one of the many "little" goddesses of the Roman religion . Varro already states that it was hardly known by name at the time. In older times it must have had greater importance, as it was dedicated to a festival of its own, the Furrinalia or Furnalia ( July 25th ), and a grove with a sanctuary on the Ianiculum , and it also (like some other deities that have become insignificant) a special day specially assigned priests ( flamen furrinalis ) were there.
Presumably solely for reasons of sound, she was subsequently put into a relationship with the furies due to a lack of precise knowledge or interpreted as the goddess of thieves (Latin for = thief).
literature
- Otto Crusius : Furrina . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Col. 1564 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Heike Kunz: For (r) ina. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 4, Metzler, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-476-01474-6 , column 721.
- Georg Wissowa : Furrina. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Col. 382 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Varro De origine linguae Latinae 6,19
- ↑ Varro De origine linguae Latinae 5,84. 6.19. Sextus Pompeius Festus de verborum significatione 78 L.
- ↑ Cicero De natura deorum 3.46. Plutarch Gaius Gracchus 17. Martianus Capella 2,163f.