Lucina (mythology)
In Roman mythology, Lucina was a goddess who helped with childbirth. She completely merged with Juno in the same function and thus became the byname of Juno. In Greek mythology it corresponds to Eileithyia .
In ancient times, the name was derived either from the Latin lucus ("grove") or lux ("light"), as the child sees the light of day at birth. According to Pliny , the derivation of "grove" is based on the fact that the goddess owned a sacred grove on the Esquiline , with a 375 BC. Chr. Consecrated temple and a lotus tree of very old age.
The asteroid (146) Lucina is named after her.
literature
- Francesca Prescendi: Lucina. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 7, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01477-0 , column 467 f.
- Kurt Latte : Lucina. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIII, 2, Stuttgart 1927, Sp. 1648-1651.
- Gerhard Radke : The gods of ancient Italy. Münster 1965, pp. 188f
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marcus Terentius Varro Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum fr. 100 cardauns; Ovid Fasti 2.449f
- ↑ Pliny the Elder Historia naturalis 16.85