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As the patron goddess of Rome and the Roman Empire, Juno was called Regina ("Queen") and was a member of the Capitoline Triad (Juno Capitolina), centered on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, and also including Jupiter, and Minerva, goddess of wisdom. Juno-Hera, antique fresco from Pompeii. Juno's own warlike aspect among the Romans is apparent in ...
Sestertius of Antoninus Pius showing his portrait and Moneta holding scales and cornucopia. In Roman mythology, Moneta (Latin Monēta) was a title given to two separate goddesses: It was the name of the goddess of memory (identified with the Greek goddess Mnemosyne), and it was an epithet of Juno, called Juno Moneta (Latin Iūno Monēta).
Juno Moneta, the second name associating the Roman goddess Juno with the goddess Moneta who was worshiped at some locations outside Rome, was regarded as the protectress of the city's funds. Money was coined in her temple for over four centuries, before the mint was moved to a new location near the Colosseum during the reign of the emperor ...
The temple was believed to have been built under the reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last King of Rome prior to the establishment of the Roman Republic. Although the temple was shared by Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, each deity had a separate cella, with Juno Regina on the left, Minerva on the right, and Jupiter Optimus Maximus in the middle.
Lua, goddess to whom soldiers sacrificed captured weapons, probably a consort of Saturn. Lucina, goddess of childbirth, but often as an aspect of Juno. Luna, goddess of the moon. Lupercus, god of shepherds and wolves; as the god of the Lupercalia, his identity is obscure, but he is sometimes identified with the Greek god Pan.
It featured a father, Jupiter, who was also the supreme divine unity, and a mother, Juno, queen of the gods. These supreme unities were subdivided into genii for each individual family; hence, the genius of each female, representing the female reproductive power, was a Juno. The male power was a Jupiter. [6] The Juno was venerated under many ...
Arguably the album's most raunchy song, "Juno" finds Carpenter fantasizing about a romantic partner getting her pregnant — like the titular character of the 2007 film Juno.
In ancient Roman religion, Lucina was a title or epithet given to the goddess Juno, [1] and sometimes to Diana, [2] in their roles as goddesses of childbirth who safeguarded the lives of women in labor.