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Juno (English: / ˈ dʒ uː n oʊ / JOO-noh; Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.She was equated to Hera, queen of the gods in Greek mythology and a goddess of love and marriage.
Articles relating to the goddess Juno and her cult. She was considered the protector and special counsellor of the state. She was equated to Hera, ...
Juno commonly refers to: Juno (mythology), the Roman goddess of marriage and queen of the gods; Juno, the 2007 film; Juno may also refer to:
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.
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 of Juno Caelestis is an archaeological site in Dougga, Tunisia. The ruined temple was dedicated to the Roman goddess Juno , herself an evolution of the Punic goddess Tanit . The temple was built between AD 222 and 235, [ 1 ] and is one of the best preserved temples dedicated to Juno in Africa.
The "hieros gamos" of Zeus with the earth goddess (finally named Hera) was celebrated at Knossos in Crete. [1] [65] In Near East the solar-deity and the moon-goddess are often represented as a bull and a cow [65] and Roscher proposed that Hera was a moon-goddess. [66] The combination feminine divinity-cow-moon is not unusual in Crete and Near ...