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The most extensive lists of deities pertaining to the conception-birth-development cycle come from the Church Fathers, especially Augustine of Hippo and Tertullian. Augustine in particular is known to have used the now-fragmentary theological works of Marcus Terentius Varro , the 1st century BC Roman scholar, who in turn referenced the books of ...
In ancient Roman religion, Vagitanus or Vaticanus was one of a number of childbirth deities who influenced or guided some aspect of parturition, in this instance the newborn's crying. [1] Some sources relate it to the Latin noun vagitus , "crying, squalling, wailing," particularly by a baby or an animal, and the verb vagio, vagire . [ 2 ]
In ancient Roman religion, the di nixi (or dii nixi), also Nixae, were birth deities.They were depicted kneeling or squatting, [1] a more common birthing position in antiquity than in the modern era. [2]
Funeral monument of a Roman midwife. In ancient Rome, childbirth was the aim of a Roman marriage. Procreation was the prime duty and expectation of a woman. [1] Childbirth also brought upon high risk to both the mother and child due to a greater chance of complications, which included infection, uterine hemorrhage, and the young age of the mothers.
Juno Lucina was chief among a number of deities who influenced or guided every aspect of birth and child development, such as Vagitanus, who opened the newborn's mouth to cry, and Fabulinus, who enabled the child's first articulate speech. The collective di nixi were birth goddesses, and had an altar in the Campus Martius.
Epithets of Roman deities (2 C, 1 P) P. ... List of Roman agricultural deities; List of Roman birth and childhood deities; A. Agdistis; Anthelioi; D. Deus; Di indigetes;
Antevorta and Postvorta had two altars in Rome and were invoked by pregnant women as protectors against the dangers of childbirth. [2] Antevorta was said to be present at the birth when the baby was born head-first; Postverta, when the feet of the baby came first.
Childhood gods (1 C, 20 P) K. Kourotrophoi (11 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Childhood deities" ... List of Roman birth and childhood deities This page was last ...