Deívaí Genetaí
Oscan · deity · Oscan Sabellic religion; pre Roman to Roman Italy · Recorded classification
Her name says what she is: the Goddess of Birth. The reference literature connects her with the Roman Geneta Mana, an obscure deity of birth and of the dead who received a puppy in sacrifice, and the connection is plausible on the name alone. The Agnone Tablet places her among the recipients of a grain sanctuary, which is a reminder that Italic agrarian cult did not separate the fertility of the field from that of the household.
Domains
- childbirth
Relations
- ally: Kerres, the grain goddessCo-honoured with Kerres in the Garden of Ceres at Agnone.Agnone Tablet — a recipient in the Garden of Ceres. (epigraphic)
Sources
- Deívaí Genetaí, the goddess of birth, is named among the recipients of the Garden of Ceres on the Agnone Tablet; reference treatment connects her with the Roman Geneta Mana.: Agnone Tablet (Tabula Osca), British Museum G_1873-0820-149. (epigraphic); Reference gloss of Deivai Genetai as Mana Geneta. (secondary)