Carmenta
Roman · deity · regal · Recorded classification
Carmenta is named for the carmen — the sung formula that is prophecy and spell at once — and she presides over birth and over what can be foretold about it. She had one of the minor flamens and a gate of Rome named after her, both marks of a genuinely old cult, and two festival days in January. Legend made her the mother of Evander and had her bring the alphabet to Latium, which is the sort of thing a goddess of formulae attracts. She is counted first of the four Camenae.
Domains
- prophecy
- childbirth
Relations
- ally: EgeriaOne of the four Camenae with Egeria, Antevorta and Postvorta.Reference treatment listing the four Camenae: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta and Postvorta. (secondary)
- ally: AntevortaOne of the four Camenae.Reference treatment listing the four Camenae. (secondary)
- ally: PostvortaOne of the four Camenae.Reference treatment listing the four Camenae. (secondary)
Sources
- Carmenta is the Roman goddess of childbirth and prophecy, one of the four Camenae, served by her own flamen and honoured at the Carmentalia on 11 and 15 January.: Reference treatment of Carmenta, the Camenae, and the Carmentalia. (secondary)