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Mater Matuta
deity of the dawn, ripening grain, and female maturation; protector in childbirth; associated with sea harbors/ports
Major cult centre
Satricum
Day
June 11, Matralia
Gender
Female
Region
Latium
Temples
on the north side of the Forum Boarium; also Campania
Equivalents
Greek equivalent
Eos
Roman equivalent
Aurora
Mater Matuta was an indigenous Latin goddess, whom the Romans eventually made equivalent to the dawn goddess Aurora and the Greek goddess Eos.[1][2][3] She was the goddess of female maturation and later also of the dawn.[4] Her cult is attested to in several places in Latium; her most famous temple was located at Satricum.
^Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum, II, 48.
^Mantzilas, Dimitris (2018). ""Mater Matuta: An Overview of her Cult"". D. Mantzilas, Myrema (Mythology-Religion-Magic). 30 Articles and Essays, Ioannina: Carpe Diem Publications, 2018, Pp. 487-540. Carpe Diem Publications: 487–540.
^Mater derives from the Latin for mother. Matuta is connected to Latin, mane, matutinus, "morning". See Mantzilas 2018.
^Forsythe, Gary (2005). A critical history of early Rome. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-520-94029-1. OCLC 70728478.
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