Festival Of Carna June 1

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"CARNA" IS A VERY ANCIENT ROMAN GODDESS OF HEALTH AND VITALITY. SHE IS THE GODDESS WHO TAKES CARE OF HUMAN HEALTH AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BODILY ORGANS, PARTICULARLY THE HEART, LUNGS, AND LIVER, HELPING THE BODY DERIVE NOURISHMENT FROM FOOD AND CONVERT IT TO HEALTH AND STRENGTH. SOMETIMES DESCRIBED AS A "GODDESS" OF FOOD ASSIMILATION, "CARNA" CAN BE MORE ACCURATELY CALLED A PERSONIFICATION OF THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF SURVIVAL.

THE GODDESS "CARNA" WAS BELIEVED TO POSSESS THE POWER OF HEALING THE HEART AND INTESTINES, AND TO HER SHRINE CONSUMPTIVE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO BE CURED". "JUDGING FROM THE NUMBER OF VOTIVE IMAGES OF THIS GODDESS, CARNA" APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN QUITE POPULAR WITH ROMAN MOTHERS. SHE IS OFTEN DEPICTED CARRYING A PIG.

"CARNA" IS ALSO THE PATRONESS OF HINGES, AND THUS, DOMESTIC LIFE. DOORS, WINDOWS AND LOCKS ALL BELONG TO HER.

EVERY JUNE 1, THE ROMANS CELEBRATED HER FESTIVAL", THE CARNERIA," BY OFFERING HER A SOUP OF BEANS AND BACON, THANKING HER FOR HELPING THEM MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH.

Carna, the first day's yours. Goddess of the hinge:

She opens the closed, by her power, closes the open...
This same day is a festival of Mars, whose temple
By the Covered Way is seen from beyond the Capene Gate.
You too, Tempest, were considered worthy of a shrine,
After our fleet was almost sunk in Corsican waters.
These human monuments are obvious. If you look
For stars too, great Jove's eagle, with curved talons, rises.
Ovid, Fasti

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