Festival Of Carmenta January 11th Through The 15th

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THIS PERIOD HONORS THE BIRTH OF THE GODDESS WHO BRINGS IN THE NEW GENERATIONS." CARMENTA" IS THE ROMAN GODDESS OF BEGINNINGS AND OF CHILDBIRTH. IN MYTHOLOGY, SHE PRESIDED OVER BIRTH AND HER PRIESTESSES, THE NYMPHS OF PROPHESY. HER POWERS OF DIVINATION PERTAIN TO THE PRESENT, AND SHE CHANTS HER PROPHECIES IN VERSE AND SONG. HER NAME TRANSLATES AS MAGICAL SPELL, ORACLE, OR CHARM, AND SHE PRESIDES OVER POETRY AND BODIES OF WATER. AS A GODDESS OF CONTRACEPTION, "CARMENTA" IS INVOKED TO GUARD AGAINST UNWANTED PREGNANCIES.

OF THE CULT OF "CARMENTA", WE KNOW HARDLY ANYTHING, AND HER WORSHIP IS BELIEVED TO PREDATE THE FOUNDING OF ROME. SOME SAY SHE ONE OF THE FATES WHO PRESIDED OVER THE BIRTH OF MEN. "CARMENTA", HERSELF, WAS A MOTHER, THE MOTHER OF "EVANDER", THE ORIGINAL SETTLER OF ROME. SHE WAS ESPECIALLY WORSHIPPED BY MATRONS.

THE ROMANS CELEBRATED THIS FESTIVAL TO "CARMENTA" ON JANUARY 11 AND 15, DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR, A SYMBOL, PERHAPS OF THE BEGINNING OF LIFE. THE FOCUS OF THIS FESTIVAL WAS ON DIVINATION AND REFLECTION ON THE PAST. PREGNANT WOMEN MADE OFFERINGS TO HER OF PRAYERS AND RICE IN THE HOPES OF AN EASY DELIVERY. THE FESTIVITIES BEGAN BY MAKING CREAM-FILLED PASTRIES WHICH WERE SHAPED AS MALE AND FEMALE GENITALIA WHICH WERE EATEN IN HONOR OF THIS GODDESS OF BIRTH.

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