Bona Dea (Latin: [ˈbɔna ˈdɛ.a]; 'Good Goddess') was a goddess in ancient Roman religion. She was associated with chastity and fertility among married Roman women, healing, and the protection of the state and people of Rome. [1]

Bona Dea, in Roman religion, deity of fruitfulness, both in the earth and in women. She was identified with various goddesses who had similar functions. The dedication day of her temple on the Aventine was celebrated May 1.

Bona Dea, whose name translates to the “Good Goddess,” was a deity revered in Ancient Rome, embodying fertility, healing, and chastity. She was considered a protectress of the Roman state and its people, particularly women, to whom she offered aid in matters of fertility and childbirth.

Bona Dea "Good Goddess." A Roman divinity, who is described as the sister, wife, or daughter of Faunus, and was herself called Fauna, Fatua, or Oma. 1 She was worshiped at Rome from the earliest times as a chaste and prophetic divinity; and her worship was so exclusively confined to women, that men were not even allowed to know her name.

Bona Dea was an ancient Roman goddess associated with chastity, fertility, healing, and protection of Rome. Her cult, exclusive to women, was shrouded in secrecy. Speculated to be a Latin version of Greek goddess Demeter or Roman deities Ops, Terra, or Ceres, Bona Dea’s worship was led by vestal virgins and priestesses.

2019年6月14日 · At the beginning of May and December in Rome, an unusual mysterious feast in honour of Bona Dea (“Good Goddess”) was celebrated – an agrarian god, daughter of Faunus. The feast was worshipped only by women, due to the character of Bona Dea – a goddess who is a virgin and responsible for the fertility of women.

2020年12月3日 · The feast of Bona Dea ("Good Goddess") was celebrated on May 1 or at the beginning of December (probably on December 3). It was a Roman festival in honour of the Roman agrarian god, Bona Dea, daughter of Faunus.

The Temple of Bona Dea was an ancient sanctuary in Aventine Hill of Ancient Rome, erected the 3rd century BC and dedicated to the goddess Bona Dea. [1] The date of the foundation is unknown. However, the cult was introduced in Rome after 272 BC, and the sanctuary was founded in that century.

2018年11月27日 · The cult of Bona Dea was one of many religious organizations that rose to prominence during the Roman Republican era, although it remained popular well into the Roman Empire. This cult was notable for being dominated by women, and according to some reports from antiquity was closed off from men altogether.

Bona Dea (the Good Goddess—this is her title, not name, which is uncertain), an Italian goddess, worshipped especially in Rome and Latium.