Matermatuta

Mater Matuta  Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Mater Matuta, nella mitologia romana era la dea del Mattino o dell'Aurora. Più tardi associata alla dea greca Ino o, appunto, Aurora.  La sua festa era celebrata l'11 giugno, il giorno dei Matrialia e a questo culto erano ammesse le donne sposate una sola volta, il cui marito era ancora vivo


Mater Matuta was an indigenous Roman goddess, whom the Romans eventually made equivalent to the dawn goddess Aurora, and the Greek goddess Eos. Mater Matuta had a temple on the Forum Boarium, and she was also associated with the sea harbors and ports, where there were other temples to her.
Her festival was the Matralia, celebrated on June 11 in her temple at the Forum Boarium. The festival was only for single women or women in their first marriage, who offered prayers for their nieces and nephews, and then drove a slave out of the temple.


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