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Carmentalia - NovaRoma (949 words) |
 | The Carmentalia was an ancient festival celebrated every year in honour of the nymph Carmenta (or Carmentis). |
| It was said that later Numa Pompilius founded a sacred grove for Her beneath the Capitoline Hill. |
| This source may indicate that while the Carmentalia held on 11 January was dedicated to Carmentis, that of 15 January was intended to honor Janus as guardian of the Porta Carmentalis. |
| Carmentalia (449 words) |
| The Carmentalia (January 11 and 15) was the festival of Carmentis, or Carmenta, a prophetic goddess who was the most important of the Camenae. |
| Pierre Grimal (Dictionary of Classical Mythology) says Carmentis was regarded as a deity of procreation; she was invoked by two names, Prorsa (head first) and Postversa (feet first), the two positions in which a child can be born. |
| Additional information about the Carmentalia is provided at this site. |
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