Naenia
Naenia is the Roman goddess of funerals.
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Nascio
One of the many Roman goddesses of birth.
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Necessitas
("necessity") is a Roman goddess of destiny. She is similar
to the Greek Ananke.
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Nerio
A minor Roman goddess, and the consort of Mars.
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Nona
("ninth") The Roman goddess of pregnancy. Nona was called upon
by a pregnant mother in the ninth month when the child was due to be born.
In later times she became associated with the goddesses Morta and Decima
and formed the Parcae, the Roman Fates.
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Nundina
The Roman goddess of the ninth day, on which the newborn child received
its name.
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Ops
("plenty") The Roman (Sabine) goddess of the earth as a source
of fertility, and a goddess of abundance and wealth in general. She is
the sister and wife of Saturn. As a goddess of the harvest she is closely
associated with the god Consus. One of her temples was located near Saturn's
temple, and on August 10 a festival took place there. Another sanctuary
was located in the Regia on the Forum Romanun, where also the Opiconsivia
was observed on August 25. Only the official priests and the Vestal Virgins
had access to this altar. The major temple was of Ops Capitolina, on the
Capitoline Hill, where Caesar had located the Treasury. On the Forum Romanum
she shared a sanctuary with the goddess Ceres as the protectors of the
harvest. Another festival celebrated in her honour was the Opalia, which
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Orbona
The Roman goddess invoked by parents who became childless and wished to
have children again.
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