Fornax

A Roman goddess, who is said to have been worshiped that she might ripen the corn, and prevent its being burnt in baking in the oven (fornax). Her festival, the Fornacalia, was announced by the curio maximus.

Hartung1 considers her to be identical with Vesta.

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References

Notes

  1. Die Religion der Römer. Vol. 2, p. 107

Sources

  • Festus, s.v. Fornacalia.
  • Ovid. Fasti ii, 525.1.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.