Dea Tacita
In Roman mythology, Dea Tacita ("the silent goddess") also known as Dea Muta or Muta Tacita, was a goddess of the dead. Ovid's Fasti includes a passage describing a rite propitiating Dea Tacita in order to "seal up hostile mouths / and unfriendly tongue" at Feralia on 21 February. Plutarch states that Numa Pompilius credited Tacita for his oracular insight and taught the Romans to worship her.
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When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 200
- Historical notes
- Attested in Roman mythology; Plutarch credits Numa Pompilius with introducing her worship.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Jupiter
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In Roman mythology, Dea Tacita ("the silent goddess") also known as Dea Muta or Muta Tacita, was a goddess of the dead. Ovid's Fasti includes a passage describing a rite propitiating Dea Tacita in order to "seal up hostile mouths / and unfriendly tongue" at Feralia on 21 February.”
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“Robbed of the power of speech, she was thought by the Christian writer Lactantius to be identical with Muta, "the mute one", and Dea Tacita, "the silent goddess" — nymphs, minor goddesses, or aspects of a single deity with semantic connections to the Lares”
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