Juturna
Juturna is an indigenous Italian divinity of springs and streams. In some of the works of the Greek-educated Latin poets, the nymphs gradually absorbed into their ranks the indigenous Italian divinities of springs and streams (Juturna, Egeria, Carmentis, Fontus).
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Myth recorded by Ovid.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Egeria, Carmentis, Fontus, Lymphae, Lara, Dea Tacita, Almo, Muta, Lemures, Castor, Pollux, genius loci, Lares
- syncretized with
- nymphs
- consort of
- Janus
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“the nymphs gradually absorbed into their ranks the indigenous Italian divinities of springs and streams (Juturna, Egeria, Carmentis, Fontus) while the Lymphae (originally Lumpae), Italian water goddesses, owing to the accidental similarity of their names, could be identified with the Greek Nymphae”
#7592 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“she betrays Jupiter's secret, adulterous affair with the nymph Juturna, wife of Janus, to his own wife, Juno.”
#12755 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“they again appeared on the Forum in Rome watering their horses at the Spring of Juturna thereby announcing the victory.”
#45550 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free