Lucina
Lucina is an epithet of Juno, worshiped at Tusculum and Norba, and in Umbria at Pisaurum.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 400
- Historical notes
- Ancient Roman religion flourished from the 5th century BCE to the 4th century CE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Uni, Pronuba, Cinxia, Sespeis Mater Regina, Curitis, Populona, Regina Matrona, Moneta, Caprotina, Tutula, Fluonia, Februalis, Juno Covella, Vagitanus, Fabulinus, di nixi, Parcae, Tellus, Leto, Minerva, Athena, Saturn, Ops, Regina, Jupiter, Apollo, Hera, Persephone, Artemis (Diana)
- consort of
- Juno
- manifests as
- Juno
- syncretized with
- Ilithyia, Eileithyia
- child of
- Juno
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Tusculum and Norba as Lucina. She is also attested at Praeneste, Aricia, Ardea, Gabii. In five Latin towns a month was named after Juno (Aricia, Lanuvium, Laurentum, Praeneste, Tibur). Outside Latium in Campania at Teanum she was Populona (she who increases the number of the people or, in K. Latte's understanding of the iuvenes, the army), in Umbria at Pisaurum Lucina”
#9744 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the next 5 for the nocturnal divinities (Lucina or Ilithyia, the Parcae and Tellus)”
#19781 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In ancient Roman religion, Lucina was a title or epithet given to the goddess Juno, and sometimes to Diana, in their roles as goddesses of childbirth who safeguarded the lives of women in labor.”
#19857 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“in Roman mythology her counterpart in easing labor is Lucina ("of the light")”
#28176 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5