Mater Matuta
deity sky Roman single tradition · 5
Mater Matuta is the Roman dawn deity.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 500
- Historical notes
- Attested in Roman mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Zorya, Memnon, Juno Lucina, Salus, Juno Regina, Marica, Fortuna Muliebris, Auseklis, Ratri, Leucothea, Usil, Aušra, Aušrinė, Austra, Aoos, *Hušas, Ušå, Ušahina, Aotis, Aurvandil, Ēarendel, Jutrzenka, Jitřenka, Jutrobog, Brigid, Prende, Afërdita, Aya, Hausos, Ayg, Arshaluys, Ēostre, Dellingr, Eos, Aurora, Apollo, Diana, Jupiter, Juno, Liber, Fides, Feronia, Astarte, Uni, Indra, Uṣas
- syncretized with
- Thesan
- aspect of
- H₂éwsōs
- allied with
- Fortuna
Mentioned by
- Brigid
- Prende
- Afërdita
- Aya
- Hausos
- Ayg
- Arshaluys
- Ēostre
- Dellingr
- Eos
- Aurora
- Apollo
- Diana
- Jupiter
- Juno
- Liber
and 7 more
Sources
wikipedia (5)
Source passages
“Roman – Aurora (and later Mater Matuta)”
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“Mater Matuta”
#15703 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“At Rome, Mater Matuta's festival was the Matralia, celebrated on June 11 at her temple in the Forum Boarium. The philologist and historian Martin Litchfield West suggests that the date of this ceremony may relate to the solstice, noting that—according to John the Lydian—it occurred six months prior to a solar festival”
#16000 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“and the Latin goddess Mater Matuta.”
#16227 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the original motif of *h₂éwsōs may have been preserved in Mater Matuta.”
#18268 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5