Bona Dea (Fauna)
By Jimmy Joe
Bona Dea means the “Good Goddess”. Bona Dea was often called Fauna. Bona Dea was the goddess of women. Men were excluded from her temple on the Aventine Hill. Her festival was held on May 1.
As Fauna, she was the goddess of vegetation and fertility, and was married to Faunus, god of vegetation.
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Name
Bona Dea - "Good Goddess".
Fauna.
Damia (Greek).
