Definition of Fordicidia. Meaning of Fordicidia. Synonyms of Fordicidia

- In ancient Roman religion, the Fordicidia was a festival of fertility, held on the Ides of April (April 15), that pertained to farming and animal husbandry...
- of the earth. Tellus received the sacrifice of a pregnant cow at the Fordicidia, a festival pertaining to fertility and animal husbandry: 45  held April 15...
- April brought a series of festivals pertaining to farm life: April 15: Fordicidia, a festival of agricultural fertility and animal husbandry; 21: Parilia...
- the second of two festivals involving the curiae, the other being the Fordicidia on April 19. The goddess was probably conceived of to explain the festival...
- two ingredients from other religious festivals: the Fordicidia and the October Horse. The Fordicidia sacrifices a pregnant cow to the deity Tellus to promote...
- Roman observances include Veneralia (April 1), Megalesia (April 10–16), Fordicidia (April 15), Parilia (April 21), Vinalia Urbana (April 23), Robigalia (April...
- Cerealia, or festival of Ceres, lasting for several days in mid-month; the Fordicidia on April 15, when a pregnant cow was sacrificed; the Parilia on April...
- offered pregnant female animals; Tellus was given a pregnant cow at the Fordicidia festival. Color had a general symbolic value for sacrifices. Demigods...
- by 202 BC 13 (Ides): anniversary of the Temple of Jupiter Victor 15: Fordicidia, offering of a pregnant cow to Tellus ("Earth") 21: Parilia, rustic festival...
- a shared link to various public, and possibly some private cults. The Fordicidia was a characteristically rustic, agricultural festival, in which a pregnant...