- In
Roman mythology,
Postverta or
Postvorta was the
goddess of the past and one of the two
Carmentes (along with her
sister Antevorta, or Prorsa, a contracted...
-
Prorsa (a
contracted form of Proversa). She and her
sister Postverta (or
Postvorta) were
described as
companions or
siblings of the
goddess Carmenta, sometimes...
- had her
temple atop the
Capitoline Hill.
Carmenta was
invoked in it as
Postvorta and Antevorta,
epithets which had
reference to her
power of
looking back...
- or Ægeria, or
Aegeria Antevorta, or Porrima, or
Prorsa Postverta, or
Postvorta The last two were
sometimes specifically referred to as the Carmentae...
- childbirth.
There were four of them: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and
Postvorta. Cardea,
goddess of the
hinge (cardo),
identified by Ovid with
Carna (below)...
- the
goddess of
birth and like J**** has two
opposed faces,
Prorsa and
Postvorta (also
named Antevorta and Porrima), of Iuturna, who as a
gushing spring...
- indigitamenta: in
relation to J****,
Macrobius cites instances of
Antevorta and
Postvorta, the
personifications of two
indigitations of Carmentis.
These epithets...
- the
goddess of
birth and like J**** has two
opposed faces,
Prorsa and
Postvorta (also
named Antevorta and Porrima), of Iuturna, who as a
gushing spring...
