Juno Quiritis


Junio ​​Quiritis (Falisci Iuno Curitis) was a Sabine (pre-Roman) mother-goddess (a form of the Italian goddess Juno), who was originally worshiped in Falerii, the capital of the falcis. Their name probably comes from a Sabinian word for lance or spear. It is often portrayed as one of these weapons. In spite of the influence of the neighboring Etruscans, the Sabine Faliskers retained the worship of the goddess of the city. Nevertheless, the goddess is classified as an Etruscan deity in Latin sources (Ovid, Amores 3.133, 35, Fasti 6.49). In Falerii (today Civita Castellana) there were several temples, the most famous of which is associated with the Juno Quiritis because of the finds of an archaic goddess head and the terracotta relief of a female garment

Also in Rome there was a temple of Juno Quiritis on the Marsfeld, the ancient exercise ground of the Roman army. There was another cult of the Iuno Quiritis in Tibur. Edit source text

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