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| Abundantia | |
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Goddess of abundance, money-flow, prosperity, fortune, valuables, and success | |
_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) A painting of Abundantia made by Peter Paul Rubens | |
| Symbol | Cornucopia |
In ancient Roman religion, Abundantia (Latin pronunciation: [abʊnˈdantɪ.a]), also called Abundita[1] or Copia,[2] was a divine personification of abundance and prosperity.[1] The name Abundantia means plenty or riches.[1] This name is fitting as Abundantia was a goddess of abundance, money-flow, prosperity, fortune, valuables, and success.[3] She would help protect your savings and investments.[3] Abundantia would even assist someone with major purchases.[3] She was among the embodiments of virtues in religious propaganda that cast the emperor as the ensurer of "Golden Age" conditions.[4] Abundantia thus figures in art, cult, and literature, but has little mythology as such. She may have survived in some form in Roman Gaul and medieval France. Abundantia would carry a cornucopia that was filled with grain and coins.[3] She would occasionally leave some of her grain or money at someone's house as a gift.[3]
- ^ a b c "Abundantia, Roman Goddess of Abundance". www.thaliatook.com. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ Joseph Spence. Polymetis: Or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Antient Artists: Being an Attempt to Illustrate Them Mutually from One Another. In Ten Books. R. Dodsley, 1747, p. 148.
- ^ a b c d e Virtue, Doreen (2005). Goddesses and Angels. United States of America: Hay House. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-4019-0473-9.
- ^ J. Rufus Fears, "The Cult of Virtues and Roman Imperial Ideology," Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.17.2 (1981), p. 812.