Minerva ( ; Latin: Ã, [m? Etruscan: Menrva ) is the goddess of Roman wisdom and strategic war, although it is noted that the Romans did not emphasize its relationship to war and warfare as the Greeks would come for, and sponsors art, commerce, and strategy. From the second century BC onwards, the Romans likened it to the Greek goddess Athena.
Following the Greek myth around Athens, he was born of Metis, who was swallowed up by Jupiter, and exploded from his father's head, armed and clothed in armor. After impregnating the very strong Metis titaness which resulted in him attempting to change the form or change of form to escape from him, Jupiter recalls the prophecy that his own son would overthrow him because he possessed Saturn and, in turn, Saturn had Caelus.
Afraid that their son will become a man, and will grow stronger than himself and rule Heaven in his place, Jupiter swallows Metis whole after tricking him into turning him into a fly. The titaness gave birth to Minerva and forged weapons and armor for her son while in Jupiter's body. It is said in some versions that Metis continues to live in Jupiter's mind and that he is the source of his wisdom even though others say he is just a ship for Minerva's birth. Nevertheless, the constant beats and rings leave Jupiter with painful pain and to relieve pain, Vulcan uses a hammer to break Jupiter's head and, from the crack, Minerva appears, intact, mature, and in full combat armor.
She is a virgin goddess of music, poetry, medicine, wisdom, trade, weaving, and crafts. He is often portrayed with his sacred beings, the owl commonly referred to as the "Minerva owl", which symbolizes his relationship with wisdom and knowledge, also, less frequently, snakes and olive trees.
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Worship in Rome and Italy
Minerva was worshiped in several locations in Rome, including the most prominent part of the Triad Capitoline, and also in the Temple of Minerva Medica, and in "Delubrum Minervae", a temple founded around 50 BC by Pompey on the site now occupied by the church < i> Santa Maria sopra Minerva .
The Romans celebrated their festivities from March 19 to March 23 at noon called, in the neutral plural, Quinquatria, the fifth after Ides of March, the nineteenth, holiday of a craftsman. The lower version, Minusculae Quinquatria , was held on Ides of June, June 13, by flute players, which is very useful for religion. In 207 BC, a group of poets and actors were formed to meet and make a votive offering at the Minerva temple on Aventine Hill. Among others, its members include Livius Andronicus. The Aventine sanctuary of Minerva continues to be an important art center for much of the central Roman Republic.
As Minerva Medica , she is a goddess of medicine and a doctor. As Minerva Achaea, she is worshiped in Lucera in Apulia where the gift and the vows that are said to be Diomedes are preserved in her temples.
His worship also spread throughout the empire. In England, for example, he was syncretized with the local Sulis goddess, who was often called to redress for theft.
In Fasti III, Ovid called her "the goddess of a thousand works". Minerva was worshiped all over Italy, and when she was finally equated with the Greek goddess Athena, she also became a goddess of battle. Unlike Mars, the god of war, he is sometimes depicted with a sword inherited, a sympathy to die recently, rather than being raised in victory and battle of lust. In Rome, his character traits are emphasized less than elsewhere.
Roman coins
Minerva is shown on coins from different Roman Emperors. He is often represented on the back side of coins holding owls and spears among his attributes.
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Etruscan Menrva
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By the process of people's etymology, the Romans could associate their foreign names with male roots in Latin words such as mens meaning "mind," perhaps because one of her aspect as a goddess is classified as intellectual. The word mens is constructed from the Proto-Indo-European root * men- 'mind' (connected with memory as in Greek Mnemosyne/????????? mnestis /???????: memory, zikr, memory, manush in the Sanskrit sense of the mind).
The Etruscan Menrva is part of a sacred triad with Tinia and the Union, equivalent to Trias Leonardo Roma from Jupiter-Juno-Minerva.
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