Juturna

For the 2005 album by Circa Survive, see Juturna (album).

Temple of Juturna in Largo di Torre Argentina, Rome.

In the myth and religion of ancient Rome, Juturna was a goddess of fountains, wells and springs. She was a sister of Turnus and supported him against Aeneas by giving him his sword after he dropped it in battle, as well as taking him away from the battle when it seemed he would be killed. She was also the mother of Fontus by Janus.

Jupiter turned her into a water nymph and gave her a sacred well in Lavinium, Latium, as well as another one near the temple to Vesta in the Forum Romanum. The pool next to the second well was called Lacus Juturnae. Juturna had an affair with Jupiter but the secret was betrayed by another nymph, Larunda, whom Jupiter struck with muteness as punishment.

Ancient Roman religion and mythology

Deities	Apollo Bona Dea Castor and Pollux Ceres Cupid Diana Dīs Pater Fauna Faunus Flora Genius Hercules Janus Juno Jupiter Lares Liber Libertas Mars Mercury Minerva Orcus Neptune Penates Pluto Pomona Priapus Proserpina Quirinus Saturn Silvanus Sol Venus Vesta Vulcan

Abstract deities	Abundantia Aequitas Concordia Fides Fortuna Pietas Salus Securitas Spes Roma Victoria Terra

Legendary founders	Aeneas Romulus and Remus Numa Pompilius Servius Tullius Ancus Marcius

Texts	Vergil Aeneid Ovid Metamorphoses Fasti Propertius Apuleius The Golden Ass Varro

Concepts and practices	Religion in ancient Rome Festivals Interpretatio graeca Imperial cult Temples

See also	Glossary of ancient Roman religion Greek mythology Myth and ritual Classical mythology Conversion to Christianity Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism

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