Mater Matuta

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Mater Matuta (lat. morning mother) was in Roman mythology, the goddess of spring, birth, and growth. She was a kind-hearted goddess, in whose honor every year on 11 June, which was celebrated Matralia ( Feast of the mothers). The Mater Matuta was identified by the Romans with the Greek Leukothea. As such, she was the mother of Portunus, with whom she protected the maritime and ports.

Your assigned sanctuaries are found in Rome near the Forum Boarium in the Area Sacra di Sant'Omobono as a twin temple with a sanctuary of Fortuna and in Satricum, near present-day Le Ferriere, District of Latina.

From her name to the Latin word " Matutina " ( = hour of the morning, see Matins ) derives, from which the German Christian terminology Mette has emerged.

Altes Museum June 11 Portunes Latina, Lazio Georg Wissowa Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher Fasti (poem)
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