- In
ancient Roman religion, the
Fordicidia was a
festival of fertility, held on the Ides of
April (April 15), that
pertained to
farming and
animal husbandry...
- of the earth.
Tellus received the
sacrifice of a
pregnant cow at the
Fordicidia, a
festival pertaining to
fertility and
animal husbandry: 45 held April 15...
- two
ingredients from
other religious festivals: the
Fordicidia and the
October Horse. The
Fordicidia sacrifices a
pregnant cow to the
deity Tellus to promote...
-
Roman observances include Veneralia (April 1),
Megalesia (April 10–16),
Fordicidia (April 15),
Parilia (April 21),
Vinalia Urbana (April 23),
Robigalia (April...
-
April brought a
series of
festivals pertaining to farm life:
April 15:
Fordicidia, a
festival of
agricultural fertility and
animal husbandry; 21: Parilia...
- the
second of two
festivals involving the curiae, the
other being the
Fordicidia on
April 19. The
goddess was
probably conceived of to
explain the festival...
-
offered pregnant female animals;
Tellus was
given a
pregnant cow at the
Fordicidia festival.
Color had a
general symbolic value for sacrifices. Demigods...
- a
shared link to
various public, and
possibly some
private cults. The
Fordicidia was a
characteristically rustic,
agricultural festival, in
which a pregnant...
- Cerealia, or
festival of Ceres,
lasting for
several days in mid-month; the
Fordicidia on
April 15, when a
pregnant cow was sacrificed; the
Parilia on April...
-
agricultural festivals from the era of
their creation,
including the Cerialia,
Fordicidia, Robigalia, and Vinalia. The
Menologium Rusti****
Colotianum (CIL VI 2305...
