Abeona
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In ancient Roman religion
, Abeona was a goddess who protected children the first time they left their parents' home, safeguarding their first steps alone.
This deity was among the di indigetes
("indigenous gods") of Rome, abstract deities and concepts that predated the many later syncretism
s of various cultures' mythologies.
Religion in ancient Rome
Religion in ancient Rome encompassed the religious beliefs and cult practices regarded by the Romans as indigenous and central to their identity as a people, as well as the various and many cults imported from other peoples brought under Roman rule. Romans thus offered cult to innumerable deities...
, Abeona was a goddess who protected children the first time they left their parents' home, safeguarding their first steps alone.
This deity was among the di indigetes
Di indigetes
In Georg Wissowa's terminology the di indigetes or indigites were Roman deities and spirits not adopted from other mythologies, as distinguished from the di novensides...
("indigenous gods") of Rome, abstract deities and concepts that predated the many later syncretism
Syncretism
Syncretism is the combining of different beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means "combining", but see below for the origin of the word...
s of various cultures' mythologies.