Editing Orbona (section)

== Origins ==
The first mention of Orbona is unknown. She appear in the Arnobius Against The Heathen V4 written by [[Arnobius]], a Christian apologist from the 4th century. Said Orbona is the goddess take care parents who bereaved of their children.<ref name=":2" /> There are interpretations from other writings that Orbona was a goddess invoked by father and mother, for the preservation of their children and those who has lose them were under particular protection of her.<ref>{{Cite book |last=WATSON |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfViAAAAcAAJ&dq=orbona+goddess&pg=RA1-PA199 |title=A clear and compendious history of the gods and goddesses, and their contemporaries, whether Patriarchs, Emperors, Kings, etc. Taken from the Fathers of the Church, and the Greek and Latin Poets and Historians, etc. Second edition |date=1753 |publisher=Gale Ecco, Print Editions |pages=199 |language=en}}</ref> In other writings it has been interpreted that the offering were not intended for the soul of the decreased, but for the safety of remaining children or for the conception of additional ones. Also, parents of ill children prayed to Orbona too.<ref name=":1" /> In some writing, there is a mention of Orbona alongside deities like [[Febris]], goddess of fever and [[Fortuna|Mala Fortuna]], goddess of bad luck.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Lawrence |title=A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome |url=https://romaarcheologiaerestauroarchitettura.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/idoc.pub_l-richardson-jr-editor-a-new-topographical-dictionary-of-ancient-rome-johns-hopkins-university-press-1992pdf-1.pdf |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |publication-date=1992}}</ref> Which indicates that she might have had a darker or more ominous aspect in Roman belief.