Editing Antevorta

{{Short description|Roman goddess of the future}}
In [[Religion in ancient Rome|ancient Roman religion]], '''Antevorta''' was a goddess of the future, also known as '''Porrima''' or '''Prorsa''' (a contracted form of ''Proversa''). She and her sister [[Postverta]] (or Postvorta) were described as companions or siblings of the goddess [[Carmenta]], sometimes referred to as "the Carmentae".<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'', I. 633; [[Aulus Gellius]], ''Attic Nights'', XVI. 16; [[Macrobius]], ''Saturnalia'', I. 7</ref> They may have originally been two aspects of Carmenta, namely those of her knowledge of the future and the past (compare the two-faced [[Janus]]).

Antevorta and Postvorta had two altars in Rome and were invoked by pregnant women as protectors against the dangers of childbirth.<ref>[[Varro]], cited by [[Aulus Gellius]] in his ''Attic Nights'', XVI. 16</ref> Antevorta was said to be present at the birth when the baby was born head-first; Postverta, when the feet of the baby came first.

==Star name==
Antevorta is an alternative star name for [[Gamma Virginis]], officially named Porrima.

==See also==
* [[Atropos]]
* [[Camenae]]
* [[List of Roman birth and childhood deities]]
* [[Skuld]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101114055745/http://www.mythindex.com/roman-mythology/A/Antevorta.html Myth Index - Antevorta]

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[[Category:Oracular goddesses]]
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[[Category:Time and fate goddesses]]


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