Editing Orbona

{{For|the genus of moth|Orbona (moth)}}Orbona ([[Help:IPA/English|/orˈboː.na/]]; Latin: [[Help:IPA/Latin|[ɔrˈboːnä]]]) is the [[Roman mythology|Roman goddess]] who protect parents who bereaved of their children and parents of ill children.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Monaghan |first=Patricia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uabOEAAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines: [2 volumes] |date=2009-12-18 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-34990-4 |pages=460 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUPhhcdSACQC |title=A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology, and Geography: Partly Based Upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology |date=1851 |publisher=Harper & Brothers |pages=377 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Turcan |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdvWAQAAQBAJ |title=The Gods of Ancient Rome: Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Imperial Times |date=2013-10-28 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-05850-9 |pages=28 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHhUAAAAYAAJ |title=An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary, Exactly Describing the Situation, Extent, Customs ... of All Kingdoms ...: Containing Likewise the Lives of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and Primitive Fathers; Emperors, Kings, Princes ... |date=1703 |publisher=J. Hartley ... W. Turner ... and Tho. Hodgson |pages=39 |language=en}}</ref> The first mention of Orbona is unknown. She appears in the Arnobius Against The Heathen V4 written by [[Arnobius]]. Said Orbona is the goddess who takes care of parents who bereaved of their children.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Sicca |first=Arnobius |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXQuAAAAYAAJ&dq=orbona+goddess&pg=PA381 |title=The Seven Books of Arnobius Adversus Gentes |date=1871 |publisher=T. & T. Clark |pages=190 |language=en}}</ref> There is no description of the appearance or related presence in the Roman [[Roman mythology|mythology]]. Orbona is a unique figure in [[Religion in ancient Rome|Roman religion]]. She stands apart and does not derive directly from any [[List of Greek deities|Greek goddess]]. Her name is barely seen in the present because she has a particular role to protect only the father and mother who lose their child to death.

== Etymology ==
The name Orbona is from the [[latin]] from orbus (“bereft”) + -ōna (“epithets of female deities”).<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Orbona |date=2024-08-23 |work=Wiktionary, the free dictionary |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Orbona |access-date=2024-10-23 |language=en}}</ref> The word orbus is from [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-Eurupean]] *h₃erbʰ- (“orphan”). Cognate with [[Ancient Greek]] ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphaned”).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-16 |title=Orbona |url=https://brickthology.com/2019/08/15/orbona/#:~:text=What's%20In%20A%20Name?,to%20change%20allegiance%20or%20status.%E2%80%9D |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Brickthology |language=en}}</ref> Meaning related to bereaved, bereft, deprived by death which refers to orphaned, parentless, fatherless, childless, widowed.<ref name=":0" />

== 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.

== Presence in mythology ==
Orbona is a sub deity in Roman mythology. Unlike other deities, her presence is absent in Roman mythology. She was more of a protective figure in rituals related to childbirth and mourning. Her role highlights the everyday realities of child loss in ancient [[Culture of ancient Rome|Roman society]], even if she doesn’t have extensive stories or myths attributed to her.

All mentioned in the writings about Orbona is in the same direction that her take a particular duty to protect the father and mother who bereaved of their children. The temple of Orbona is mentioned in the [[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]] written by [[Pliny the Elder]], a Roman author. Said its was located near the [[Largo di Torre Argentina|Temple of the Lares]] to relieve disease at that time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=the Elder |first=Pliny |title=Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137:book=2&force=y#note-link31 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Perseus Digital Library |publication-date=1906}}</ref> At present, the Temple of the Lares is part of the [[Archaeology|archaeological]] area of the [[Roman Forum]].

== Modern Interpretations ==
The word “Orbona” appears in some modern media like “[[The Search for WondLa]]” which is the name of the planet, or the [[HBO]] drama series “[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]” tells the story of two soldiers named [[Vorenus and Pullo|Lucius Vorenus]] and [[Vorenus and Pullo|Titus Pullo]], who find their lives intertwined with key historical events. Even though her presence is barely seen in the present, her name still associated with Roman mythology.

In [[Tony DiTerlizzi]]'s children novel The Search for WondLa, Orbona is the name of the planet that serves as the setting for the story. The human girl, Eva Nine carries out a perilous search for others human, accompanied by a caretaker robot and two friendly denizens of the planet. This relates to the goddess Orbona from Roman myths because she is an orphan, though accompanied by a robot she calls Muthr who has raised her in the underground sanctuary, and she wanted to find others like her- like a parent who wants a child, or vice versa.

In the HBO drama series, Rome, the goddess is mentioned as the Blessed Orbona by Lyde after she joins the temple.

== References ==
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[[Category:Childhood goddesses]]
[[Category:Roman goddesses]]
[[Category:Tutelary goddesses]]

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