Opiconsivia, Roman Empire

A harvest festival of the goddess Ops Consiva, ‘Lady Bountiful the Planter�? whose shrine was in the Regia at Rome.

Originally a Sabine goddess, Ops (‘plenty�? from which we get the word 'opulent') was a fertility deity and earth-goddess in Roman mythology, associated with Bona Dea (the ‘Good Goddess�?. Her husband was Saturn, or Consus, perhaps in an aspect of Saturn. Ops was worshipped under the name of Consivia today by the Vestal Virgins, who opened a special room filled with sacred objects to perform their rites to ensure the fertility of the earth ...