Lucina

She was originally a goddess closely related to women's married life and was widely worshipped by women, but gradually developed her role and eventually became a national goddess enshrined in the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Rome under the title of Regina (Queen). As a goddess of marriage, she was called Domiduca (the woman who leads the bride to the groom's house), Pronuba (the woman who leads the bride to the wedding room), and as a goddess of childbirth, Lucina (the woman who brings the child into the light). June (the month Junius, named after her, from which the English word June comes) was generally considered to be a good time for marriage. In her temple at the northern summit of the Capitoline Hill she was called Moneta ("the Adviser"); later, as a coin mint was established there, her title came to mean "money," and is the origin of the English word "money."

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lucina" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…彼女はもともと女性の結婚生活と密接な関係をもつ女神で，広く女性の崇拝を集めていたが，しだいに職能を発展させ，ついにはレギナRegina(〈女王〉)の称号の下に，ユピテル，ミネルウァと並んでローマ市のカピトリウム丘のユピテル神殿にまつられる国家的大女神となった。結婚の女神としては，ドミドゥカDomiduca(〈花嫁を花婿の家へ導く婦人〉)，プロヌバPronuba(〈新婦を新婚部屋へ導く婦人〉)，出産の女神としてはルキナLucina(〈子どもを光明の中へ出す女〉)などの呼称があり，一般に6月(彼女の名を冠してユニウスJunius月と呼ばれ，そこから英語のJuneなどが来ている)が結婚の好期とされた。またカピトリウム丘の北側の頂上にある彼女の神殿ではモネタMoneta(〈忠告者〉)と呼ばれたが，のちここに貨幣鋳造所が置かれたため，彼女の称号は貨幣の意となり，英語moneyなどの語源となった。…

※「Lucina」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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