Vacuna: Sabine Goddess of Rest and Leisure
Horace mentions her in a letter written from his Sabine farm. He is sitting under a ruined shrine to Vacuna, writing to a friend, enjoying his otium. He seems to find this appropriate.
Gods, Goddesses, and Ancient Legends
Horace mentions her in a letter written from his Sabine farm. He is sitting under a ruined shrine to Vacuna, writing to a friend, enjoying his otium. He seems to find this appropriate.
Feronia was older than most of Rome’s gods, worshipped by the Sabines and Etruscans before Rome absorbed her. She governed wilderness, the freeing of slaves, and the sacred grove at Terracina where fire-walking priests demonstrated her protection.