Juno Was Linked To A Number Of Gods

Goddess Juno was linked to a number of gods. Jupiter, the supreme God, was one of the primary deities. The two were divine couples, and one of the first theories in Latin religion is their connection. The oldest Latin theology has a connection between Juno and Jupiter. Praeneste provides a look into the old Latin mythology: the local goddess Fortuna is depicted as nursing two children, Jove (Jupiter) and Juno, a boy and a girl. They were known as Jupiter and Juno. It would appear safe to conclude that they have always been known by their own proper names and that they have retained them throughout history. The oldest deities in every Latin town were these ones.

A similar significant connection existed between Juno and Janus. The two gods' function at the beginning of each month's kalendae is to preside over the new moon's emergence. Janus and Juno work together to oversee the transition from one month to the next, with the second assisting it with the force of her energy. A sacrifice to Janus was offered by the rex sacrorum and the pontifex minor in the curia Calabra, while one to Juno was offered by the regina sacrorum at the Regia. Originally, when the month was still lunar, the pontifex minor had the responsibility of announcing the advent of the new moon. Their connection illustrates the bond between the goddess of beginnings and transition and the female sovereign deity. It was most noticeable during the Tigillum Sororium Festival on October 1. Janus was in charge of guarding all of the passages connected to motion and time, as well as the portals of Heaven and Earth.

The Penates, Genius, and Hercules are some of the other associations that Juno has.