Roman mythology Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans. One of a wide variety of genres of Roman folklore, ''Roman mythology'' may also refer to the modern study of these representat ...

, Semonia was the goddess of sowing. She belonged to a group of agricultural deities which also comprised Setia (or Seja) and Segetia. Their names are derived from the same stem as the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

verb ''

sero Sero may refer to: Places *Sero, Ethiopia, a village in Tigray Region, Ethiopia *Sero, Iran, a city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Sero, Mali, a town in Sero Diamanou, Mali *Sero Blanco, a town on the island of Aruba *Sero Diamanou, a commune ...

'' "to sow". This ancient deity, associated with crops and sowing, is of possible

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or Sabine origin and worship. She is usually attested with the epithet '' Salus Semonia''. Her possible male counterpart is Sabine god Semo Sancus, whose traits merged with

Dius Fidius In ancient Roman religion, Dius Fidius (less often as Dius Fidus) was a god of oaths associated with Jupiter. His name was thought to be related to Fides. ''Fidius'' may be an earlier form for ''filius'', "son", with the name Dius Fidius original ...

's. Semonia and Sancus appear together with other agricultural/crop deities Seia and Segetia.MacClement, W. T. ''Some protective devices among plants''. Canada, Kingston: Publishing Committee of Queen's Quarterly, Queen's University. 1909. p. 60.

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Myth Index - Segetia, Setia and Semonia
Roman goddesses Agricultural goddesses {{AncientRome-myth-stub