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	Prorsa Postverta
		In Roman mythology, Prorsa Postverta was the goddess of women in labor.
		She took care of the position of the child, forward or backwards, in the womb.
		This has an enormous effect on the wellbeing of mother and child during labor.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pr/Prorsa_Postverta.html (41 words)

	Amazon.com: Postverta: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Postverta ' the goddess of the future.' Porrima is sometimes called...
		Porrima is appeased and Postverta, your sisters Or fellow exiles, Maenalian goddess.
		The Carmentes were the Fates, Postverta and Prorsa presided over regular and breech births, Diespater and...
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	Carmentalia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Two Carmentes, called Porrima and Postverta, were worshipped as her sisters and attendants.
		It is not lawful to bring leather into her shrine, lest her pure hearths should be defiled by skins of slaughtered beasts.
		If you have any love of ancient rites, attend the prayers offered to her; you shall hear names you never heard before, Porrima and Postverta are placated, whether they be thy sisters, Maenalian goddess, or companions.
	lonestar.texas.net /~robison/carmentalia.html (449 words)

	Positive and Negative Mana
		It has been suggested 105 that the new-born baby was placed on the ground that it might receive a soul from Mother Earth; for among savages even to-day the belief prevails that babies at birth are not possessed of souls.
		Ovid 106 distinguishes two goddesses of birth, Postverta and Porrima, the former for children born foot-first, the abnormal posture, and the latter for the child born normally.
		We know that the names Porrima and Postverta were mumbled by the priests.
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		Postverta) who presided over birth and were worshipped as her sisters and attendants.
		Aulus Gellus (Attic Nights, 16.16.4) tells us that the goddess Porrima was present at the birth when the baby was born head-first, and Postverta, when the feet of the baby came first.
		Flamen Carmentalis offered sacrifice at the shrine of the goddess, which was beside the Porta Carmentalis near the Capitol.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/jan11.html (3818 words)

	Virgo: Heavenly Properties
		Another object of interest within this constellation is Gamma Virginis, also known as Porrima.
		The sisters Porrima and Postverta attended Carmenta, the Roman Goddess of Prophecy and Writing, who assisted women in labor and was able to foretell the future of the newborn.
		Gamma Virginis, Virgo's second brightest object, has a variable yellow light and shines on the waist of the Virgin.
	www.novareinna.com /constellation/virgoheaven.html (819 words)

	Prayers to Carmentis (Nova Roma) - NovaRoma
		Speak to me once again, in Your own words, as You did before.
		Bring forth, Carmentis, Your sisters Porrima and Postverta that They too may sing of things that once were and of things that are meant to be.
		Be my guide, if there is any way, and make Your course from the sky above into this grove as once You dwelt beneath the Capitoline, where rich boughs shade fertile land.
	www.novaroma.org /nr/Prayers_to_Carmentis_(Nova_Roma) (557 words)

	TIME 2 WAKE UP: Calling All VIRGOS & the people who put up with US!!
		Porrima is the second brightest star in Virgo; it has a variable yellow light and shines on the maiden's waist.
		Porrima is the Latin title and honours one of the sisters, Porrima and Postverta, who attended the Roman goddess of Prophecy and writing Carmenta, who was said to assist a woman in labour and to tell the future of the newborn.
		The Arabic title is Caphir meaning 'infidel' which some say reflects the Islamic revulsion of pagan goddesses.
	www.newciv.org /nl/newslog.php/_v397/__show_article/_a000397-000111.htm (3046 words)

	completelest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Shown holding a finger to Her sealed mouth.
		She had two faces, Prorsa and Postverta, who looked forward and back in time.
		She ruled both prophecy of the future and history of the past.
	www.mothergoddess.com /completelist.htm (5777 words)

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		ubi postquam de fetu dixerat, capite infimô nixum, sursum pedibus elatis esse, pergit: Quando igitur contra naturam forte conversi in pedes, brachiis plerumque diductis retineri solent aegriusque tunc mulieres enituntur; Huius periculi deprecandi gratiâ arae statutae sunt Romae duabus Carmentibus, quorum una Postverta nominata est, Prosa altera, a recti perversique partus potestate ac nomine.
		Ubi quam Prosam vocat, alii Porrimam, item Antevortam dicunt.
		ubi de Iano, Qui etc praeterita, ait, nôsset et futura prospiceret, sicut Antevorta et Postverta, divinitatis scil.
	www.uni-mannheim.de /mateo/camenaref/hofmann/p/books/p_4945.html (132 words)

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