Dea Dia
| Dea Dia | |
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Goddess of fertility and growth | |
| Festivals | Ambarvalia |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek | Demeter |
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Dea Dia (Latin: "Goddess of Daylight", or "Bright Goddess") was a goddess of fertility and growth in ancient Roman religion. She was sometimes identified with Ceres, and sometimes with her Greek equivalent Demeter.
She was worshiped during Ambarvalia, a festival to Ceres. Every May, her priests, the Fratres Arvales, held a three-day festival in her honor.