Carna i Cardea - problem identyfikacji bóstw

Abstract

In my article I touch the problem of identification of two Roman goddesses, Carna and Cardea. Ancient writers attributed both to the care of the hinges. For this reason some historians, who studied Roman religion (for example G. Wissowa or J.G. Frazer), doubted, that Carna, which Ovid describes in "Fasti", existed. They followed the Christian writers, especially Augustine, who mentioned only Cardea. In my article I will review counter arguments against their opinions and present my hypothesis about the identity of the two goddesses.

Scriptum meum ad quaestionem identificationis duarum dearum, Carnam et Cardeam, attinet. Antiqui auctores alterutrae cardinum custodiam addixerant. Ea causa pauci historiographorum, e.g. G. Wissowa, J.G. Frazer, qui religionibus Romanorum studuerunt, dubitabant, quod Carna, quam Ovidius in "Fastis" descripserat, exstitit. Ei enim Christianis auctoribus, maxime Augustino, qui modo Cardeam apellaverant, permiserunt. In scriptum meum adversus eorum opinionem argumenta profero atque hypothesem de identificatione alterutrarum dearum refero.