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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2517367, member: 76194&quot;][USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] has her down as Vacuna. If it is her, it is very interesting indeed as she is the goddess of leizure. That&#039;s right, if you were an ancient who was looking forward to staying in bed longer and having to work less after a season of busting your rear end in the fields, she would have been your godess. I&#039;d imagine the prayers might go something like this: &quot;Oh Divine Vacuna, make my money last through the off season and keep my creditors and all troubles at bay so I can stay in bed all day drinking wine and doing nothing at all. I&#039;d get up to make a sacrifice to you Divine Vacuna, but I&#039;m feeling lazy.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>She was also associated with lakes and water, lived in some sacred woods, and her element was the earth (hence the association with the after harvest times)<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It is believed Emperor <b>Vespasian</b>, looking for a cure to his illnesses, traveled to a holy lake associated with her, and drank the water looking for a cure. He shortly thereafter died of explosive diarrhea (who knows how polluted that water was).</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: You&#039;ve got to love the Romans. They had a deity for everything. I bet you if the Roman religion was alive and well today, there would be a deity for &quot;Internet Access&quot; and a deity for smart phones, and probably even a patron deity for internet shopping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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