Ops

Pantheon: Roman
Titles: Magna Mater
Alternate Names/Spellings: Consiva, Opifera
Gender: Female

Ops is the goddess of the harvest, abundance, plenty, and fertility. She is the mother of Jupiter. She is thought to be a wife of Saturn or of Consus.

Romans invoked Ops by saying a prayer while touching the earth.

In art Ops appears as a woman sitting on a throne and holding a sceptre, a globe, and/or and sheaf of wheat.

Her festivals were held on August 25th (Opisconsivia) and December 19th (Opalia).

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