In Roman Pantheon, Pomona is the goddess of plenty, fruit trees, garden, and orchards...
Her name comes from the Latin word, pomum, meaning "fruit."
She was said to be a wood nymph and a part of the Numia, guardian spirits who watch over people, places, or homes...
She scorned the love of the woodland gods Silvanus and Picus, but married Vertumnus after he tricked her, disguised as an old woman...
The pruningknife was her attribute...
Unlike many other Roman goddesses and gods, she does not have a Greek counterpart...
She was not actually associated with the harvest of fruits itself, but with the flourishing of the fruit trees.
I am the ancient Apple Queen,
As once I was so am I now.
For evermore a hope unseen,
Betwixt the blossom and the bough.
Ah, where's the river's hidden Gold!
And where the windy grave of Troy?
Yet come I as i came of old,
From out the heart of summer's joy."
--William Morris--
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