god
Carna
also: Cranae
Roman goddess of the door-hinge (and of bodily organs), identified with the nymph Cranae won by Janus; she guards thresholds with the whitethorn.
Reading notes
- The Festivals §6.1 Carna
Roman goddess of the door-hinge (cardo), once the nymph Cranae; she opens what is shut and shuts what is open.
- The Festivals §6.1 screech-owls
The striges, night-birds (or transformed witches) that prey on infants in their cradles; named from their screech.