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In Roman mythology
Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...

, according to Arnobius
Arnobius
Arnobius of Sicca was an Early Christian apologist, during the reign of Diocletian . According to Jerome's Chronicle, Arnobius, before his conversion, was a distinguished Numidian rhetorician at Sicca Veneria , a major Christian center in Proconsular Africa, and owed his conversion to a...

, Puta presided over the pruning of trees and was a minor goddess of agriculture.

According to one version, the etymology of its name comes from Latin and its literal meaning is pruning. The festivities in honor of this goddess celebrated tree pruning, and these days, the priestesses manifested themselves exercising a sacred carousal (prostituted themselves) honoring the goddess (which would explain the current meaning of the word in many Latin-speaking countries
Puta (disambiguation)
Puta may refer to:*Puta, The Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Portuguese, Galician, Mirandese, Spanish and Filipino word for prostitute.The French word "putain" has a similar meaning.*Puta, a Roman goddess*Mircea Puta, a Romanian mathematician...

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