9 6 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁Category : O lymp ic ▁athlet es ▁of ▁A zer ba ij an <0x0A> </s> ▁B ona ▁De a ▁( ; ▁' Good ▁God dess ') ▁was ▁a ▁god dess ▁in ▁ancient ▁Roman ▁religion . ▁She ▁was ▁associated ▁with ▁ch ast ity ▁and ▁fert ility ▁in ▁Roman ▁women , ▁he aling , ▁and ▁the ▁protection ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁and ▁people ▁of ▁Rome . ▁According ▁to ▁Roman ▁literary ▁sources , ▁she ▁was ▁brought ▁from ▁Mag na ▁Gra ec ia ▁at ▁some ▁time ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁or ▁middle ▁Republic , ▁and ▁was ▁given ▁her ▁own ▁state ▁cult ▁on ▁the ▁A vent ine ▁Hill . ▁ ▁Her ▁r ites ▁allowed ▁women ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁strong ▁wine ▁and ▁blood - s ac rifice , ▁things ▁otherwise ▁forb idden ▁them ▁by ▁Roman ▁tradition . ▁Men ▁were ▁bar red ▁from ▁her ▁myster ies ▁and ▁the ▁possession ▁of ▁her ▁true ▁name . ▁Given ▁that ▁male ▁authors ▁had ▁limited ▁knowledge ▁of ▁her ▁r ites ▁and ▁attributes , ▁ancient ▁spec ulations ▁about ▁her ▁identity ▁ab ound , ▁among ▁them ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁an ▁aspect ▁of ▁Terra , ▁O ps , ▁Cy be le , ▁or ▁Cer es , ▁or ▁a ▁Latin ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁god dess ▁" D am ia " ▁( D em eter ). ▁Most ▁often , ▁she ▁was ▁identified ▁as ▁the ▁wife , ▁sister , ▁or ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁god ▁Fa un us , ▁thus ▁an ▁equivalent ▁or ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁nature - god dess ▁Fa una , ▁who ▁could ▁proph es y ▁the