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For other uses, see Empanda (disambiguation).

In Roman mythology, Empanda or Panda was a goddess or a surname of Juno.

According to Festus,^[1] she was a dea paganorum. Varro^[2] connects the word with pandere, but explains it by panem dare, so that Empanda would be the goddess of bread or food. She had a sanctuary near the gate, called after her the porta Pandana, which led to the capitol.^[3] Her temple was an asylum, which was always open, and the suppliants who came to it were supplied with food from the funds of the temple. In the opinion of Leonhard Schmitz, this custom shows the meaning of the name Panda or Empanda: it is connected with pandere, to open; she is accordingly the goddess who is open to or admits any one who wants protection. Hartung^[4] thinks that Empanda and Panda are only surnames of Juno.

References

This article incorporates text by Leonhard Schmitz from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).

Footnotes

^ (s. v. Empanda) – cited by Schmitz
^ (ap. Non. p. 44; comp. Gell. xiii. 22; Arnob. iv. 2) – cited by Schmitz
^ (Festus, s. v. Pandana; Varro, de Ling. Lat. v. 42.) – cited by Schmitz
^ (die Religion der Röm. ii. p. 76, &c.) – cited by Schmitz

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