Re: Vulcanus : Stata and Maia

<Stata>, with short /a/, is an epithet (the full form being <Stata
Ma:ter>) supposed to mean "who stops (advancing fires)". She's
usually identified with Vesta. <Ma:ia> is surely "the Great One".

Piotr

--- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:

> What's the meaning of the two associated goddesses that follow
Vulcanus, Sta:ta and Maia?
>
> STATA
> MAIA < *Magia "The Great One"