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In ancient Roman religion the Fordicidia was a festival of fertility held April 15 that pertained to farming and animal husbandry. It involved the sacrifice of a pregnant cow to Tellus the ancient Roman goddess of the Earth in proximity to the festival of Ceres (Cerialia) on April 19.On the Roman religious calendar the month of April (Aprilis) was in general preoccupied with deities who were female or ambiguous in gender opening with the Feast of Venus on the Kalends.
