Juturna was the Roman goddess who presided over fountains and wells and was the mother of Fontus by Janus.
Her worship was associated with springs, wells, and health-giving waters. Roman tradition connected her with a sacred well at Lavinium and with the Lacus Juturnae, a pool and spring beside the Roman Forum. Unlike a local nymph tied to only one stream, Juturna appears to have had a broader role in Latium’s water cults.
Myths sometimes describe Jupiter transforming her into a water nymph, or Naiad, and granting her sacred waters. Ovid also told of Jupiter’s affair with her and the punishment of the nymph Larunda, who revealed the relationship. Juturna’s festival was held on January 11, when fountain and aqueduct workers honored her.
She is easy to confuse with Egeria, another Roman water-associated figure, but Egeria was chiefly a prophetic nymph linked with King Numa. Fontus, Juturna’s son, was specifically associated with springs and fountains.