After Wissowa many scholars have remarked the similarity between the Juno of the Lupercalia and the Juno of Lanuvium "Seispes Mater Regina" as both are associated with the goat, symbol of fertility. But in essence there is unity between fertility, regality and purification. This unity is underlined by the role of Faunus in the aetiologic story told by Ovid and the symbolic relevance of the Lupercal: asked by the Roman couples at her "lucus" how to overcome the sterility that ensued the abduction of the Sabine women, Juno answered through a murmuring of leaves ""Italidas matres sacer hircus inito"" "That a sacred ram cover the Italic mothers".