In ancient Roman religion and myth, Carmenta was a goddess of childbirth and prophecy, associated with technological innovation [citation needed] as well as the protection of mothers and children and a patron of midwives.

The name Carmenta is derived from Latin carmen, meaning a magic spell, oracle or song, and also the root of the English word charm.

Her original name was Nicostrate (Greek: Νικοστράτη, "victory-army"), but it was changed later to honor her renown for giving oracles (Latin singular: carmen).

She was the mother of Evander of Pallene (fathered by Hermes)[1] and, along with other Greek followers, they founded the town of Pallantium which later was one of the sites of the start of Rome.

She is remembered in De Mulieribus Claris, a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in 1361–62.