genius
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Winged genius facing a woman with a tambourine and mirror, from southern Italy, about 320 BC In Roman religion, the genius ( Latin: [ˈɡɛnɪ.ʊs]; pl.: genii) is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing. Much like a guardian angel, the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died. For women, it was the Juno spirit that would accompany each of them.
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