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Lares
Sign in to savethumb|Lar holding a cornucopia from Axatiana (now Lora del Rio) in [[Roman Spain, early first century AD (National Archaeological Museum of Spain)]]
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Vinony's link graph records 410 inbound references to Lares, and connects out to Castor and Pollux, ancient Roman religion and Sabines.
It sits within the topics Domestic and hearth deities, Household deities and Roman gods.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- tutelary spirit
- Image
- Lar romano de bronce (M.A.N. Inv.2943) 01.jpg
- Residence
- lararium
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Lares
- worshipped by
- ancient Roman religion
- culture
- Ancient Rome
- time period
- classical antiquity
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Origins and development
- Their domains
- {{lang|la|Lares Praestites}}
- Others
- Domestic Lares
- ''Lararia''{{anchor|Lararium}}
- Compitalia
- Augustan religious reforms
- Origin myths and theology
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Lar holding a cornucopia from Axatiana (now Lora del Rio) in [[Roman Spain, early first century AD (National Archaeological Museum of Spain)]]
Lares ( , ; archaic , singular ) were guardian deities in ancient Roman religion. Their origin is uncertain; they may have been hero-ancestors, guardians of the hearth, fields, boundaries, or fruitfulness, or an amalgam of these.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lares” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.