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Larunda
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Also known as Larentina, Larunde, Laranda, Lara

thumb|upright|Dea Muta, identified with Lara or Larunda, print (ca. 1809–1839) by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo and mother of the Lares Compitalici, guardians of the crossroads and the city of Rome. In Ovid's Fasti she is named Lara.

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thumb|upright|Dea Muta, identified with Lara or Larunda, print (ca. 1809–1839) by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo and mother of the Lares Compitalici, guardians of the crossroads and the city of Rome. In Ovid's Fasti she is named Lara.

== Myth ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Larunda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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