In Roman mythology, Laverna was a goddess of gain or profit and the underworld, who became associated with the protection of lower classes, refugees, and plans developed by thieves. She was propitiated by libations poured with the left hand. The poet Horace and the playwright Plautus called her a goddess of thieves. In Rome, her sanctuary was near the Porta Lavernalis, the gate on the northern summit of the Aventine Hill.
In Roman mythology, Laverna was a goddess of gain or profit and the underworld, who became associated with the protection of lower classes, refugees, and plans developed by thieves. She was propitiated by libations poured with the left hand. The poet Horace and the playwright Plautus called her a goddess of thieves. In Rome, her sanctuary was near the Porta Lavernalis, the gate on the northern summit of the Aventine Hill.
== Etymology == Several explanations have been given for the origins of the name: from the PIE reconstruction , meaning "profit, gain", which makes it cognate with the more familiar . This is currently cited as the most likely etymology; from Ancient Roman writings (Schol. on Horace, who gives as another form of , robber); from (Acron on Horace, according to whom thieves were called , 'washers', perhaps referring to bath thieves).
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