Libitina
Sign in to saveLibitina, also Libentina or Lubentina, is an ancient Roman goddess of funerals and burial. Her name was used as a metonymy for death, and undertakers were known as libitinarii. Libitina was associated with Venus, and the name appears in some authors as an epithet of Venus.
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Libitina war in der römischen Mythologie die Göttin des Todes, der Leichen und der Bestattungen. Ihr Name war auch ein Synonym für den Tod [siehe Horaz Oden 3.30].
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