Di Penates
deity earth Roman single tradition · 2
The Di Penates were identified with the Cabeiri by Roman antiquarians. Due to the cult's secrecy, however, their exact nature and relationship with other ancient Greek and Thracian religious figures remained mysterious.
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When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 500
- Historical notes
- Worshiped in ancient Rome and among Elbe Slavs.
Relationships
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Sources
Source passages
“Roman antiquarians identified the Cabeiri with the three Capitoline deities or with the Di Penates.”
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“The term Domovoy comes from the Indo-European root *dom, which is shared by many words in the semantic field of "abode", "domain" in the Indo-European languages (cf. Latin domus, "house"). The Domovoy have been compared to the Roman Di Penates”
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