lar familiaris
deity earth Roman single tradition · 2
The Roman lar familiaris is a household deity. Jacob Grimm equated the Roman lar familiaris to the brownie. The good kindly lares were often held to be manes or souls of departed ancestors.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Roman era
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Lares Grundules, Lares Compitalicii, Lares, Penates, Manes, Brownie, Kobold
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“European folklorist Jacob Grimm did not hesitate to equate the Roman lar familiaris to the brownie. He explains in some detail in his Deutsche Mythologie: Larva betrays its affinity to lar ..., and the good kindly lares were often held to be manes or souls of departed ancestors.”
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