Lares
nature_spirit intermediate Roman corroborated · 14
Lares are Roman house spirits.
↻ synthesized from 14 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Roman religion
Relationships
- co occurs with
- lar familiaris, Lares Grundules, Lases, Lares Praestites, Prestota, La Sayona, La Tunda, Laukų dvasios, Lauma, Leanan sidhe, Leimoniads, Leszi, Leuce, Leyak, Lidérc, Lietuvēns, Likho, Lilin, Lilitu, Limnades, Ljósálfar, Ljubi, Lo-lol, Lóng, Loogaroo, Lugat, Lui-kong-tsiau, Luison, Lusca, Lutin, Lynx, Bolotnik, Brownie, ùruisg, hobs, Bwbach, Fenodyree, Vesta, genius loci, Juno, Genius, Victory, Fortuna, Magna Mater, Mars Camulus, Hercules, Silvanus, Fortuna Conservatrix, Agathe Tyche, Cauld Lad of Hilton, Chōpirako, domovoy, Hestia, Household deity, gashin, cofgodas, Tawaret, Tomte, duende, hobgoblins, Kobold, nisse, Goblin, Tonttu, Húsvættir, Orbona, Longma, Juturna, Lara, Dea Tacita, Almo, Muta, Mantus, Zashiki-warashi, novensiles, Mare, Alp, Penates, cofgodu, hûsing, herdgota, stetewalden, Indian Manes, lamassu, Leviathan, Loki, Luduan, La Llorona, Lightning Bird, Lubber fiend, Laelaps, Lamia, La-bar-tu, Labbu, Lady midday, Ladon, Lakanica, Lakhey, Lamiak, La Mojana, Lampades, Landvættir, Langmeidong, Granny Squannit, Apollo, Minerva, Jupiter, Aphrodite, Menehune
- created by
- Mercury
- aspect of
- Manes
- has aspect
- Lares Compitales, Lemures
- child of
- Mania, Lara, Larunda, Mercury, Acca Larentia
Mentioned by
- lamassu
- Leviathan
- Loki
- Luduan
- La Llorona
- Lightning Bird
- Lubber fiend
- Laelaps
- Lamia
- La-bar-tu
- Labbu
- Lady midday
- Ladon
- Lakanica
- Lakhey
- Lamiak
and 18 more
Sources
wikipedia (12)
encyclopedia (2)
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Lares (Roman) – House spirit”
#4848 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Lares – Guardian deities in ancient Roman religion”
#6710 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Brownies originated as domestic tutelary spirits, very similar to the Lares of ancient Roman tradition, who were envisioned as the protective spirits of deceased ancestors. Brownies and Lares are both regarded as solitary and devoted to serving the members of the house.”
#9184 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“An example of this was the Roman Lares.”
#9585 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ancient Greek and Roman authors offer "heroes" and "daimones" as translations of "Lares"”
#10018 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5