Lemures
demonic underworld ancient Rome corroborated · 2
The Lemures are darker forms of Lares.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 100 BCE
- Attested period
- -100 – 200
- Historical notes
- Myth recorded by Ovid.
Relationships
- aspect of
- Lares
- co occurs with
- Indian Manes, Churinga, imago, Juturna, Lara, Dea Tacita, Almo, Muta, Manes
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Dea Tacita, "the silent goddess" — nymphs, minor goddesses, or aspects of a single deity with semantic connections to the Lares and perhaps the Lemures as darker forms of Lares.”
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“The Romans, as we remarked above, distinguished between the Lemures or wandering mischievous ghosts and the Manes snugly interred and tended in the cemetery.”
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