Manes
Ancestral spirits.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Roman era to early modern folklore
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mannegishi, Mara, Marabbecca, Mare, Mareikura, Marmennill, Maro deivės, Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os, Matagot, Mavka, Mayura, Mazzikin, Melek Taus, Meliae, Melusine, Menninkäinen, Menreiki, Mephistopheles, Merrow, Minka Bird, Mintuci, Mishibizhiw, Misi-ginebig, Misi-kinepikw, Mizuchi, Brownie, Kobold, lar familiaris, Mantus, Manius, Eileithyia, Mana Genita, Hekate, Deiua Geneta, di superi, di terrestres, novensiles, Aṣ̌i, Atlas, Clymene, Iapetus, Asia, Epimetheus, Menoetius, Hesione, Mania, Lemures, Churinga, imago, Menehune, Mahuika, Mami Wata, Madam Koi Koi, Mbwiri, Manananggal, Marid, Mairu, Matsya, Makara, Maa-alused, Madremonte, Maero, Magog, Mahaha, Maha-pudma, Mājas gari, Majitu, Makura-gaeshi, Mallt-y-Nos, Mamuna, Hecate, Helios, Prometheus
- syncretized with
- di inferi
- serves
- Di Manes
- parent of
- Cotys
- child of
- Mania
- has aspect
- Lares
Mentioned by
- Menehune
- Mahuika
- Mami Wata
- Madam Koi Koi
- Mbwiri
- Manananggal
- Marid
- Mairu
- Matsya
- Makara
- Maa-alused
- Madremonte
- Maero
- Magog
- Mahaha
- Maha-pudma
and 10 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Manes (Roman) – Ancestral spirits”
#5041 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Larva betrays its affinity to lar ..., and the good kindly lares were often held to be manes or souls of departed ancestors. So in our German superstition we find instances of souls becoming homesprites or kobolds, and still oftener is there a connexion between unquiet spirits and spectres.”
#9602 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Plutarch alone has left some examination of the nature of the goddess, deriving Mana from the Latin verb manare, "to flow", an etymology which the Roman grammarian Verrius Flaccus also relates to the goddess Mania mentioned by Varro, and to the Manes, the souls of the departed”
#12790 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Her name links her to the Manes, Mana Genita, and Manius.”
#12802 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“This prohibition is reflected also in funeral rites, where the deceased's passage into the realm of the dead is marked with a holocaust to his Manes at his tomb, while his family returns home to share a sacrificial meal at which his exclusion from the feast was ritually pronounced. Thereafter, he was considered part of the collective Manes”
#14847 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001