Tacita
deity single tradition · 1
Tacita is "the silent goddess" invoked during an informal, secretive women's folk-cult at the festival of Feralia on February 21. The rite is led by "an old hag" who holds seven black beans in her mouth. It has similarities to the exorcism of hostile, vagrant spirits at the Lemuria festival.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Lara/Larunda, Acca Larentia
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“invoking Tacita ("the silent goddess"). The rite is led by "an old hag" who holds seven black beans in her mouth; it has similarities to the exorcism of hostile, vagrant spirits at the Lemuria festival, but is completed when a fish-head is sewn up to "bind hostile tongues to silence".”
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