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Larunda, the Glossary

Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo and mother of the Lares Compitalici, guardians of the crossroads and the city of Rome.^[1]

24 relations: Acca Larentia, Almo (god), Avernus, Dea Tacita, Fasti (poem), Feralia, Janus, Juno (mythology), Jupiter (god), Juturna, Lactantius, Larentalia, Lares, Lemures, Lemuria (festival), Mercury (mythology), Muteness, Naiad, Nymph, Ovid, Pluto (mythology), Psychopomp, Roman festivals, Underworld.
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Acca Larentia

Acca Larentia or Acca Larentina was a mythical woman, later a goddess of fertility, in Roman mythology whose festival, the Larentalia, was celebrated on December 23. Larunda and Acca Larentia are Characters in Roman mythology.

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Almo (god)

Almo was in ancient Roman religion the eponymous god of the small river Almo in the vicinity of Rome. Larunda and Almo (god) are ancient Roman mythology stubs.

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Avernus

Avernus was an ancient name for a volcanic crater near Cumae (Cuma), Italy, in the region of Campania west of Naples. Larunda and Avernus are ancient Roman mythology stubs.

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Dea Tacita

In Roman mythology, Dea Tacita ("the silent goddess") also known as Dea Muta or Muta Tacita, was a goddess of the dead. Larunda and dea Tacita are ancient Roman mythology stubs.

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Fasti (poem)

The Fasti (Fāstī, "the Calendar"), sometimes translated as The Book of Days or On the Roman Calendar, is a six-book Latin poem written by the Roman poet Ovid and published in AD 8.

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Feralia

Ferālia was an ancient Roman public festivalDumézil, Georges.

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Janus

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (Ianvs) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings.

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Juno (mythology)

Juno (Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.

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Jupiter (god)

Jupiter (Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), also known as Jove (gen. Iovis), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology.

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Juturna

In the myth and religion of ancient Rome, Juturna, or Diuturna, was a goddess of fountains, wells and springs, and the mother of Fontus by Janus. Larunda and Juturna are naiads.

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Lactantius

Lucius Caecilius Firmianus, signo Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325), was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus.

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Larentalia

The Roman festival of Larentalia was held on 23 December but was ordered to be observed twice a year by Augustus; by some supposed to be in honour of the Lares, a kind of domestic genii, or divinities, worshipped in houses, and esteemed the guardians and protectors of families, supposed to reside in chimney-corners.

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Lares

Lares (archaic lasēs, singular) were guardian deities in ancient Roman religion.

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Lemures

The were shades or spirits of the restless or malignant dead in Roman religion, and are probably cognate with an extended sense of (from Latin, 'mask') as disturbing or frightening.

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Lemuria (festival)

The Lemuralia or Lemuria was an annual event in the religion of ancient Rome, during which the Romans performed rites to exorcise any malevolent and fearful ghosts of the restless dead from their homes.

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Mercury (mythology)

Mercury (Mercurius) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the 12 Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon.

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Muteness

In human development, muteness or mutism is defined as an absence of speech, with or without an ability to hear the speech of others.

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Naiad

In Greek mythology, the naiads (naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. Larunda and naiad are naiads.

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Nymph

A nymph (νύμφη|nýmphē;; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore.

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Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.

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Pluto (mythology)

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto (Πλούτων) was the ruler of the Greek underworld.

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Psychopomp

Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife.

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Roman festivals

Festivals in ancient Rome were a very important part in Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and one of the primary features of the Roman calendar.

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Underworld

The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larunda

Also known as Lara (mythology), Larentina, Larunde, Muta (deity).