Household+gods
61Caristia — In ancient Rome, the Caristia,[1] also known as the Cara Cognatio, was an official but privately observed holiday on February 22 that celebrated love of family with banqueting and gifts. Families gathered to dine together and offer food and… …
62Olmec were-jaguar — The Olmec were jaguar is the name for both an Olmec motif and an Olmec supernatural. The were jaguar motif is charactertised by almond shaped eyes, a downturned open mouth, and a cleft head. [Coe (1968), p. 42. Diehl, p. 104.] It appears widely… …
63Fiction set in the Roman empire — The following article Fiction set in the Roman Empire lists all works set in the Middle and Late Roman Republic and in the (Western) Roman Empire but not those set in the city of Rome or Byzantium.The article lists works only from the Middle… …
64Were-jaguar — A stone Olmec were jaguar, showing common were jaguar characteristics including a downturned mouth, almond shaped eyes, pleated ear bars, a headdress with headband, and a crossed bars icon on the chest The were jaguar was both an Olmec motif and… …
65Pietas (virtue) — Pietas redirects here. See Pietas (goddess) for the divine personification of this virtue. Pietas was one of the Roman virtues, along with gravitas and dignitas. Pietas is usually translated as duty or devotion, and it simultaneously suggests… …
66Secular Games — The Secular Games (Latin Ludi Saeculares, originally Ludi Terentini) were a religious celebration, involving sacrifices and theatrical performances, held in ancient Rome for three days and nights to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of …
67Aeneas — /i nee euhs/, n. Class. Myth. a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid. * * * Mythical hero of Troy and Rome. He was the son of Aphrodite and Anchises, a member of Trojan royal family. According to Homer, he… …
68incense — incense1 /in sens/, n., v., incensed, incensing. n. 1. an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc. 2. the perfume or smoke arising from such a substance when burned …
69The Darkness Series — is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove. Though a fantasy the general history, geography, and combatants are analogs of World War II, or the Derlavai War in this universe.[1] Many of the characters are also the equivalents of… …
70teraphim — Statues of household gods; legal as well as religious importance was attached to possessing them, hence the fury of Laban when he discovered that his daughter Rachel had stolen his gods (Gen. 31:19). They were part of the equipment of the… …
