Mother of the Lares

The Mater Larum ( Latin for " Mother of the Lares ") is a deity of Roman mythology.

Their nature and the shape of her cult is quite unclear. It is only known that the Arvalbrüder on the feast of the Dea Mater Larum slide sacrificed two sheep. There were also two with pulse, the Roman porridge, filled Ollae, traditional vessels made of dried clay, pushed down the hill of the temple. This will, however, set in relation to the oldest layers of the Roman religion, as the Arvalbrüder in mythology associated with the founding of Rome and pulse and Olla downright symbols are early Roman earthiness.

Due to the form of sacrifice (namely, that it was as it were thrown on the ground) it has been suggested that the Mater Larum was an underground deity.

They have been set for various reasons, with a number of other Roman deities in relationship, namely:

• Acca Larentia: As a woman of Faustulus she was, according to legend the mother of twelve original Arvalbrüder, which then also her adopted son Romulus belonged. Due to the connection Arvalbrüder with the state cult of the Lares was the "mother of Arvalbrüder " the "mother of the Lares " suspected.
• * Tacita ( " the Silent " ), Dea Muta ( "silent goddess " ) called: a probably old Italic or Roman god of the underworld, according to Plutarch, a Naiad from among the Camenen without reference to the underworld or the Lares, according to Ovid, however, a Naiad of the Tiber River region ( daughter of Almo ) with name Lara or originally Lala (after Greek λάλα " the Chatty, Chatty "), which, punished by Jupiter for their indiscretion with the loss of the tongue and language and banished to the swamps of the world raped by her companion Mercurius on the way there and was this rape to the mother of the Lares.
• Mania: It is named after Georg Wissowa actually in a custom among the Compitalien to hang small Maniae called dolls, into constructed. Since the Compitalien are a feast of the Lares, the Mania also possible Laren mother was.
• Larunda: Finally Larunda, according to Varro, a Sabine deity of Titus Tatius in Rome an altar consecrated. It was probably identified solely on the basis of the similarity of names with the nymph Lara as more Laren mother.