household gods
Home's protective spirits
Household gods are protective deities associated with the home and family, worshipped in ancient Rome (the Lares and Penates) and other cultures.
By extension, the phrase refers to cherished domestic possessions or the familiar objects that make a house feel like home: She packed up her household gods and moved across the country.
Roman household guardian gods
- VestaGoddess of hearth
- JanusRoman god of doorways
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
spirits · pantheon · folklore · paganism · animism · polytheism · ancestral spirits · tutelary
Fireplace floor area
- penatesRoman household guardian gods
- homemakingManaging domestic life
- nestingMaking a dwelling
- familyRelated people together
ancestors · tradition · heritage · protection · guardians · customs · threshold · doorway
Sacred ritual table
- shrineSacred devotional place
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- offeringsThings presented or given
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
devotion · piety · sacrifice · incense · prayers · ceremony · icons · statuettes
penates
Roman household guardian gods
deities · spirits · pantheon · folklore · paganism · animism · polytheism · ancestral spirits · tutelary · genius loci
hearth
Fireplace floor area
- penatesRoman household guardian gods
- homemakingManaging domestic life
- nestingMaking a dwelling
family · ancestors · tradition · heritage · protection · guardians · customs · threshold · doorway · pantry
altar
Sacred ritual table
- shrineSacred devotional place
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- offeringsThings presented or given
rituals · devotion · piety · sacrifice · incense · prayers · ceremony · icons · statuettes · figurines
guardians
Those who protect others
warding · threshold · doorway · blessing · sanctuary · safety · security · safeguarding · watchful · sentinel
comfort
Ease or soothing relief
- cozinessComfortable warm intimacy
- warmthHeat you feel
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
routine · security · nostalgia · sentimental · treasured · beloved · sanctuary · refuge · haven · solace
- Chinese Religionancestor veneration, Confucianism, Daoism, Taoism, Buddhism
- Guardian Deitiesguardian angel, protective spirit, Lares, genius loci, patron saint
- minor deitiesgodlings, demigods, Lares, penates, kami
- Roman Fatherhoodpaterfamilias, Aeneas, paternal duty, Cato, Brutus
- Roman householdfamilia, domus, paterfamilias, materfamilias, pater
- Roman religionJupiter, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Neptune
hold, house, household, households, householder, householders