penates
Roman hearth protectors
Penates are the Roman household gods who protected the home and its provisions, particularly the storeroom and pantry.
The word usually appears alongside lares in the phrase lares and penates, meaning household gods collectively or, by extension, one's home and cherished possessions: They packed up their lares and penates and moved west.
Roman protective spirits
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- hearthFireplace floor area
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- genius lociGuardian spirit of location
manes · tutelary · sacra · shrine · altar · guardians · protectors · familial
Roman protective spirits
- VestaGoddess of hearth
- JupiterLargest solar system planet
- JunoJupiter's divine consort
- MarsRed planet, war deity
Mercury · Minerva · Venus · Neptune · Diana · Bacchus · Saturn · Ceres
Fireplace floor area
- homeOne's personal residence
- dwellingPlace of residence
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- abodePlace of residence
residence · fireside · storehouse · pantry · provisions · family · kinship · homestead
Sacred ritual table
- offeringsThings presented or given
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
incense · prayers · devotion · sacrifice · libation · supplication · piety · reverence
Legal care of another
- safekeepingProtective care of possessions
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- refugePlace of safety
- havenShelter from danger
preservation · security · shelter · ward · blessing · auspices · providence
Lares
Roman protective spirits
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- hearthFireplace floor area
- venerationProfound admiring respect
genius loci · manes · tutelary · sacra · shrine · altar · guardians · protectors · familial · ancestral
Lares
Roman protective spirits
Mars · Mercury · Minerva · Venus · Neptune · Diana · Bacchus · Saturn · Ceres · Vulcan
hearth
Fireplace floor area
abode · residence · fireside · storehouse · pantry · provisions · family · kinship · homestead · domicile
altar
Sacred ritual table
- offeringsThings presented or given
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- venerationProfound admiring respect
ceremony · incense · prayers · devotion · sacrifice · libation · supplication · piety · reverence · lustration
guardianship
Legal care of another
- safekeepingProtective care of possessions
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- refugePlace of safety
haven · preservation · security · shelter · ward · blessing · auspices · providence
- minor deitiesgodlings, demigods, household gods, Lares, kami
- Roman householdfamilia, domus, paterfamilias, materfamilias, pater
- Roman religionJupiter, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Neptune
- household spiritsbrownie, house spirit, household god, kobold, hob
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- spiritsghost, vodka, rum, whiskey, brandy
penatesOlympians
Greek gods or top athletes
Jupiter · Mars · Neptune · Olympian deities
penateslarvae
Immature metamorphosing creatures
malevolent spirits · evil spirits · manes · curses · Pluto