{"id":94739,"date":"2021-09-05T06:19:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T04:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=94739"},"modified":"2021-09-05T06:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T04:20:35","slug":"lares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-religion\/gods-of-ancient-rome\/lares\/","title":{"rendered":"Lares"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Lara holding the cornucopia. Object dated to the 1st century CE. <\/div>\n \n
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Lares<\/em><\/em> were the souls of the dead who were worshipped by the ancient Romans as guardian deities of home and domestic happiness, protecting from misfortunes.<\/p>\n

Lara statues were placed on the table during dinners and during other household celebrations, which proves that their presence was believed to be beneficial to the privacy of the home.<\/p>\n

In the shrines (lararia<\/em>) offerings were made in the form of a doll-figurine during ceremonies called Laralia. Then they prayed to the deities and offered sacrifices. On weddings, birthdays or when a boy in the family puts on a boule<\/em> or toga virilis<\/em>, a feast was organized, during which the doors of the chapels were opened and offerings of cake, wine, the incense were made, the whole thing was decorated with flowers. The evil souls (larvae<\/em>) were against the good souls.<\/p>\n

There were many types of lares<\/em>:<\/p>\n