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✦ Italic Polytheist ✦ Native religion of the Italian Peninsula (this is a side blog, so I can’t reply to comments or follow back from here) 🌜DMs and asks are open!🌛

[lasavecuvia]

A Guide to Italian Polytheism 🌿 🐺 ꀾ

Italic or Italian Paganism / Polytheism is the term to indicate the worship of the different native Gods of the Italian Peninsula or a specific Italic pantheon and all its religious practices.

The beliefs and Gods come for the most part from Etruscans and Latins, but on a minor scale Veneti, Sabines, Samnites, Oscans Umbrians, Ligures etc. too.

Italian Polytheism usually refers to pre-Empire and pre-syncretism native beliefs but most of the traditions and Gods of the Roman Religion (before the syncretism) are directly based on Etruscans and Italic populations (like the Latins, whom the Romans come from)

quick note:

if you are transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic or racist this religion is NOT for you and it’s beliefs don’t align with any of those hateful ideologies

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹ Key concepts:

Numen (plural - Numina): in Latin means "divine will" or "divine power." In ancient times, the term was used to refer to the presence of a divine force in a place, a person, or an object. It is not a specific god or goddess but rather the sacred presence or influence that makes something holy or divine.

Hinthial: Etruscan term that refers to the spirit or shade of the dead, representing the soul that persists after death in funerary and underworld contexts.

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹ Spirits:

In Italic beliefs, particularly in Roman and Etruscan traditions, the Genius (Latin name) or Farthan (Etruscan name) represents a personal divine spirit associated with an individual that is created with the birth of the person and stays with them till death, it is often seen as a guardian, protector, or embodiment of one's vital force or destiny, kinda like a more ancient version of the guardian angel. It was often depicted as a youthful male figure, usually winged, sometimes holding symbols of life, power, or fertility- such as a patera (libation bowl), cornucopia, or serpent.

Vanth: Winged female spirit of the underworld, guides souls of the dead. Often shown with torches, keys, or scrolls.

Charu: Male underworld spirit (very different from the Greek Charon) he is depicted as a fearsome, monstrous figure with blue or black skin, pointed ears, fangs or tusks, sometimes horns, and often wings. He carries a large hammer or mallet and has a menacing, grotesque face that embodies the terrifying aspect of death. He is the Guardian or enforcer in the realm of the dead.

Lasa (plural: Lasae):

Female guardian spirits, associated with fate, beauty, and protection. Often winged, accompanying other deities or mortals.

Thuluter:

The divine gatekeepers, represented side by side, one facing the other with their backs turned, standing guard at the boundary between heaven and earth.

Lares: Household protective spirits (Lares Familiares). Also Lares Compitales (crossroads), Lares Praestites (state protectors). Often honored in domestic shrines (lararium)

Penates: Spirits of the pantry or food storage, ensuring domestic well-being. Worshiped with the Lares, especially during meals and family rituals.

Manes: General term for the spirits of the dead (ancestral spirits). Honored during Parentalia and Feralia festivals.

Lemures: Restless or malevolent spirits of the dead. Feared and exorcised during the Lemuria festival in May.

Larvae: Sometimes considered interchangeable with Lemures, but more malicious. Ghosts or shades that disturbed the living.

Camenae: Water and prophecy spirits, sometimes guardians of sacred springs or inspiration. Some mythological figures associated with the Camenae include:

Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, Postverta

Lymphae / Diumpas: spirits connected to water in ancient Italic mythology associated with springs, rivers, and healing waters.

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹ Key Figures:

Tages: He is considered the sacred prophet of the Italic people.

The myth tells of a divine child prophet who emerged from the earth when an Etruscan farmer was plowing his field. As the farmer turned the soil, he uncovered a child-like figure, and despite his youthful appearance, Tages possessed great wisdom and divine knowledge, as he taught them the sacred practices of augury and haruspicy, the art of interpreting omens through the examination of animal entrails.

Tages not only shared these divinatory techniques but also imparted the knowledge of sacred rituals, guiding the Etruscans in understanding the will of the gods through signs in nature and ritual sacrifice. The Etruscans later shared this knowledge with the neighboring Italic populations creating the basis of the religious beliefs of the Peninsula.

Lasa Vecuvia: Vegoia, in Latin, Lasa Vecuvia, in Etruscan, is a sibyl, prophet, or nymph within the Italic religious framework who is identified as the author of parts of their large and complex set of sacred books, detailing the religiously correct methods of founding cities and shrines, draining fields, formulating laws and ordinances, measuring space and dividing time; she initiated the Etruscan people to the arts, as originating the rules and rituals of land marking, and as presiding over the observance, respect, and preservation of boundaries. This teachings just like Tages' ended up influencing all the neighboring Italic populations

Italic deities I worship:

I. Culśanś (Latin name: Janus)

2. Menrva (Latin name: Minerva)

3. Usil

4. Thesan

5. Uni (Latin name: Juno)

6. Salacia

7. Tinia (Latin: Jove)

8. Angitia

9. Voltumna / Veltha (Latin:

Vertumnus)

10. Calu / Manth

11. Śuri (Latin: Soranus)

12. Cupra / Ikiperu

13. Flora

14. Thufthla (Latin: Fortuna)

15. Nethuns (Latin: Neptune)

16. Diana

17. Cel (Latin: Tellus)

18. Catha

19. Turan (Latin: Venus)

20. Bellona

21. Pomona

22. Turms (Latin: Mercurius)

23. Laran

24. Venilia

25. Saturn

26. Ops / Opis

27. Feronia

28. Selvans

29. Flufuns (Latin: Liber)

30. Ceres

31. Vesta

32. Turnu (Latin: Cupid)

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹ Festivals

1. Agonalia

• When: January 9th.

• This festival honored Culśanś/Janus, god of beginnings, transitions, and time

2. Carmentalia

• When: January 11 and 15

• Celebration: Honored Carmenta, goddess of childbirth and prophecy, with rites for mothers and newborns.

3. Compitalia

• When: Early January (date varied)

• Celebration: Dedicated to the Lares (household gods), with offerings at neighborhood shrines for protection of homes and communities.

4. Sementivae (or Paganalia)

• When: January (specific date varied)

• Celebration: Agricultural festival to honor Tellus (earth goddess) and Ceres for crop fertility and protection.

5. Lupercalia

• When: February 15

• Celebration: Fertility and purification festival, involving ritual sacrifices and a ceremonial race to promote fertility.

6. Parentalia

• When: February 13-21

• Celebration: Honored deceased ancestors, with families visiting tombs and making offerings.

7. Feralia

• When: February 21

• Celebration: Concluded Parentalia with offerings to appease the spirits of the dead.

8. Terminalia

• When: February 23

• Celebration: Honored Terminus, god of boundaries, with rites at boundary stones for property protection.

9. Matronalia

• When: March 1

• Celebration: Celebrated Uni/Juno, with prayers and gifts to honor married women and bless families.

10. Liberalia

• When: March 17

• Celebration: Celebrated Liber and Libera, deities of freedom and fertility, and marked coming-of-age for young men.

11. Quinquatria

• When: March 19-23

• Celebration: Festival for Minerva, goddess of wisdom and crafts, with games and arts performances.

12. Veneralia

• When: April 1

• Celebration: Honored Venus/Turan, goddess of love, with rituals for beauty, harmony, and love.

13. Cerealia

• When: April 12-19

• Celebration: Festival for Ceres, goddess of agriculture, with games and offerings for harvest success.

14. Fordicidia

• When: April 15

• Celebration: Rituals for Tellus, including sacrifices for agricultural fertility.

15. Parilia

• When: April 21

• Celebration: Festival for Pales, goddess of shepherds, to purify livestock and promote fertility.

16. Vinalia Priora

• When: April 23

• Celebration: Wine festival for Jupiter and Venus, marking the blessing of vineyards.

17. Robigalia

• When: April 25

• Celebration: Offerings to Robigus, to protect crops from rust and mildew.

18. Floralia

• When: April 27 - May 3

• Celebration: Honored Flora, goddess of flowers and spring, with games and performances celebrating fertility.

19. Lemuria

• When: May 9, 11, and 13

• Celebration: Rites to ward off malevolent spirits from homes, offering beans to restless souls.

20. Vestalia

• When: June 7-15

• Celebration: Festival for Vesta, goddess of the hearth, with rituals for family and domestic blessings.

21. Matralia

• When: June 11

• Celebration: Honored Mater Matuta / Thesan, goddess of dawn and childbirth, with rites for the protection of children.

22. Neptunalia

• When: July 23

• Celebration: Festival for Neptune and Salacia, gods of waters, with picnics and outdoor celebrations to honor water and avoid drought.

23. Nemoralia (Festival of Torches)

• When: August 13

• Celebration: Dedicated to Diana, goddess of the hunt, with candlelit processions around Lake Nemi and rituals for protection, especially for women.

24. Consualia

• When: August 21 and December 15

• Celebration: Honored Consus, god of grain storage, with chariot races and rites for agricultural success.

25. Vulcanalia

• When: August 23

• Celebration: Honored Vulcan, god of fire, with sacrifices to prevent destructive fires during the dry season.

26. Meditrinalia

• When: October 11

• Celebration: Celebrated the tasting of new wine with offerings to Jove/Tinia for health and prosperity.

27. Fontinalia

• When: October 13

• Celebration: Honored Fontus, god of springs, with decorations and offerings at wells and fountains.

28. Saturnalia

• When: December 17-23

• Celebration: One of Rome’s most famous festivals, honoring Saturn with feasting, role reversals, and gift-giving as a celebration of agricultural bounty.

29. Opalia

• When: December 19

• Celebration: Honored Ops, goddess of abundance, with rites to celebrate earth’s gifts and agricultural plenty.

𓂃˖ ࣪⊹ More:

[laputalashline]

[uncleclaudius]

Fruits commonly eaten in the ancient Mediterranean in Roman frescoes and mosaics. How many can you recognize?

[saintinsawdust]

A devotional moodboard for She of Hearth and Home, Lady Vesta

[bff0f7]

so can we start hunting down white liberals now or what

[adamtheredbeard]

The full picture is even more heart breaking after you open the uncropped version. Just a heads-up, it's rough

“The Roman Catholic Parish in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was just grafitted.”

[afronerdism]

Nah let’s post it. Let’s feel it. Don’t look away.

[doobiebenson]

[butch-bakugo]

I notice alot of my followers on here skipping these posts just to mess with my lgbt ones, suspiciously the white popular ones.

Heres a not so friendly reminder, as an lgbt metis person, i dont give a single fuck what your blog is themed or if this is too painful for you to look at. Reblog this post. Reblog this post with the sources of the 751 children who were found.

Your compliance and silence as well as the compliance and silence of your ancestors is what allowed these schools to open and kill first nations children. The children of MY people.

Dont follow me if you cant reblog this post or the one with sources to your political blog or your most popular blog. Add trigger warnings if you must but if your political blog is only focused on the harms you personally face like being lgbt then you need to see some bigger pictures and stop being afraid of angering your racist mutural or actually saying some shit about racism. If you can reblog some antifa graphics or add blm to your bio to be a surface level ally, you can reblog some sources on the genocide first nations people faced and still face today.

They were CHILDREN.

They were murdered in cold blood.

[churchoftheconfusedchicken]

I’d like to add this photo I took last night in Victoria of the statue of Captain Cook. Though I myself am not indigenous, I 100% agree that these murderers, kidnappers and rapists shouldn’t have huge statues and plaques that decorate them and say how “great” they were.

Here’s another photo of the legislative assembly from yesterday. Later on there were more items, candles and signs at the memorial, as well as a big poster with 1505 painted on it but I didn’t get a picture

People need to see this. Not just quickly glance at the photos and keep on scrolling. They need to see this.

Reblog this or just stop following me

[ifiknewiwouldtellyou]

I had seen the first picture of the church, but not the second.

I went to a “Cancel Canada Day” event and burst into tears - not because I was surprised to learn of the unmarked graves (survivors told us they were there. Our government pushed it aside, and we let them), but because seeing all the people gathered in mourning drove it home: They. Were. Children.

This is my country’s legacy - and it’s not history. The last schools closed during my lifetime. My Father went to school with students who lived at the local residential school, after it was changed to a boarding house (read: holding centre) for indigenous youth who went to local schools.

They were all children, injured, abused, and killed in my country’s attempt to erase them. I want the world to see this and hold the state accountable to *active* reconciliation> I mean we could at least truly adopt UNDRIP in action instead of words for god’s sake.

[gayvampyr]

here you can read an article about a survivor of the church and some of the things he experienced to help put into perspective how awful and just how recent it was

[nothingweirdhere]

this is the memorial at the vancouver art gallery. 215+ pairs of children’s shoes (as well as stuffed toys and flowers) cover the steps…

[hebeandersen]

I fall deeply in love everytime I read something related to Reitia. I love this beautiful goddess so much and, since she is basically unknown, being the main goddess of a preroman italic culture, I just wanted to say that she doesn’t have to worry: I will love her enough - I hope - for everybody. She deserves it.

[runehart-deactivated20240217]

“magic isnt real” — plants just grow out of the ground. for free. everywhere.

[trupie]

"It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works."

-Terry Pratchett

[gaiasgirlblogger]

[regnumveritatis]

An interesting Italian ritual that is still kept alive by many is the " Barca di San Pietro " ( St. Peter's Boat )

During the feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29) it was customary to fill a bowl of water and immerse an egg white in it (fresh from the day). The bowl had to be left for the whole night between June 28th and 29th, in the middle of a meadow, or a garden or on a window sill, so that during the night the egg white could absorb the dew.

The day after the egg white had the appearance of ship sails which had been produced by " the breath of St. Peter who blew on them during the night ".

Tradition says that this transformation takes place exclusively on this date and, depending on how the sails appeared, you could tell if the crop that year would have been abundant or not. The farmers also understood the season's weather conditions from the shape of the sails, : open sails meant good weather and warm temperatures, closed sails meant the arrival of rain and colder temperatures.

Nowadays open sails mean that a good year will lie ahead, closed or no veils at all mean that the year won't be all that great.

If you try it, post it here, I'd love to see how your year will turn out! :)

[kalatordevesta]

Neptunalia

Today, according to Varro, is the Neptunalia! A feast to celebrate the great King Neptune! And by extension, his wife Salacia, goddess of the saltwaters. Traditionally, as with many other Roman holidays, games would be played! Devotional acts today could be visiting the beach, watching and/or playing sports, or donating to ocean conservation charities. Ave Neptunus, et Io Neptunalia!

[ehresherpa]

[lotusnymphe]

the moment as a worshipper and devotee when someone says they judge and hate your deity because of what they did in their myths (they don't know these myths have been written by humans)

[lasavecuvia]

especially in some cases when that specific deity is way more ancient and has had cults for them longer than the myth in question was ever made 🙏🏻😭

[melowoof]

[ancientcharm]

Doves drinking.  Mosaic from House of the Doves, Pompeii.

Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

By: Jebulon (CC0)

[fromthedust]

Esoteric arts: Archaeologists at Pompeii in Italy have found what they believe is a female sorcerer’s box of objects. The magnificent little miniature amulets, gems, and other items were found in the remains of a wooden box at Casa del Giardino, and were most likely used for personal ornamentation or protection from evil forces and bad luck. Among the objects found were crystals, buttons made of bones, phallic amulets, and a glass bead engraved with the head of Dionysus.

[ymutate]

EtruscanCulture VII Century BC, an extraordinary Bronze Sculpture of a mythological Siren, from the ancient Necropolis of Strozzacapponi, Perugia, Umbria, Italy.

[memories-of-ancients]

Crab hilted sword from Venice, Italy, 17th century

from Czerny's International Auction House