Lares

Untuk kegunaan lain, lihat Lares (disambiguasi).

Lar memegang sebuah cornucopia dari Axatiana (sekarang Lora del Rio) di Spanyol Romawi, awal abad ke-1 M (Museum Arkeologi Nasional Spanyol).

Lares (/ˈlɛəriːz, ˈleɪriːz/; bahasa Latin: Larēs pengucapan Latin: [ˈla.reːs], archaic Lases, singular Lar), adalah dewa penjaga dalam agama Romawi kuno. Asal usul mereka tak jelas; mereka adalah pahlawan-leluhur, penjaga tungku api, ladang, perbatasan, atau pembuahan hasil, atau amalgamasi dari hal-hal tersebut.

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