#lararium

[ancientcharm]

Lararium in the House of the Skeleton, Herculaneum, Italy.

Photography © Luis Adrián Rojas Yáñez

#ancient rome #archaeology #herculaneum #lararium #archaeological site

[noragaribotti]

A beautifully decorated mosaic Lararium from Pompeii (a sacred place in the home where offerings and prayers are made to the Gods.)

#museoarcheologiconazionalenapoli #lararium

[theshrinesanctuary]

Lararium and ritual by r.spadini on Instagram

#religio romana #roman paganism #roman polytheism #household shrine #household altars and shrines #religious shrines #lararium #southern european religions

[leafyhistory]

In Ancient Rome, snakes were not feared and hated to the same degree that they are today. Every household had a shrine - the lararium where the spirit of the household (the genius) lived with the household's guardians (the lares). The genius was often represented in artwork as a snake, and snakes also often represented the spirits of ancestors and sometimes (more figuratively) their immortality in the afterlife.

Image - Lararium in the House of the Vettii in Pompeii, photo by Patricio Lorente (licence CC BY-SA 2.5)

#ancient rome #snakes #lararium #pompeii

[ancientprettythings]

A small lararium or statue niche in Pompeii.

[Photo is my original photography. Please do not save and repost without credit - reblogging is fine.]

#ancient rome #pompeii #lararium #statue niche #ancientprettythings #original photography #ancient art

[paganpillar]

My Lararium

#deities #pagan #polytheism #polytheist #deity #apollo #Cernunnos #Bacchus #roman pagan #roman paganism #gallo roman #roman pantheon #gallo roman paganism #gallic gods #lararium #Altar #paganism #hellenic polythiest #hellenic polytheism #hellenic deities #hellenism #occultism #paganblr #witchblr #religio romana #cultus deorum

[arjuna-vallabha]

Modern Lararium

#lararium #roman polytheism

[kore-siciliana]

My lararium and ancestor worship. Feel free to ask about my ancestor practice and my veneration of the penates. I honor the ancestors within a Hellenic polytheistic praxis but have included the lararium in my practice to honor the multiculturalism of Sicily's polytheistic traditions.

#hellenic polytheism #lararium #ancestors #helpol

[brontios-helm]

Destiny 2: TwoView

#destiny 2 #lararium #destiny 2 lararium #destiny 2 the coil #the coil #destiny 2 riven's lair #riven's lair #season of the wish #bungie #destiny 2 pc

[sassy-roman-spirits]

Mercury, Versailles

#witchblr #witchcraft #spirit work #roman paganism #witch #spiritwork #pagan #roman #spirit #hellenic polytheism #lararium #classics #rome #Mercury #Hermes

[hestiashearthfire]

My altar is complete and will be here by July 8th or so!

#hellenic devotion #hellenic polytheism #hellenic pagan #hellenic reconstructionism #helpol #hellenic paganism #hellenic polytheist #hellenic community #hellenic gods #prayer #lararium

[ancientcharm]

Fresco in the form of a Lararium. Tavern of Lucius Vetutius Placidus, in Pompeii.

Fortuna, goddess of good luck and abundance, in the middle of two Lares (protective spirits). On the right Bacchus, god of wine, on the left Mercury, god of commerce and profit. Below, the two "good snakes" in front of the offering. Lucius was clear about which gods and spirits to invoke in his tavern.

#pompeii #archaeology #ancient rome #lararium #thermopolium #fresco

[circe-mediterranean-witch]

Roman Villa Borg and Lararium

#lararium #roman villa #roman home altar #roman cult

[carneirodemercurio]

"What is more sacred, what more carefully fenced round by every kind of sanctity, than the home of every individual citizen? Here are his altars, his hearths, his household gods, his religion, his observances, his ritual" Cicero.

"Que hai máis santo, que está máis protexido por todo tipo de santidade, que a casa de cada cidadán? Aquí están os altares, os fogares, os deuses domésticos, a súa relixión, as súas observancias, o seu ritual". Cicerón

"Quid est sanctius, quid omni religione munitius quam domus unius cuiusque civium? Hic arae sunt, hic foci, hic di penates, hic sacra, religiones, caerimoniae continentur". Cicero

#Lararium #Home Worship #paganismo romano #roman paganism #Cicero

[ghostofatree]

The Bridewell show “Seven” ended today, there are still a few more to show. This was the recently finalised tribute to my dad(and something of a visual apology for how belligerent I often was with him). It’s a miniature Lararium (which was a Roman household shrine to personal protector deities and ancestors). Each home would have different emphases on which holy beings were venerated, in a much more intimate and emotional way than public displays at the state temples. Dad was an old fashioned Scouse working class factory worker. His masculinity was very traditional and very different to my queer punk anarcho sensibility. To define myself against his expectations was often fractious for both of us. Even before I came out I felt I somehow disappointed his expectation. I developed a view of him as authoritarian (which after his death I realised he was very far from and often just hid his feelings as I learned more about him). It felt all too late to have the deeper friendship with him I should have had. Loosing him was so much harder than I could have imagined and I wish I had had just a few more years with him. This shows him, his cigarette case with offerings of matches and rizla. Other offerings are also inside, including a fragment of the True Cross to inform the viewer that this is an altar. Surrounding him are my first Pride badge and photo negatives. I demanded immediate acceptance by t was a lot for him to process and I was not as flexible and compassionate as I should have been. The Blue is Derek Jarman’s blue, from his film exploring his symptoms with AIDS - which were very similar to what dad went through with chemo. I built this at @jezdolan s excellent workshop at the Jarman Protest show. The Blue is actually @culturehustle blue (made from the powdered and blessed bones of Yves Klein, rather than real International Blue or the slow blue delphinium days of Saint Derek). I got to spend some better quality time with him very near the end, it just should have been longer to resolve what I could have to make him proud. Love you dad, wish I’d said it more at the time. #assemblageart #shrine #lararium #offering #pride #dadsandsons #sorry #fatherforgiveme (at Bridewell Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClSOQl6KXG6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#assemblageart #shrine #lararium #offering #pride #dadsandsons #sorry #fatherforgiveme

[paganpillar]

#Lararium #Religio Romana #Altar #Altar Space #Cernunnos #Carnonos #Gaul #pagan gods #Pagan #Paganism #roman polytheism #deities #polytheism #polytheist #deity #paganism #celtic pantheon #celtic paganism #celtic pagan #celtic mythology #witchy #witch #wicca #witchcraft #witchblr #spells #spellwork #spellcasting #godspouse #godspousing