LUPERCALIA

This was a fertility festival in ancient Rome that was held on February 15 and was sacred to Lupercus.

It included rites that protected the domestic animals from wolves.

There were also purification ceremonies that aided in the renewal of life and nature.

Inspirational Posters

Janus, god of january

Vesta, the hearth goddess

Genius, gaurdian spirits

Penates, oversaw household supplies

Mithraism, soldier god of life

Cybele, mother earth goddess

Necessitas, goddess of destiny

Lupercalia, fertility festival

Lares, roman household gods

Larvae, souls of the dead

Jupiter, god of thunder

Heracles, legendary hero

Fortuna, goddess of good fotune

Saturn, roman god of harvest

Vervain, sacred plant in ancient rome

Vestal Virgins, priestesses who served vesta

Sibyl, women who lived in caves and were renowned for their gift of prophecy

Future Of Rome, still echoes today

Cupid, roman god of love

Manes, the spirits of the dead

Dates, the key dates in ancient rome

Belly Talkers, mediums with a daemon in their belly

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