Lemuria

E235170

Roman religious observance ancient Roman festival

Lemuria was an ancient Roman festival during which household spirits of the dead were ritually appeased and driven away to protect the living.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Lemuria canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman religious observance ⓘ ancient Roman festival ⓘ
associatedConcept	Roman ancestor cult ⓘ domestic religion ⓘ expiation of restless dead ⓘ funerary rites ⓘ
associatedDeity	Lares ⓘ
associatedSpirits	Larvae ⓘ Lemures ⓘ Manes ⓘ
category	May observances in ancient Rome ⓘ Roman festivals of the dead ⓘ
chronologicalContext	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
consideredUnluckyMonth	May ⓘ
culture	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Rome
dateInRomanCalendar	11 May ⓘ 13 May ⓘ 9 May ⓘ
describedInSource	Ovid's Fasti ⓘ
etymologyProposedBy	Ovid ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo	Remus ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
geographicContext	Italia (Roman province) ⓘ surface form: Roman Italy Rome ⓘ surface form: city of Rome
hasParticipant	Roman household ⓘ household spirits of the dead ⓘ paterfamilias ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
offering	black beans ⓘ food offerings for the dead ⓘ
performedBy	head of the household ⓘ
publicHoliday	false ⓘ
purpose	appeasement of the dead ⓘ expulsion of malevolent spirits ⓘ protection of the living ⓘ
religion	ancient Roman religion ⓘ
ritualAction	clashing bronze or metal objects ⓘ hand-washing for ritual purity ⓘ nocturnal household rites ⓘ recitation of ritual formulae ⓘ throwing black beans ⓘ walking barefoot through the house ⓘ
socialContext	household-based ritual ⓘ
timeOfYear	May ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman religion → hasFestival → Lemuria ⓘ

Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome) → associatedWithFestival → Lemuria ⓘ

subject surface form: Ovid’s Fasti