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List of Gods : "Lupercus" - 4 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
"Luperca"	Roman	Or Lupa, an ancient Italian divinity, the wife of Lupercus, who, in the shape of a she-wolf, performed the office of nurse to Romulus and Remus. Roman
God name "Lupercal"	Roman	The place where Romulus and Remus were suckled by the wolf (lupus). A yearly festival was held on this spot on Feb. 15, in honour of Lupercus, the god of fertility. On one of these festivals Antony thrice offered to Julius C?sar a kingly crown, but seeing the people were only half-hearted, C?sar put it aside, saying, "Jupiter alone is king of Rome." Roman
"Lupercus"	Roman	An ancient Italian divinity, who was worshipped by shepherds as the protector of their flocks against wolves, and at the same time as the promoter of the fertility among sheep, whence he was called Inuus. Roman
God name "Lupercus"	Roman	God of wolves. Celebrated in the festival of Lupercalia on February 15....

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