Motif
appeasement of the dead through calendrical rites
appeasement_of_the_dead_through_calendrical_rites
A motif of the Ancestor Rites and Feeding the Dead family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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Fasti LIBER IV. / NOTES: / LIBER V. / NOTES:; lines 10441-10587 confidence: high
The notes quote an explanation that Lemures were thought to be called Remures from Remus; Romulus instituted the Lemuria to appease the shade of his slain brother, and Lemures are glossed as nocturnal daimones.
The Lemuria is explained as instituted by Romulus to appease Remus's shade, and May is described as a month when many Romans performed rites for the departed.
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