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In Roman mythology
Roman mythology

Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome....
, every man had a genius and every woman a juno (Juno
Juno (mythology)

File:Juno sospita pushkin.jpgJuno was an Roman religion, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars , and Vulcan ....
 was also the name of the queen of the gods).

Originally, the genii and junones were ancestors who guarded over their descendants. Over time, they turned into personal guardian spirits, granting intellectual prowess.






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In Roman mythology
Roman mythology

Roman mythology, or more appropriately, Latin mythology, refers to the mythology beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Rome....
, every man had a genius and every woman a juno (Juno
Juno (mythology)

File:Juno sospita pushkin.jpgJuno was an Roman religion, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars , and Vulcan ....
 was also the name of the queen of the gods).

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Originally, the genii and junones were ancestors who guarded over their descendants. Over time, they turned into personal guardian spirits, granting intellectual prowess. Sacrifices were made to one's genius or juno on one's birthday.

The juno was worshipped under many titles:
  • Iugalis, protected marriage
  • Matronalis, protected married women
  • Pronuba, protected the bride
  • Virginalis, protected virginity


In addition to the genius or juno of each individual, regions, families, households and cities had a genius. The genius of the Romans
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 was a winged, naked youth. The genii dedicated to places were usually depicted as snake
Snake

Snakes are elongate legless carnivore reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears....
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See also

  • Lares
    Lares

    Lares were ancient Roman Empire deity protecting the house and the family, they were a form of household deity.Lares were presumed sons of Mercury and Lara , and deeply venerated by ancient Romans through small statues, usually put in higher places of the house, far from the floor, or even on the roof ....
  • Di Penates
    Di Penates

    In Roman mythology, the Di Penates or briefly Penates were originally patron gods of the storeroom, later becoming household deity guarding the entire household....
  • Genius loci
    Genius loci

    In Roman mythology a genius loci was the protective spirit of a place. It was often depicted as a Serpent . In contemporary usage, "genius loci" usually refers to a location's distinctive atmosphere, or a "spirit of place", rather than necessarily a guardian spirit....
  • In certain older translations of the Arabian Nights, a genius is a male jinni
    Genie

    In Islam and Arabian mythology, a genie is a supernatural fiery creature which possesses free will. Genies are mentioned in the Qur'an, wherein a whole Sura is named after them ....
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