Genius

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Genius is a Roman tutelary spirit believed to guide and protect individuals, families, places, or institutions as their personal divine essence.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Genius canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman tutelary spirit ⓘ
personal divine essence ⓘ
protective deity ⓘ
associatedWith Roman household religion ⓘ
Roman private worship ⓘ
domestic cult ⓘ
counterpart Juno ⓘ
culture Ancient Roman religion ⓘ
describedAs indwelling spirit ⓘ
personal divine essence of a person ⓘ
domain families ⓘ
individual human beings ⓘ
institutions ⓘ
places ⓘ
etymology related to Latin verb gignere (to beget, to produce) ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasVariant Genius Augusti ⓘ
Genius loci ⓘ
Genius populi Romani ⓘ
linked to: SPQR
iconography depicted as a man in a toga ⓘ
depicted with a cornucopia ⓘ
depicted with a patera ⓘ
depicted with a snake ⓘ
influenced later concepts of guardian angels ⓘ
influencedBy Roman ancestor cult ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
linkedConcept Roman city ⓘ
Roman collegium ⓘ
Roman emperor ⓘ
Roman family ⓘ
Roman legion ⓘ
Roman paterfamilias ⓘ
religiousFunction mediator between human and divine ⓘ
source of a person’s creativity ⓘ
source of a person’s vitality ⓘ
role guardian spirit ⓘ
protector of families ⓘ
protector of individuals ⓘ
protector of institutions ⓘ
protector of places ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
worshipContext birthdays ⓘ
domestic rituals ⓘ
family ceremonies ⓘ
worshipPractice offerings of food ⓘ
offerings of incense ⓘ
offerings of wine ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Lares → relatedConcept → Genius ⓘ
Profanations → hasEssay → Genius ⓘ