Liber

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Liber is an ancient Roman god associated with viticulture, fertility, and freedom, often identified with the Greek god Dionysus.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Liber canonical 8
Libera 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman god
deity
associatedWith Ceres
Libera
linked to: Liber

Proserpina
linked to: Persephone

ecstatic rites
fertility
fertility processions
freedmen
freedom
male coming-of-age rites
political liberty
theatrical performances
viticulture
wine
cultCenter Aventine Hill
Rome
culture ancient Roman religion
domain agriculture
grape cultivation
male fertility
epithet Liber Pater
equatedWith Greek god Dionysus
linked to: Dionysus

Greek god Iacchus
festival Liberalia
festivalDate 17 March
gender male
hasConsort Libera
linked to: Liber
identifiedWith Bacchus
linked to: Dionysus

Dionysus
languageOfName Latin
memberOf Roman pantheon
nameMeaning the free one
parentage sometimes considered son of Ceres
partOfTriad Ceres-Liber-Libera
linked to: Ceres
role patron of male youth
protector of crops
protector of vineyards
symbol grapes
ivy
phallus
vine
wine cup
worshippedIn ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
worshipType popular cult
state cult

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Dionysus otherRomanName Liber
Liber hasConsort Libera
linked to: Liber
Liber associatedWith Libera
linked to: Liber
Ceres associatedWith Liber
Ceres associatedWith Libera
linked to: Liber
Aventine Triad hasMember Liber
Liberalia mainDeity Liber
Liber Pater epithet Liber