Penates
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The penates are the household gods who watch over the penus - the larder the household store of a home. They were originally honoured at the family hearth but later came to include also the particular deities a family worshiped.
In the public cultus the original penates were the Discouri, Castor and Pollux, whom Aeneas brought to Italy with him. And archeological finds confirm this.
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