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.

Dubourdieu, Annie. Title Les origines et le développement du culte des pénates à Rome / Annie Dubourdieu. Imprint [Rome] : Ecole française de Rome, 1989.

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