Roman deities believed to be the souls of the dead
For other uses, see Manes (disambiguation).
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In ancient Roman religion, the Manes (/ˈmeɪniːz/, Latin: mānēs, Classical Latin:[ˈmaː.neːs̠]) or Di Manes are chthonic deities sometimes thought to represent souls of deceased loved ones. They were associated with the Lares, Lemures, Genii, and Di Penates as deities (di) that pertained to domestic, local, and personal cult. They belonged broadly to the category of di inferi, "those who dwell below",[1] the undifferentiated collective of divine dead.[2] The Manes were honored during the Parentalia and Feralia in February.
The theologian St. Augustine, writing about the subject a few centuries after most of the Latin pagan references to such spirits, differentiated Manes from other types of Roman spirits:
Apuleius "says, indeed, that the souls of men are demons, and that men become Lares if they are good, Lemures or Larvae if they are bad, and Manes if it is uncertain whether they deserve well or ill... He also states that the blessed are called in Greek εὐδαίμονες [eudaimones], because they are good souls, that is to say, good demons, confirming his opinion that the souls of men are demons."
— City of God, Book IX, Chapter 11[3]
Latin spells of antiquity were often addressed to the Manes.[4]
^Varro (1938). "6.13". De Lingua Latina. Translated by Kent, Roland G. London: W. Heinemann. pp. 185–7.
^Gagarin, Michael, ed. (2010). "Death". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 366. ISBN 9780195170726.
^St. Augustine of Hippo (1871). City of God. Vol. 1. Translated by Rev. Marcus Dods, M.A. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. p. 365. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
^Gager, John G. (1992). Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World. Oxford University Press US. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-0-19-513482-7. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
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