Lares Viales (English spelling)

Japanese: Lares Viales(英語表記)LaresViales
Lares Viales (English spelling)

…The Lares Familiares, the guardian deities of families, had statues in small shrines in every home, along with the Penates, and were worshipped with offerings on certain days of the calendar or on important family occasions, such as weddings. Others included the Lares Compitales, the guardian deities of crossroads, the Lares Viales, the guardian deities of roads and travelers, and the Lares Praestites, the guardian deities of states, the last of whom had a temple at the highest point of the Via Sacra in Rome. The Lares were depicted as boys wearing short robes and holding a cornucopia in their hands. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lares Viales" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とりわけ家族の守護神ラレス・ファミリアレスLares Familiaresは,ペナテスとともにすべての家の小さな祠堂に神像が安置され,暦の特定の日や結婚式のように,なにか家族に重要なできごとがあった日に,供物をそなえて拝まれた。このほか,四つ辻の守護神ラレス・コンピタレスLares Compitales,道路と旅人の守護神ラレス・ウィアレスLares Viales,国家の守護神ラレス・プラエスティテスLares Praestitesなどがあり,最後のものはローマ市の聖道Via Sacraの最高地点に神殿があった。ラレスの像は,短衣をまとい,手に〈豊穣の角(コルヌコピア)〉をもった少年で表現された。…

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