ancient Rome, though not appearing in literary Roman mythology, the god Fabulinus (from fabulari, to speak) taught children to speak. He received an offering...

development, such as Vagitanus, who opened the newborn's mouth to cry, and Fabulinus, who enabled the child's first articulate speech. The collective di nixi...

prophecy in return for libations of water or milk at her sacred grove Fabulinus, the God who teaches children to speak Minerva, goddess of wisdom and...

preserves the home (domus) of newlyweds Edusa (also Educa, Edula, Edulia) Fabulinus BCh Farinus BCh Fessona or Fessonia, goddess who relieved weariness. Fluvionia...

minds of children as they develop intellectually. Farinus enables speech. Fabulinus prompts the child's first words. Locutius enables it to form sentences...

first cry and the first instance of articulate speech, in regard to which Fabulinus (fari, "to speak"; cf. fabula) was the deity to invoke. Vagitanus has...