In the Roman foundation myth, the she-wolf (lupa in Latin) was an Italian wolf who nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned...
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the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus has been a symbol of Rome since ancient times, and one of the most recognizable icons of ancient mythology. The...
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Romulus and Remus (redirect from Romulus (mythology))
founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus, following his fratricide of Remus. The image of a she-wolf suckling the twins in their infancy...
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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Latin: Mārs, pronounced [maːrs]) is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic...
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she-wolf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A she-wolf is a female gray wolf (Canis lupus). She-wolf or she wolf may also refer to: She-wolf (Roman mythology)...
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The Capitoline Wolf Statue is a bronze sculpture of a she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. A replica of the original...
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Lupercalia (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
Soranus", from Sabine hirpus "wolf"), who practiced at Mt. Soracte, 45 km (28 mi) north of Rome, had elements in common with the Roman Lupercalia. Descriptions...
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Faustulus (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
In Roman mythology, Faustulus was the shepherd who found the infant Romulus (the future founder of the city of Rome) and his twin brother Remus along...
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people of Bucharest. This statue depicted the legendary she-wolf that, according to Roman mythology, nursed Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. The...
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Palatine Hill (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
According to Roman mythology, the Palatine Hill was the location of the cave, known as the Lupercal, where Romulus and Remus were found by the she-wolf Lupa that...
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Segovia: There is a Capitoline Wolf statue under the Roman aqueduct in Segovia Mérida: The Capitoline Wolf is near the Roman bridge of the city. Tarragona :...
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Lupercal (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
legend of the founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus were found there by the she-wolf who suckled them until they were rescued by the shepherd Faustulus. Luperci...
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Founding of Rome (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
Exposed on the Tiber river, Romulus and his twin Remus were suckled by a she-wolf at the Lupercal before being raised by the shepherd Faustulus, taking revenge...
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Asena (category Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology)
of wolves Grey wolf (mythology) Tiele people, whose progenitors were a gray he-wolf and a Xiongnu princess She-wolf (Roman mythology), a similar figure...
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The wolf is a common motif in the foundational mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical...
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Franks Casket (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
Adoration of the Magi, along with images derived from Roman history (Emperor Titus) and Roman mythology (Romulus and Remus), as well as a depiction of at...
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Ara Pacis (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
she-wolf, Romulus, and Remus is entirely speculative. The better preserved scene depicts the sacrifice of a pig (the standard sacrifice when Romans made...
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The Capitoline Wolf Statue (Romanian: Statuia Lupoaicei) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is located on Eroilor Boulevard, in the city centre on the banks of the...
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Column of Antoninus Pius (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
depicts the legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, suckled by a she-wolf. On these two almost identical sides, members of the cavalry circle the...
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75″E / 47.0229250°N 28.8285417°E / 47.0229250; 28.8285417 The Capitoline Wolf (Romanian: Lupoaica Capitolină) is a monument in Central Chișinău, Moldova...
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Undley bracteate (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
head of the emperor and the image of Romulus and Remus suckled by the she-wolf on one face. With a diameter of 2.3 cm, it weighs 2.24 grams. It may have...
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Romulus of Fiesole (category She-wolf (Roman mythology))
named Cyrus. Like the Romulus of ancient Roman legend, this Romulus was also abandoned and suckled by a she-wolf. He was captured, baptized and raised by...
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Roman mythology. Lupercus was a protector of the farmers, harvesting and packs of wild animals. Every year on 15 February in honor of him, the Romans...
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topic in history and mythology. A list of notable survivors from history and mythology includes: Boudica's two daughters, raped by Roman soldiers Rogneda...
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Latvian mythology is the collection of myths that have emerged throughout the history of Latvia, sometimes being elaborated upon by successive generations...
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the night, and the Moon. She is equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, and absorbed much of Artemis' mythology early in Roman history, including a birth...
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Śuri (redirect from Soranus (mythology))
ancient Roman religion. He was variously depicted as: a crowned young man wielding a spear or bow and arrows; an enthroned black-bearded man with a wolf-skin...
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Rumina (category Ancient Roman mythology stubs)
one of the indigitamenta, Rumina lacked the elaborate mythology and personality of later Roman deities, and was instead a more abstract, numinous entity...
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in Norse mythology Greek mythology Roman mythology The horse in Nordic mythology Rooth, Anna Birgitta (1961). Loki in Scandinavian Mythology. C. W. K...
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List of demigods (category Mythology-related lists)
This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although...
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