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    Dis Pater (/ˌdɪs ˈpeɪtər/; Latin: [diːs patɛr]; genitive Ditis Patris), otherwise known as Rex Infernus or Pluto, is a Roman god of the underworld. Dis...
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  • Look up pater in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pater may refer to: a title given to a father deity Dis Pater, a Roman and Celtic god of the underworld...
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  • (1895–1985), or "D.I.S.", Romanian social scientist and film critic Ad Dis, Yemen Ad Dis District Dīs Pater, a Roman god of the underworld Dis (Divine Comedy)...
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    as queen of the underworld, spouse to Rome's king of the underworld, Dis pater, and daughter to Ceres. The cult's functions, framework of myths and roles...
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    also used for the underworld itself. Eventually, he was conflated with Dis Pater and Pluto. A temple to Orcus may once have existed on the Palatine Hill...
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  • to the Germanic god Odin, the Gaulish god Sucellos, and the Roman god Dīs Pater. The Old Irish name Dagda is generally believed to stem from Proto-Celtic:...
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  • romanized: Áïdēs, lit. 'Hades' or 'underworld', syncretised with Roman Dīs Pater; as well as solar theonyms – consistently associated with solar and volcanic...
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    Jupiter (god) (redirect from Diovis Pater)
    Jupiter (Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), also known as Jove (gen...
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  • called Pater ("Father") to signify their preeminence and paternal care, and the filial respect owed to them. Pater was found as an epithet of Dis, Jupiter...
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    and Minerva, who promoted handicrafts. He adds that the Gauls regarded Dis Pater as their ancestor. In characteristic Roman fashion, Caesar does not refer...
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    Caesar, the Gauls also claimed descent from a god whom he likened to Dīs Pater, the Roman god of the underworld. The Christian writers who recorded the...
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    mythographers eventually equated the Etruscan god Aita and the Roman gods Dis Pater and Orcus with Hades and merged all these figures into Pluto, a Latinisation...
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  • literature, Mors is sometimes identified with the Roman gods Mars, god of war; Dīs Pater, god of the Roman underworld (later, also known as Pluto) and Orcus, god...
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    deity; perhaps the god described in the interpretatio Romana as Mercury or Dis Pater, which are considered to share Cernunnos's psychopomp or chthonic associations...
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    to these five, Caesar mentions that the Gauls traced their ancestry to Dīs Pater (possibly Irish Donn). Banshee Cantabrian mythology Celtic Christianity...
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    Games in 249 BC, and that Dis pater was only a translation of Plouton. In the mid-1st century BC, Cicero identifies Pluto with Dis, explaining that "The earth...
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    abl.pl. dīwīs), Latin: dīvus, dīvī, "divine, heavenly, godlike", Latin: Dīs Pater, from dīves (gen. dītis), meaning "wealthy, rich", probably derived from...
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    practice be halted and the ritual reinterpreted. Instead of heads to Dīs Pater, the Romans were to offer effigies or masks (oscilla); a mask appears...
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    Dea Carmenta Castor and Pollux Ceres Cloacina Cupid Dea Dia Diana Dies Dīs Pater Egeria Fauna Faunus Flora Genius Hercules Janus Juno Jupiter Lares Lares...
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    Dea Carmenta Castor and Pollux Ceres Cloacina Cupid Dea Dia Diana Dies Dīs Pater Egeria Fauna Faunus Flora Genius Hercules Janus Juno Jupiter Lares Lares...
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    the altar of Saturn is situated nearby another altar dedicated to god Dīs Pater and goddess Proserpina; that altar is believed to have hosted the Saturnalia...
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  • Clota Cocidius Condatis Contrebis Coventina Damona Dea Latis Dea Matrona Dīs Pater Divona Dusios Epona Erecura Esus Fagus Grannus Hooded Spirits Herecura...
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    the whole of Lower or Nether Hell. To ancient Roman mythology, Dis Pater ("Father Dis") is the ruler of the underworld. In the sixth book of Virgil's...
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  • Dea Carmenta Castor and Pollux Ceres Cloacina Cupid Dea Dia Diana Dies Dīs Pater Egeria Fauna Faunus Flora Genius Hercules Janus Juno Jupiter Lares Lares...
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  • Clota Cocidius Condatis Contrebis Coventina Damona Dea Latis Dea Matrona Dīs Pater Divona Dusios Epona Erecura Esus Fagus Grannus Hooded Spirits Herecura...
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    Clota Cocidius Condatis Contrebis Coventina Damona Dea Latis Dea Matrona Dīs Pater Divona Dusios Epona Erecura Esus Fagus Grannus Hooded Spirits Herecura...
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    Prithvi is celebrated in the Rigveda as an important creation myth. Dyēus Dis Pater Rigvedic deities Uranus (mythology) Zeus's main Hindu equivalent is Indra...
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    Clota Cocidius Condatis Contrebis Coventina Damona Dea Latis Dea Matrona Dīs Pater Divona Dusios Epona Erecura Esus Fagus Grannus Hooded Spirits Herecura...
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    Dea Carmenta Castor and Pollux Ceres Cloacina Cupid Dea Dia Diana Dies Dīs Pater Egeria Fauna Faunus Flora Genius Hercules Janus Juno Jupiter Lares Lares...
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    Clota Cocidius Condatis Contrebis Coventina Damona Dea Latis Dea Matrona Dīs Pater Divona Dusios Epona Erecura Esus Fagus Grannus Hooded Spirits Herecura...
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