The Festival Of Salus March 30th

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THE ITALIAN GODDESS, "SALUS", BELONGS TO THE OLDEST PERIOD; SHE WAS PROBABLY OF SABINE ORIGIN, SO HER WORSHIP WAS AS OLD IN ITALY AS THAT OF "JUNO". HER NAME MEANS "SALVATION." SHE MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN A FERTILITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEITY WHO LATER BECAME THE PERSONIFICATION OF HEALTH, PROSPERITY, AND THE PUBLIC WELFARE. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF "AESCULAPIUS, "THE GOD OF HEALING. "SALUS I"S OFTEN SHOWN SEATED AND IS DEPICTED AS A YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING A SERPENT AND A CUP, OUT OF WHICH THE SERPENT SOMETIMES DRANK. "SALUS "IS OFTEN CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH THE GREEK, "HYGIEIA".

SHE WAS HELD IN GREAT VENERATION AMONG THE ANCIENTS AND AN OFFERING ON A HILLTOP SHRINE TO "SALUS "WAS BELIEVED TO INSURE HEALTH AND SAFETY. IN FACT, SHE WAS SO MUCH HONORED BY THE ROMANS, THAT SEVERAL HOLY DAYS WERE APPOINTED IN WHICH THEY WORSHIPPED HER. THERE WAS A GATE AT ROME THAT CALLED "PORTA SALUTARIS" BECAUSE IT WAS NEAR TO THE TEMPLE OF "SALUS. "THE "AUGURIUM SALUTIS" RITE WAS FORMERLY CELEBRATED IN THE SAME PLACE. IT WAS A KIND OF DIVINATION BY WHICH THEY BEGGED LEAVE OF THE GODS THAT THE PEOPLE MIGHT PRAY FOR PEACE.

OUR ENGLISH WORDS "SALUTE", "SALUTATION", "SALUTATORY", AND "SALUTATORIAN" ARE ALL WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM HER NAME, SUGGESTING A GREETING THAT INCLUDES WISHES FOR GOOD HEALTH.

You also may enjoy this free books:

Howard Phillips Lovecraft - The Statement Of Randolph Carter
Howard Phillips Lovecraft - The Festival

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