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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Liber (/ ˈ l aɪ b ər / LY-bər, Latin:; "the free one"), also known as Liber Pater ("the free Father"), was a god of viticulture and wine, male fertility and freedom. He was a patron deity of Rome's plebeians and was part of their Aventine Triad.
Libera is sometimes described as a female version of Liber Pater, concerned with female fertility. Otherwise she is given no clear identity or mythology by Roman sources, and no Greek equivalent. Nothing is known of her native iconography: her name translates as a feminine form of Liber, "the free one".
Liber Pater ("Father Liber") empowers the man to release his semen, [29] while Libera does the same for the woman, who was regarded as also contributing semina, "seed." [ 30 ] Mena or Dea Mena with Juno assured menstrual flow , [ 31 ] which is redirected to feed the developing child.
Liber, a god of male fertility, viniculture and freedom, assimilated to Roman Bacchus and Greek Dionysus. Libera, Liber's female equivalent, assimilated to Roman Proserpina and Greek Persephone. Liberalitas, goddess or personification of generosity. Libertas, goddess or personification of freedom. Libitina, goddess of death, corpses and funerals.
Dionysus is equated with both Bacchus and Liber (also Liber Pater). Liber ("the free one") was a god of fertility, wine, and growth, married to Libera. His festival was the Liberalia, celebrated on 17 March, but in some myths the festival was also held on 5 March.
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At Leptis Magna, a number of unique gods are attested, many of them in Punic-Latin bilingual inscriptions, such as El-qone-eres, Milkashtart (Hercules), and Shadrafa (Liber Pater). [15] Inscriptions in the tophet at Motya in western Sicily, as in Carthage, frequently refer to Baal Hammon, but do not refer to Tanit at all. [16]
The wine and fertility god Liber Pater ("The Free Father"), divine patron of plebeian rights, freedoms and augury, had a long-established official cult in the nearby temple he shared with Ceres and Libera. [2] Most Roman sources describe him as Rome's equivalent to Dionysus and Bacchus, both of whom were sometimes titled Eleutherios (liberator ...