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The '''di indigetes''' ("indigenous gods") were a group of Roman gods, goddesses and spirits not adopted from other mythologies, as opposed to the ''di novensides'' ("newcomer gods") in Georg Wissowa's terminology.
The term ''Indiges'' is classical Latin, applied to Sol and to Jupiter of Lavinium, later identified with Aeneas; Wissowa's interpretation is no longer widely accepted, but the actual meaning is uncertain. One theory holds that it means the "speaker within", and goes back to before the recognition of divine persons. Another, which the ''OCD'' holds more likely, that it means "invoked" ("pointed to", as in the related word ''indigitamenta''). Nevertheless, the classification, as a set of native, rather than imported, divinities, remains useful.
Most of these are very minor gods, little more than personifications of an abstract quality. Ops, Janus and Quirinus are among the few important ''di indigetes''. Additionally, as most Latin words for abstractions and concepts were feminine, the vast majority of ''di indigetes'' are female, and Roman mythology in general has an abundance of goddesses.
'Latin deities of uncertain derivation but possibly indigenous:'
'Newer yet still etymologically indigenous deities:'
The term ''Indiges'' is classical Latin, applied to Sol and to Jupiter of Lavinium, later identified with Aeneas; Wissowa's interpretation is no longer widely accepted, but the actual meaning is uncertain. One theory holds that it means the "speaker within", and goes back to before the recognition of divine persons. Another, which the ''OCD'' holds more likely, that it means "invoked" ("pointed to", as in the related word ''indigitamenta''). Nevertheless, the classification, as a set of native, rather than imported, divinities, remains useful.
Most of these are very minor gods, little more than personifications of an abstract quality. Ops, Janus and Quirinus are among the few important ''di indigetes''. Additionally, as most Latin words for abstractions and concepts were feminine, the vast majority of ''di indigetes'' are female, and Roman mythology in general has an abundance of goddesses.
'Latin deities of uncertain derivation but possibly indigenous:'
★ Orcus | ★ Veiovis |
'Newer yet still etymologically indigenous deities:'
★ Mercurius |
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