A Sabine (old Italic) goddess, often imagined as the mother of the → Lares; more probably, she is a form of the earth-goddess. Her name is explained as a verbal form meaning ‘may she cause (the earth) to turn...

Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a Naiad or nymph, daughter of the river Almon in Roman mythology. She was famous for both beauty and loquaciousness — a trait her parents[clarify] attempted to curb. She was incapable of keeping...