Prayer to Manes
Manes
After he has cleansed his hands with pure fountain water, he takes up the black beans in his mouth and turns, casting them back over his shoulder as he says, 'This I send to you, Manes, with these beans I redeem me and mine.' When nine times he has said this, then he says, 'Manes of my forefathers, leave this place.'
Fons · Source
AuthorOvid
WorkFasti
Section5.435-437
PeriodAugustan
OccasionLemuria / expelling ghosts
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formritual
DeitiesManes
Functionsprotection
Spherefamily