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Adjunct Gods

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(or Adjuncts of the Gods), among the Romans, were a kind of inferior deities, added as assistants to the principal ones to ease them of their functions. Thus to Mars belonged Bellona, to Neptune Salacia, to Vulcan the Cabiri, to the Good Genius the Lares, and to the Evil the Lemures.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Adjunct Gods'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/adjunct-gods.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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