Reparator

In Roman mythology, Reparator (or Rederator) was the deity of the preparing fallow land for crops.[1][2] He was one of the 12 helper gods of Ceres.[3] His name was invoked during the Cerealia, along with the other 11 helper gods of Ceres.[4]

Reparator
Minor god of Fields
God of preparing the land for crops

References

  1. Spaeth, Barbette Stanley (2010). The Roman Goddess Ceres. University of Texas Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780292785779.
  2. Dumézil, Georges; Krapp, Philip (1996). Archaic Roman religion (Johns Hopkins ed., [Rev. ed.]. ed.). Baltimore [u.a.]: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780801854804.
  3. Price, Mary Beard ; John North ; Simon (1999). A history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780521316828.
  4. "A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), AGRICULTURA". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 4 February 2017.


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