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	CalendarHome.com - Lemuria (festival) - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Roman religion, the Lemuralia or Lemuria was a feast during which the ancient Romans performed rites to exorcise the malevolent and fearful ghosts of the dead from their homes.
		The unwholesome specters of the restless dead, the lemures or larvae
		Pope Gregory III (731-741) consecrated a chapel in the Basilica of St. Peter to all the saints and fixed the anniversary.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Feast_of_the_Lemures (621 words)

	lemures - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Lemures, in Roman mythology, ghosts of the dead.
		Lemur (Latin lemures, “nocturnal spirits”), common name for more than 40 species of primitive primates.
		In Roman religion, the Feast of the Lemures, called the Lemuralia or Lemuria, was a feast during which the ancient Romans performed rites to exorcise the malevolent and fearful ghosts of the dead from...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /lemures.html (143 words)

	Larvae - Information from Reference.com
		In Roman mythology, the larvae or lemures were the spectres or spirits of the dead; they were the malignant version of the lares.
		On May 9, 11, and 13, the Lemuralia or Lemuria, the Feast of the Lemures, occurred, when fl beans were offered to the Larvae in the hopes of propitiating them; loud noises were also used to frighten them away.
		Lemurs were so named by Linnaeus for their big eyes, nocturnal habits and unearthly noises they make at night.
	www.reference.com /search?q=Larvae (381 words)

	Halloween, Its Origins, Customs and Legends
		Early Romans observed the Feast of the Lemures, during which the unwholesome and malevolent specters of the restless dead were appeased.
		In the 8th century, as the popular observance of the Lemuria had faded, the feast of the dead, or All Saints was shifted to November 1 by Pope Gregory III (731-741).
		He consecrated a chapel in the Basilica of St. Peter to all the saints and fixed the anniversary, not at all by chance, to coincide with the Celtic celebration of dead spirits at Samhain.
	www.meridiangraphics.net /halloween.htm (3046 words)

	Feast of the Lemures
		In Roman religion, the Feast of the Lemures, called the Lemuralia or Lemuria, was a feast during which the ancient Romans performed rites to exorcise the malevolent and fearful ghosts of the dead from their homes.
		Lemuria may refer to: In Roman religion Lemuria is the Feast of the Lemures, during which the unwholesome and malevolent spectres of the restless dead (lemures) were propitiated.
		Feast of the Lemures: Encyclopedia II - Christianization - Christianized populations
	www.experiencefestival.com /feast_of_the_lemures (2597 words)

	Feast of the Lemures - Definition, explanation
		The unwholesome and malevolent sprectres of the restless dead (lemures) were propitiated with offerings of beans.
		Because of this annual exorcism of the restless malevolent spirits of the dead, the whole month of May was rendered unlucky for marriages, whence the proverb Mense Maio malae nubent ('They wed ill who wed in May'), and thus the rush of June weddings "because the weather is so nice" in our own day.
		In the 8th century, as the popular observance of the Lemuria had safely faded over time, the feast of All Saints was shifted to November 1, coinciding with the similar Celtic propitiation of the spirits at Samhain.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/f/fe/feast_of_the_lemures.php (421 words)

	Definition of Feast of the Lemures
		In Roman religion, the Feast of the Lemures, called the Lemuralia or Lemuria was a feast during which the ancient Romans performed rites to exorcise the malevolent and fearful ghosts of the dead from their homes.
		In the Julian calendar the three days of the feast were the 9th, 11th, and 13th of May. The myth of origin of this ancient festival was that it had been instituted by Romulus to appease the spirit of Remus (Ovid, Fasti, verse 473ff.).
		Pope Gregory III (731-741) consecrated a chapel in the Basilica of St. Peter to all the saints and fixed the anniversary, not by chance, for 1 November.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Feast_of_the_Lemures (459 words)

	Feast Days
		Feast of Kore, the celebration of Kore's, the Egyptian of fertility and grains, return to earth after six years of exile in the underworld.
		The Matronalia, the primary feast of Juno, the chief Roman goddess.
		The feast of the Divine Life, this ancient Egyptian feast honored the great goddess in her three-fold aspect as mother (creator), daughter (renewer), and dark mother (the absolute).
	www.mc.maricopa.edu /dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/ancient_religion/pages/feast_days.html (1226 words)

	Larvae
		Some Roman writers describe Lemures as the common name for all the spirits of the dead, and divide them into two classes: the Lares, or the benevolent souls of the family, which haunted and guarded the domus or household, and the Larvae, or the restless and fearful souls of wicked men.
		On May 9, 11, and 13, the Lemuralia or Lemuria, the Feast of the Lemures, occurred, when fl beans were offered to the Larvae in the hopes of propitiating them; loud noises were also used to frighten them away.
		Lemurs were so named by Linnaeus for their big eyes, noctural habits and unearthly noises they make at night.
	www.publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/l/la/larvae.html (247 words)

	Larvae (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Some Roman writers describe Lemures as the common name for all the spirits of the dead, and divide them into two classes: the Lares, or the benevolent souls of the family, which haunted and guarded the domus or household, and the Larvae, or the restless and fearful souls of wicked men.
		On May 9, 11, and 13, the Lemuralia or Lemuria, the Feast of the Lemures, occurred, when fl beans were offered to the Larvae in the hopes of propitiating them; loud noises were also used to frighten them away.
		Lemurs were so named by Linnaeus for their big eyes, noctural habits and unearthly noises they make at night.
	www.muestrario.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/l/la/larvae.html (209 words)

	Australian Information from Wikipedia
		The pre-Christian Romans also had a festival concerning the dead at the same time, known as the Feast of the Lemures, which cultural historians have identified as the source for All Saints Day, and which the ancient Romans identified as being the same as Samhain, despite the large difference of date.
		Pope Gelasius I both banned Lupercalia, and instituted the feast day of Saint Valentine, and many scholars think that the romantic significance of Lupercalia is the source of the romantic significance of Valentine's day.
		Saturnalia had been a week long festival, and a time when a feast would be held, gifts given, and slaves were allowed to mistreat their masters; though the feast and gifts continue as Christmas traditions, the Feast of Fools, a popular mediaeval event, has mostly died out since.
	www.thinkingaustralia.net /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Christianised_calendar (2308 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : All Saints
		The festival of All Saints, also sometimes known as All Hallows or Hallowmas ("hallows" meaning "saints," and "mas" meaning "Mass"), is a feast celebrated in the honour of all the saints, known and unknown.
		Common commemorations by several churches of the death of martyrs began to be celebrated in the 4th century.
		The chosen day, May 13, was a pagan observation of great antiquity, the culmination of three days of the Feast of the Lemures, in which were propitiated the malevolent and restless spirits of all the dead.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=All_Saints (736 words)

	Feast/ - Qwika (Site not responding. Last check: )
		the Roman lustrations and apparently was a feast of purification for the farmers.
		Pope Boniface IV at the Feast of the Lemures, May 13, in either...
		The feast was to honor all the saints, 'known...
	www.qwika.com /find/Feast/?int=170 (735 words)

	Lemuria
		In Roman religion, on May 9, 11, and 13, the Lemuria or Lemuralia, the Feast of the Lemures (q.v.
		Lemuria is the name given by 19th century geologist Philip Sclater to a hypothetical land mass in the Indian Ocean, used in the theories of Victorian Darwinists to explain the isolation of lemurs in Madagascar and the distribution of their fossil relatives across Africa and Southeast Asia.
		Lemuria was also a festival in the Roman religion, in which the lemures, the ghosts of the dead, were appeased with offerings of beans.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/l/le/lemuria.html (508 words)

	Larvae
		These malignant spirits dwell throughout the house and frighten the inhabitants.
		People tried to reconcile or avert the Larvae with strange ceremonies which took place on May 9, 11, and 13; this was called the "Feast of the Lemures".
		The master of the house usually performed these ceremonies, either by offering fl beans to the spirits or chasing them away by making a lot of noise.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/l/larvae.html (100 words)

	Feast/ - Qwika (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Some of the tortures described in The Feast of the Goat are horrific to the...
		Historical festivals of the Feast In Belgium, historical festivals of the Feast 1583, commemorate the release of the city...
		Feast of Dance Dance Revolution [edit] Overview The Feast of Dance Dance Revolution is a celebration...
	www.qwika.com /find/Feast/?int=80 (446 words)

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		In Roman mythology, the larvae or lemures were the spectres or spirits of the dead; they were the malignant version of the lares.
		Lemurs were so named by Linnaeus for their big eyes, nocturnal habits and unearthly noises they make at night.
		The "Monsters of the Day" in the fourth season of the anime Sailor Moon were known as Lemures in the original Japanese language version and were mistransliterated as "Remless" in the English language version.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=larvae (342 words)

	The Christianised calendar at AllExperts
		The pre-Christian Romans also had a festival concerning the dead at the same time, known as the the Feast of the Lemures, which cultural historians have identified as the source for All Saints Day, and which the ancient Romans identified as being the same as Samhain, despite the large difference of date.
		Pope Gelasius I both banned Lupercalia, and instituted the feast day of Saint Valentine, and many scholars think that the romantic significance of Lupercalia is the source of the Romantic significance of Valentine's day.
		Saturnalia had been a week long festival, and a time when a feast would be held, gifts given, and slaves were allowed to mistreat their masters; though the feast and gifts continue as Christmas traditions, the Feast of Fools, a popular mediaeval event, has mostly died out since.
	en.allexperts.com /e/t/th/the_christianised_calendar.htm (2352 words)

	All Saints Day - New World Encyclopedia Preview
		The origin of the festival of All Saints as celebrated in the West however, now is said by the Roman Catholic Church to be somewhat doubtful.
		The chosen day, May 13, was a pagan observation of great antiquity, the culmination of three days of the Feast of the Lemures, in which the malevolent and restless spirits of all the dead were propitiated.
		Common commemorations of the deaths of martyrs by several churches first began to be celebrated in the fourth century.
	www.newworldencyclopedia.org /preview/All_Saints_Day (898 words)

	COUNTING OF THE OMER : Encyclopedia Entry
		Non-traditional theorists suggest that the period of mourning was borrowed from the Roman superstition that May is an unlucky month, and that the associations with the plague and Crusades are later developments.
		The Romans had a similar custom of not marrying during the month of May, as that was the time of the Feast of the Lemures.
		One Reconstructionist rabbi claims that since the first spring grain harvest is quite vulnerable during this period, the tone of anxiety naturally felt by Middle Eastern farmers at this time of year needed to be reflected in the ritual calendar[5].
	bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Counting_of_the_Omer (1428 words)

	November 1 Saints of the Day
		the Vigil of the Solemnity of All Saints and the feast of Death and Hell
		This Solemnity is instituted to honor all the saints, known and unknown.
		There are over 4,000 persons known to be in Heaven, but there are millions and millions od persons in Heaven, your spouse or mother or father or child nit canonized by the Church but who are in Paradise with the the good thief of Calvary in Luke 23:43.
	religion-cults.com /saints/november1.htm (586 words)

	Lemures - KPIgWiki
		But the more common idea was that the Lemures and Larvae were the same.
		They were said to wander about at night and to torment and frighten the living.
		Some species of lemur were identified by their call before scientists had seen one.
	www.kpig.org.uk /wiki/index.php?title=Lemures&redirect=no (191 words)

	lemures - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Lemur (Latin lemures,”nocturnal spirits”), common name for a group of primitive African primates confined to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands....
		Ruffed lemur - Varecia variegata: More Information - ARKive
		The ruffed lemur is the largest of the lemur family, and is divided into two very distinctive...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /lemures.html (159 words)

	Patron Saints :: Catholic Saints :: Catholic Church Saints
		The festival of All Saints, also sometimes known as "All Hallows," or "Hallowmas," is a feast celebrated in honour of all the saints and martyrs, known or unknown.
		The chosen day, May 13, was a pagan observation of great antiquity, the culmination of three days of the Feast of the Lemures, in which were propitiated the malevolent and restless spirits of all the dead.
		The medieval liturgiologists based the idea that this Lemuria festival was the origin of that of All Saints on identical dates and on the similar theme of all the dead.
	www.catholicchurchsaints.com /page25.htm (511 words)

	12 posts from June 2006 - Krissy’s Blog on Vox
		Roman Empire – Feast of the Lemures ; In Roman religion, the Feast of the Lemures was a feast during which the ancient Romans performed rites to exorcise the malevolent and fearful ghosts of the dead from their homes.
		The unwholesome and malevolent specters of the restless dead (lemures) were propitiated with offerings of beans. ;
		In preparation for going see The Constantines tonight, I'm having a listen-athon of Shine A Light and Tournament of Hearts while I work.
	krissy.vox.com /library/posts/2006/06 (594 words)

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