god
Lara
also: Larunda, Lala, Dea Tacita, Muta, the Silent Goddess, the Mute Goddess
A talkative Naiad whose tongue Jupiter tore out for betraying his love of Juturna; carried to the underworld by Mercury, she bore the Lares and became the Silent (Mute) Goddess worshipped at the Feralia.
Reading notes
- The Festivals §2.21 Silent One
The Silent (Mute) Goddess, the nymph Lara, whose tongue Jupiter tore out; mother of the Lares.