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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 221 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VULCAN (Volcanos)

VULCAN (Volcanos) , the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

god of See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and more especially of devouring See also:

FLAME (Lat. flamma; the root flag- appears in flagrare, to burn, blaze, and Gr. d, XEryew)

flame (Virg. Aen. 5. 662). Whether he was also, like See also:

HEPHAESTUS

Hephaestus, the deity of smiths, is very doubtful; his surname Mulciber may rather be referred to his See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to allay conflagrations. In the Comitium was an " See also:

AREA

area Volcani," also called " Volcanal "; and here on the 23rd of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August (Volcanalia) the See also:

FLAMEN (from flare, " to blow up " the altar fire)

Flamen Volcanalis sacrificed, and the heads of Roman families threw into the fire small See also:

fish, which the See also:

TIBER (anc. Tiberis; Ital. Tevere)

Tiber fishermen sold on the spot. This flamen also sacrificed on the 1st of May to See also:

MAIA

Maia, who in an old See also:

prayer See also:

formula (See also:

GELLIUS, AULUS (c. A.D. 13o-I8o)

Gellius 13. 23) was coupled with Volcanus as Maia Volcani. It is not easy to explain these survivals of an old cult. But in See also:

HISTORICAL

historical times the association of this god with conflagrations becomes very apparent; when See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus organised the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in regiones and vici to check the See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant danger from firest the magistri vicorum (See also:

OFFICERS

officers of administrative districts) worshipped him as Volcanus quietus augustus (CLL. vi. Sol and 802) and on the 23rd of August there was a See also:

SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice to him together with Ops Opifera and the Nymphae, which suggests the need of See also:

WATER

water in quenching the flames. At See also:

OSTIA

Ostia, where much of the See also:

corn was stored which fed the Roman See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, the cult of this god became famous; and it is probable that the fixing of his festival in August by the See also:

early See also:

Romans had some reference to the danger to the newly harvested corn from fire in that See also:

month.

(W. W.

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