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The Manes: Spirits of the Roman Dead

Ancestral spirits of the Manes appearing as gentle, ghostly figures within torchlit Roman stone ruins.
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Pietas: Personification of Duty

Veiled woman representing Pietas holds an incense bowl before an altar inscribed with her name in a Roman temple.
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Cardea: Goddess of Door Hinges and Thresholds

A classical-style digital painting of Cardea, the Roman goddess of hinges and thresholds, holding a large brass key while standing beside a wooden door, illuminated by warm golden light.

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Illustration comparing Roman and Norse cosmology with Jupiter above the Roman world and underworld on one side and the Norse World Tree Yggdrasil connecting the nine realms beneath a stormy sky.
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Roman vs Norse Cosmology

Compare Roman and Norse cosmology: creation myths, structure of the universe, Yggdrasil, the underworld, and Ragnarok.
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