Everything about Larvae totally explained
In
Roman mythology, the
larvae or
lemures (singular
lemur) were the spectres or spirits of the dead; they were the malignant version of the
lares. 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. 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.
On
May 9,
11, and
13, the
Lemuralia or
Lemuria, the feast of the Lemures, occurred, when black
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. Some species of lemur were identified by their calls before scientists had seen individuals.
Singular
The singular form of
larvae is
larva in both
Latin and
English. The singular of
lemures is
lemur in both languages;
Dungeons & Dragons and some other fantasy worlds have adopted the
back formation lemure as the singular, following English
singularization rules and therefore presumably pronounced as
demure,
immure, etc.
Trivia
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 "Remliss" in the English language version.
At the Original Video Animation (OVA) of the anime Vampire Princess Miyu (80's),Larva appears as her shinma (a hybrid of God and devil being) companion. Larva's friend, that appears during the 3rd episode of the series is called Lemures.
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