The Name of this Blog

Sterquilinus is the Roman god of compost and manure. Couldn't find a picture of a statue, painting or mosaic of him.

Ceres was the Roman goddess of agriculture. What's interesting is that she had 12 helpers that related to the grain harvest. These guys....

• Vervactor, "He who ploughs"
• Reparator, "He who prepares the earth"
• Imporcitor, "He who ploughs with a wide furrow"^[9]
• Insitor, "He who plants seeds"
• Obarator, "He who traces the first plowing"
• Occator, "He who harrows"
• Serritor, "He who digs"
• Subruncinator, "He who weeds"
• Messor, "He who reaps"
• Conuector (Convector), "He who carries the grain"
• Conditor, "He who stores the grain"
• Promitor, "He who distributes the grain"

Couldn't find any pictures of these guys, either. I suppose they were pretty rural deities. And, they seemed to have multiple names depending on location. Sorry about the spacing. Apparently, when I copied this little bit out of Wikipedia, it just carried over the whole page's formatting. I figured out how to change the type size, but the line spacing ... not so good. 
Nothing simple that I can see to correct the line spacing. Sigh.


Maybe when I move out to the boonies, I'll set up a little statue or plaque of Sterquilinus. Right next to the compost heap.

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