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| − | As I wrote earlier, prayers to Vulcanus are scarce in Roman
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| − | literature. However there is mention of a charm where He is invoked
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| − | to ward off fires from a home. It was very common for Roman houses
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| − | to have such charms, so He was more important than our sources
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| − | indicate. I'll have to see if I can recover that. These, however,
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| − | are the only prayers I have found thus far.
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| − | ==Grattius Faliscus Gynegetica 437-42==
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| − | Holy Vulcanus, foremost of those who cherish this place, to You we
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| − | pray for peace. Grant Your ultimate assistance to the tired and
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| − | worn, and, if no one here merits punishment for some noxious crime,
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| − | may You have mercy on all their souls and allow them to reach Your
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| − | purifying fountains. Three times they invoke Your name, three times
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| − | they pour rich incense upon the focal fire, and strew the altar with
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| − | auspicious boughs in Your honor.
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| − | ==Martial Epigrammata 5.7.5 To Vulcan==
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| − | Soon, I pray, Vulcan, memories of whispered rumors of disgrace and
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| − | loud quarrels of complaint You will no longer hold against the
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| − | children of Mars; we are also the children of Your sweet wife Venus,
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| − | spare us, Father.
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