Roman mythology Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans. One of a wide variety of genres of Roman folklore, ''Roman mythology'' may also refer to the modern study of these representat ...

, Spiniensis was the god of

thorns Thorn(s) or The Thorn(s) may refer to: Botany * Thorns, spines, and prickles, sharp structures on plants * ''Crataegus monogyna'', or common hawthorn, a plant species Comics and literature * Rose and Thorn, the two personalities of two DC Com ...

. People prayed to him when they removed thorny plants from their fields as he presided over the digging out of thorn bushes and guarded the field against thorns. His name comes from ''spina'' ("spine/thorn").Ferguson, J. (1988). "Divinities" (p. 835). In M. Grant & R. Kitzinger (eds.), ''Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean. Greece and Rome. Volume II'' (pp. 847–860). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

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