Terminus
Intention: Honor boundaries and keep agreements
Offerings & Symbols
- A boundary stone or marker
- A written agreement
- Soil from your own land
Culture: Ancient Roman Domain: Boundaries, property lines, limits
Terminus is a distinctly Roman god of boundary markers, so seriously honored that his festival, the Terminalia, involved neighboring landowners gathering at shared boundary stones to renew them with offerings, and Roman law treated moving a boundary marker as a serious offense.
Associations
Boundaries, property lines, honored limits, the sanctity of agreements.
Ways people honor him (modern)
- Respect boundaries, physical and personal, deliberately and consistently
- Renew agreements or property understandings with clear communication
- Mark a personal or project limit and honor it
- Read about the Terminalia and its neighbor-to-neighbor boundary rites
Approach any deity with respect and do your own research. Practices vary widely between traditions, and modern devotional practice often goes beyond what survives in ancient sources.
