Helernus

Helernus, also known as Alernus, was an Archaic Roman deity. He was a minor god of the underworld, and god of the beans used during the Lemuria festival during May. His sacred grove ''( lucus)'' was near the mouth of the Tiber river. Sacrifices were made to him annually on 1 February by the Roman Pontiffs, in which a black ox was killed. He had one daughter, named Carna, who was goddess of protecting the intestines of children from vampires.

Poultney and others compare Helernus with the similarly (apparently) chthonic deity Hule/''Horse''/Huřie who shows up a couple times in the Umbrian Iguvine Tablets. Poultney, J.W. "Bronze Tables of Iguvium" 1959 p. 214 https://archive.org/details/bronzetablesofig00poul/page/n19/mode/2up

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Roman gods
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