A tutelary spirit or patron god is a god, often a minor god, who serves as the guardian or watcher over a particular site, person, or nation. For example, in Greek polytheism, Athena was the patron goddess (or "matron goddess") of the city of Athens; in Roman polytheism, Janus was the patron god of doors, gates, and the like. Belief in tutelary gods or spirits often reflects a tradition of animism. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Helmeted Athena, of the Velletri type. ... Nickname: City of Athena or Cradle of Democracy Location of the city of Athens (red dot) within the Prefecture of Athens and Periphery of Attica Coordinates: Country Greece Peripheries Attica Prefecture Athens Founded circa 2000 BC Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis Area    - City 38. ... Janus may refer to: Janus (mythology), the two-faced god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings in Roman mythology Janus (moon), a moon of Saturn Janus Patera, a shallow volcanic crater on Io, a moon of Jupiter Janus (simulation), a military combat simulation first developed in the late 1970s... The front door of a house is often decorated to appear inviting. ... Animism is a belief system that does not accept the separation of body and soul, of spirit from matter. ...

The Roman religion had dozens of tutelary spirits, such as Diana of Aricia, who watched over a sacred grove at Aricia, or the goddess Levana, who watched over young children. The Lares and Penates were local tutelary deities, as was the genius loci, a spirit said to be present in certain places. A person's own individual guardian spirit was his genius. Shinto is also a religion whose many spirits, or kami, could be described as tutelary, like the Islamic djinns, or "genies". Notable, however, is that the arabic word is of a completely different origin, though it has similarities with genius both phonetically and by meaning. Religion in ancient Rome combined several different cult practices and embraced more than a single set of beliefs. ... In Roman mythology, Levana (lifter) was the goddess of newborn babies. ... Lares (pl. ... In Roman mythology, the Di Penates or briefly Penates were originally patron gods (really geniuses) of the storeroom, later becoming household gods guarding the entire household. ... In Roman mythology, every man had a genius and every woman a juno (Juno was also the name for the queen of the gods). ... In Roman mythology, every man had a genius and every woman a juno (Juno was also the name for the queen of the gods). ... Shinto ) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ... Megami redirects here. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Ancient Assyrian stone relief of a genie. ... Arabic ( or just ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... Phonetic (pho-NET-ic) is a nationwide voicemail-to-text messaging service available for most digital mobile phones in which a subscriber is provided a custom voice mailbox for the purpose of receiving all incoming voice messages as actual transcribed text for reading via short messaging (also known as SMS...

Catholicism and Orthodox Christianities each have many tutelaries, most of which are shared. For example, there is Christopher who is said to have carried Jesus a full three centuries after the Resurrection or Fiacre patron saint of haemorrhoids^{[citation needed]}. Occasionally, patron saint are called tutelary saints to reflect their origin. Look up Christopher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Resurrection in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Saint Fiacre (or Fiachra) was born in Ireland in the seventh century. ... In several forms of Christianity, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ...

Tutelary spirits appear in Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) (pronounced ) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... Illustration by Gustav Dore. ...