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Helernus, also known as Alernus, was an Archaic Roman deity.{{sfn|Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society|1977|p=131}} He was a minor god of the underworld, and god of the beans used during the Lemuria festival during May.{{sfn|Turcan|Nevill|2001|pp=63-64}} His sacred grove (lucus) was near the mouth of the Tiber river.{{sfn|Elsner|Rutherford|2007|p=24}} Sacrifices were made to him annually on the 1st of February by the Roman Pontiffs, in which a black ox was killed.{{efn|One of the evidences for his being a minor chthonic deity is his sacrifice being a black ox, as only gods of the underworld were given black animals as sacrifice.{{sfn|Scullard|1981|p=72}}}}{{sfn|Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society|1977|p=131}}{{sfn|Frazer|2012|p=190}} He had one daughter, named Carna, who was goddess of protecting the intestines of children from vampires.{{sfn|Turcan|Nevill|2001|pp=63-64}} ReferencesNotes{{notelist}}CitationsBooks
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