Robigo and Robigus Roman Two deities, a goddess and god, who watched over growing fields of wheat and grain and who, if not treated well, brought rust or mildew to crops.
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Robigo and Robigus Roman Two deities, a goddess and god, who watched over growing fields of wheat and grain and who, if not treated well, brought rust or mildew to crops. Robigo, which means blight or mildew in Latin, was female, and Robigus was male. Each year, on April 25, the time when mildew most commonly attacked young plants, the Romans held the festival of the Robigalia. Worshipers, led by their priest, sacrificed a dog to Robigo and Robigus, preferably a rust red dog to symbolize the color of mildew on plants. Their ceremony was held five miles north of Rome, next to the city's fields. Races and games followed the ceremony.
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