entities: ENT_ITA_OPS

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_ITA_OPS Ops   Italic/Sabine deity / Sabine goddess of abundance and harvest deity abundance; harvest; agricultural fertility; Sabine origin; Consus; Saturn consort; Opalia; Opiconsivia       A           Ops ("Abundance, Resources") is a Sabine agricultural goddess of abundant harvests, earth-stored wealth, and the accumulated resources of the community. She is closely associated with Saturn (as his consort or companion) and with the harvest-storage deity Consus, sharing his festivals. Ops is the presiding deity of two ancient Roman festivals: the Opalia (19 December) and the Opiconsivia (25 August), both described by Varro (LL VI.21) as among the oldest festivals of the Roman calendar — festivals so archaic that Varro himself admits their full significance was no longer understood in his day. The Opiconsivia was accessible only to the Vestal Virgins and one particular pontifex, suggesting an extremely archaic, restricted cult. Ops is closely paired with Consus — they share a common festival structure (Consualia 21 August / Opiconsivia 25 August; Consualia 15 December / Opalia 19 December) — and Macrobius (Saturnalia 1.10.19-20) says Ops is the earth's bounty and Consus is the "guardian of what is sown and stored." Her Sabine origin (attested by Varro, Macrobius) distinguishes her from the purely Latin stratum of di indigetes, making her an important index of the Sabine contribution to early Roman religion. Wissowa (1912) pp. 200-204; Dumézil, G. (1970), Archaic Roman Religion, vol. 1, pp. 316-318. deity

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