🪷 April 12th to 19th is the #Cerealia, the Roman Festival of #Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture, Grain, Fertility and Motherhood. Romans would bake slips of paper with oracles on them inside of balls of flour. Modern fortune cookies are a variant of this form of divination. Art: Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 🪷
🪷 April 12th to 19th is the #Cerealia, the Roman Festival of #Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture, Grain, Fertility and Motherhood. Romans would bake slips of paper with oracles on them inside of balls of flour. Modern fortune cookies are a variant of this form of divination. Art: Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 🪷
🪷 12 April - 19 April is the #Cerealia, the Roman Festival of Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture, Grain, Fertility and Motherhood. This rustic agricultural festival is an ideal time to try the ancient art of Aleuromancy - Divination by Grain Flour. Art: Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 🪷