Imporcitor

Imporcitor
	Minor god of Fields; God of ploughing land with a wide furrow

In Roman mythology Imporcitor was the deity of ploughing land with a wide furrow.[1] He was one of the 12 helper gods of Ceres.[2] He is also labeled as the maker of pigs.[3] His name was invoked during the Cerealia, along with the other 11 helper gods of Ceres.[4]

References

Dumézil, Georges; Krapp, Philip (1996). Archaic Roman religion (Johns Hopkins ed., [Rev. ed.]. ed.). Baltimore [u.a.]: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780801854804.
Price, Mary Beard ; John North ; Simon (1999). A history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780521316828.
Spaeth, Barbette Stanley (2010). The Roman Goddess Ceres. University of Texas Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780292785779.
"A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), AGRICULTU´RA". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

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[1] Dumézil, Georges; Krapp, Philip (1996). Archaic Roman religion (Johns Hopkins ed., [Rev. ed.]. ed.). Baltimore [u.a.]: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780801854804.

[2] Price, Mary Beard ; John North ; Simon (1999). A history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780521316828.

[3] Spaeth, Barbette Stanley (2010). The Roman Goddess Ceres. University of Texas Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780292785779.

[4] "A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), AGRICULTU´RA". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 4 February 2017.