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The Roman Religion had dozens of tutelary spirits, such as Diana Of Aricia , who watched over a sacred grove at Aricia, or the goddess Levana , who watched over young children. The Lares and Penates were local tutelary deities, as was the '' Genius Loci '', a spirit said to be present in certain places. A person's own individual guardian spirit was his Genius . Shinto is also a Religion whose many spirits, or '' Kami '', could be described as tutelary, like the Islamic ''djinns'', or ''" Genie s"''. Notable, however, is that the Arabic word is of a completely different origin, though it has similarities with ''genius'' both Phonetic ally and by meaning. Occasionally, Patron Saint s are called ''tutelary saints''. Tutelary spirits appear in Coleridge's '' Rime Of The Ancient Mariner ''. |