 A wedding sacrifice was offered to Tellus on the bride's behalf; a sow is the most likely victim.Varro describes the sacrifice of a pig as "a worthy mark of weddings" because "our women, and especially nurses" call the female genitalia "porcus" (pig).Spaeth (1996) believes Ceres may have been included in the sacrificial dedication, because she is closely identified with Tellus and, as "Ceres legifera" (law-bearer), she "bears the laws" of marriage.