On a very big scale, they're all Indo-European languages, together with English, German and Greek.
But they all belong to a sub-group of the Indo-European: the Italic Languages
so the best answer is: Italic sub-family withing the Indo-European languages.
I believe the answer is: Animals
For examples, Anubis, the God of the dead, is depicted as a man with Jackal head. Bastet, the Goddess of pleasure, is depicted as a woman with cat head. Horus, the God of the sky, is depicted as a man with hawk head. Khepre, the god of creation is depicted as a Beatle.
To make it legal, ratified also means the same thing
