Roman Pantheon — John Shaqi

Abeona

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, birth and childhood deities were thought to care for every aspect of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and child development. Some major deities of Roman religion had a specialized function they contributed to this sphere of human life, while other deities are known only by the name with which they were invoked to promote or avert a particular action. Several of these slight "divinities of the moment" are mentioned in surviving texts only by Christian polemicists.

Abundantia

Roman · Nature / Earth Deity

In ancient Roman religion, Abundantia, also called Copia, was a divine personification of abundance and prosperity; abundantia means "abundance" in Latin. She helped protect savings and investments, and assisted with major purchases. She was among the embodiments of virtues in religious propaganda that cast the emperor as the ensurer of "Golden Age" conditions.

Acca Larentia

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

Acca Larentia or Acca Larentina was a mythical woman, later a goddess of fertility, in Roman mythology whose festival, the Larentalia, was celebrated on 23 December.

Adranus

Roman · God of Fire & Craft

Adranus or Adranos was a fire god worshipped by the Sicels, an ancient population of the island of Sicily. His worship occurred all over the island, but particularly in the town of Adranus near Mount Etna. According to Aelian, about a thousand sacred dogs were kept near his temple in this town.

Aeneas

Roman

Aeneas was a Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite. His father was a second cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas a third cousin to Priam's children. He is a minor character in Greek mythology and is mentioned in Homer's Iliad.

Aequitas

Roman

Aequitas is the Latin concept of justice, equality, conformity, symmetry, or fairness. It is the origin of the English word "equity". In ancient Rome, it could refer to either the legal concept of equity, or fairness between individuals.

Aerecura

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

Erecura or Aerecura was a goddess worshipped in ancient times, often thought to be Celtic in origin, mostly represented with the attributes of Proserpina and associated with the Roman underworld god Dis Pater, as on an altar from Sulzbach. She appears with Dis Pater in a statue found at Oberseebach, Switzerland, and in several magical texts from Austria, once in the company of Cerberus and once probably with Ogmios. A further inscription to her has been found near Stuttgart, Germany.

Aesculapius

Roman

Asclepius is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis, or Arsinoe, or of Apollo alone. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters, the Asclepiades, are: Hygieia, Iaso, Aceso, Aegle and Panacea.

Aeternitas

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, Aeternitas was the divine personification of eternity. She was particularly associated with Imperial cult as a virtue of the deified emperor (divus). The religious maintenance of abstract deities such as Aeternitas was characteristic of official Roman cult from the time of the Julio-Claudians to the Severans.

Aevum

Roman · Sky / Storm Deity

In scholastic philosophy, the aevum is the temporal mode of existence experienced by angels and by the saints in heaven. In some ways, it is a state that logically lies between the eternity (timelessness) of God and the temporal experience of material beings. It is sometimes referred to as "improper eternity" or "participated eternity".

Africa (goddess)

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

In numitheism and ancient Roman religion, Africa, was a goddess of fertility and abundance worshipped by the Berbers and the tribe of Ifri. Her iconography typically included an elephant-mask headdress, a cornucopia, a military standard, and a lion.

Aius Locutius

Roman

Aius Locutius, or Aius Loquens, was a Roman deity or numen associated with the Gallic invasions of Rome during the early 4th century BC.

Alernus

Roman

Helernus, also known as Alernus, was an Archaic Roman deity. Very little is known of this god; not even his name is fully certain. In some manuscripts of Ovid, he is recorded with either the name Avernus or Alernus, which later scholars emended to Helernus.

Almo (god)

Roman · Water Deity

Almo was in ancient Roman religion the eponymous god of the small river Almo, a tributary of the Tiber in the vicinity of Rome.

Angerona

Roman

In ancient Gallo-Roman religion Angerona or Angeronia was an old Celtic goddess adopted by Romans, whose name and functions are variously explained. She is sometimes identified with the goddess Feronia.

Angitia

Roman

Angitia was a goddess among the Marsi, the Paeligni and other Oscan-Umbrian peoples of central Italy. She was associated in antiquity with snake-charmers who claimed her as their ancestor. Roman interpretations probably obscure her Marsian significance.

Anna Perenna

Roman

In Roman mythology, Anna Perenna was a minor deity of the circle, wheel, or "ring" of the year, as indicated by her title Perenna.

Annona (goddess)

Roman · Nature / Earth Deity

In ancient Roman religion, Annona is the divine personification of the grain supply to the city of Rome. She is closely connected to the goddess Ceres, with whom she is often depicted in art.

Antenociticus

Roman

In Romano-British worship, the local god Antenociticus, also recorded as "Anociticus" at the same temple site in Benwell, was possibly worshipped as source of inspiration and intercession in military affairs.

Antevorta

Roman · God of Wisdom

In ancient Roman religion, Antevorta was a goddess of the future, also known as Porrima or Prorsa. She and her sister Postverta were described as companions or siblings of the goddess Carmenta, sometimes referred to as "the Carmentae". They may have originally been two aspects of Carmenta, namely those of her knowledge of the future and the past.

Antevorte

Roman · God of Wisdom

In ancient Roman religion, Antevorta was a goddess of the future, also known as Porrima or Prorsa. She and her sister Postverta were described as companions or siblings of the goddess Carmenta, sometimes referred to as "the Carmentae". They may have originally been two aspects of Carmenta, namely those of her knowledge of the future and the past.

Archaic Triad

Roman

The Archaic Triad is a hypothetical divine triad, supposed to consist of the presumed three original deities worshipped on the Capitoline Hill in Rome: Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus. This structure was no longer clearly detectable in later times; only traces of it have been identified from various literary sources and other testimonies, and many scholars dispute the validity of this identification.

Arimanius

Roman

Arimanius is a name for an obscure deity found in a few Greek literary texts and five Latin inscriptions. It is supposed to be the opponent of Oromazes, the god of light. In classic texts, in the context of Zoroastrianism, Areimanios fairly clearly refers to the Greeks' and Romans' interpretation of the Persian Ahriman.

Augustus (honorific)

Roman · Death / Underworld Deity

Augustus was the main title of the Roman emperors during antiquity. It was given as both a name and a title to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus in 27 BC, marking his accession as Rome's first emperor. On his death, it became an official title of his successor, and was so used by all emperors thereafter.

Augustus (title)

Roman · Death / Underworld Deity

Augustus was the main title of the Roman emperors during antiquity. It was given as both a name and a title to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus in 27 BC, marking his accession as Rome's first emperor. On his death, it became an official title of his successor, and was so used by all emperors thereafter.

Aventine Triad

Roman

The Aventine Triad is a modern term for the joint cult of the Roman deities Ceres, Liber and Libera. The cult was established c. 493 BC within a sacred district (templum) on or near the Aventine Hill, traditionally associated with the Roman plebs.

Averruncus

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, Averruncus or Auruncus is a god of averting harm. Aulus Gellius says that he is one of the potentially malignant deities who must be propitiated for their power to both inflict and withhold disaster from people and the harvests.

Bacchus

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus is the god of wine-making, orchards, fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus by the Greeks for a frenzy he is said to induce called baccheia. His wine, music, and ecstatic dance were considered to free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restraints of the powerful.

Bacchus of Aldaia

Roman

The Bacchus of Aldaia is an ancient Roman marble statuette of the Roman god Bacchus (Dionysus) that was found in La Ereta dels Moros in Aldaia, Valencia, in Spain, in two fragments between the years 1884 and 1924. The god is depicted naked except for a deer skin draped over him and wearing sandals and a floral crown. The sculpture is now exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain in the capital Madrid.

Bona Dea

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

In ancient Roman religion, Bona Dea was a goddess associated with chastity and fertility among married Roman women, healing, and the protection of the state and people of Rome. According to Roman literary sources, she was brought from Magna Graecia at some time during the early or middle Republic, and was given her own state cult on the Aventine Hill.

Bonus Eventus

Roman · Water Deity

Bonus Eventus was a divine personification in ancient Roman religion. The Late Republican scholar Varro lists him as one of the twelve deities who presided over agriculture, paired with Lympha, the goddess who influenced the water supply. The original function of Bonus Eventus may have been agricultural, but during the Imperial era, he represents a more general concept of success and was among the numerous abstractions who appeared as icons on Roman coins.

Britannia

Roman · War Deity

The image of Britannia is the national personification of Britain, traditionally depicted as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. An image first used by the Romans in classical antiquity, the Latin Britannia was the name variously applied to the British Isles, Great Britain, and the Roman province of Britain during the Roman Empire. The Roman Britannia was typically depicted reclining or seated, with not a trident but a spear and shield, appearing on Roman coins of the 2nd century AD.

Bubona

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, Bubona is thought to have been a goddess of cattle, but she is named only by Saint Augustine.

Cacus

Roman · God of Fire & Craft

In Roman mythology, Cacus was a fire-breathing giant and the son of Vulcan. He was killed by Hercules after terrorizing the Aventine Hill before the founding of Rome.

Caelus

Roman · Sky / Storm Deity

Caelus or Coelus was a primordial god of the sky in Roman mythology and theology, iconography, and literature. The deity's name usually appears in masculine grammatical form when he is conceived of as a male generative force.

Camenae

Roman

In Roman mythology, the Camenae were originally goddesses of childbirth, wells and fountains, and also prophetic deities.

Capitoline Triad

Roman

The Capitoline Triad was a group of three deities who were worshipped in ancient Roman religion in an elaborate temple on Rome's Capitoline Hill. It comprised Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. The triad held a central place in the public religion of Rome.

Cardea

Roman

Cardea or Carda was the ancient Roman goddess of the hinge, Roman doors being hung on pivot hinges. The Augustan poet Ovid conflates her with another archaic goddess named Carna, whose festival was celebrated on the first day of June and for whom he gives the alternative name Cranê or Cranea, a nymph. Ovid's conflation of the goddesses is likely to have been his poetic invention, but it has also been conjectured that Carna was a contracted form of Cardina, and at minimum Ovid was observing that their traditions were congruent.

Carmenta

Roman

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Carmenta (Greek) or Carmentis (Latin) was a goddess of childbirth and prophecy, associated with technological innovation, specifically, the invention or adaptation of the Latin alphabet as well as the protection of mothers and children and a patron of midwives.

Carmentis

Roman

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Carmenta (Greek) or Carmentis (Latin) was a goddess of childbirth and prophecy, associated with technological innovation, specifically, the invention or adaptation of the Latin alphabet as well as the protection of mothers and children and a patron of midwives.

Christ

Roman

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and by various other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader in the Roman province of Judaea. He is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Most branches of Christianity consider Jesus the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah or Christ.

Cinxia

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, birth and childhood deities were thought to care for every aspect of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and child development. Some major deities of Roman religion had a specialized function they contributed to this sphere of human life, while other deities are known only by the name with which they were invoked to promote or avert a particular action. Several of these slight "divinities of the moment" are mentioned in surviving texts only by Christian polemicists.

Clementia

Roman

In Roman mythology and ancient religion, Clementia is the goddess of clemency, leniency, mercy, forgiveness, penance, redemption, absolution, acquittal, and salvation.

Clitumnus

Roman · Water Deity

In Roman mythology, Clitumnus was a son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the god of the Clitunno River in Umbria.

Cloacina

Roman

In Roman mythology and culture, Cloacina, also spelled Cluacina, was a goddess who presided over the ancient Cloaca Maxima : Rome's main sewer and drainage system.

Consus

Roman · Nature / Earth Deity

In ancient Roman religion, the god Consus was the protector of grains. He was represented by a grain seed. His altar (ara) was located at the first meta of the Circus Maximus.

De civitate Dei

Roman

On the City of God Against the Pagans, often called The City of God, is a book of Christian philosophy written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century AD. Augustine wrote the book to refute allegations that Christianity initiated the decline of Rome and is considered one of his seminal works, standing alongside the Confessions, the Enchiridion, On Christian Doctrine, and On the Trinity. As a work of one of the most influential Church Fathers, The City of God is a cornerstone of Western thought, expounding on many questions of theology, such as the suffering of the righteous, the existence of evil, the conflict between free will and divine omniscience, and the doctrine of original sin.

Dea Dia

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

Dea Dia was a goddess of fertility and growth in ancient Roman religion. She was sometimes identified with Ceres, and sometimes with her Greek equivalent Demeter.

Dea Febris

Roman

Febris, or Dea Febris, is the Roman goddess of fevers, who embodied, but also protected people from, fever and malaria. Because of this, Febris was a feared goddess whom people wanted the favour of. She does not have a myth of her own nor is she mentioned in a myth.

Dea Tacita

Roman · Death / Underworld Deity

In Roman mythology, Dea Tacita also known as Dea Muta or Muta Tacita, was a goddess of the dead. Ovid's Fasti includes a passage describing a rite propitiating Dea Tacita in order to "seal up hostile mouths / and unfriendly tongue" at Feralia on 21 February. Dea Tacita is the same as the naiad Larunda.

Dea Viriplaca

Roman

Dea Viriplaca was an ancient Roman goddess who mediated in troubled marriages. Married couples went to her shrine to seek reconciliation.

Dei Lucrii

Roman

The dii lucrii or dei lucrii are a collective of Roman deities mentioned by the Christian apologist Arnobius :"Indeed, who is there who would believe that there are gods of profit, and that they preside over the pursuit of profits, which come most of the time from base sources and always at the expense of others?

Devera

Roman

In Roman mythology, Deverra was one of the three gods that protected midwives and women in labor, the other two being Pilumnus and Intercidona. Symbolised by a broom used to sweep away evil influences, she ruled over the brooms used to purify temples in preparation for various worship services, sacrifices and celebrations.

Deverra

Roman

In Roman mythology, Deverra was one of the three gods that protected midwives and women in labor, the other two being Pilumnus and Intercidona. Symbolised by a broom used to sweep away evil influences, she ruled over the brooms used to purify temples in preparation for various worship services, sacrifices and celebrations.

Di indigetes

Roman

In classical Latin, the epithet Indiges, singular in form, is applied to Sol and to Jupiter of Lavinium, later identified with Aeneas. One theory holds that it means the "speaker within", and stems from before the recognition of divine persons. Another, which the Oxford Classical Dictionary holds more likely, is that it means "invoked" in the sense of "pointing at", as in the related word indigitamenta.

Di inferi

Roman · Death / Underworld Deity

The di inferi or dii inferi were a shadowy collective of ancient Roman deities associated with death and the underworld. The epithet inferi is also given to the mysterious Manes, a collective of ancestral spirits. The most likely origin of the word Manes is from manus or manis, meaning "good" or "kindly," which was a euphemistic way to speak of the inferi so as to avert their potential to harm or cause fear.

Di nixi

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, the di nixi, also Nixae, were birth deities. They were depicted kneeling or squatting, a more common birthing position in antiquity than in the modern era. The 2nd-century grammarian Festus explains their name as the participle of the Latin verb nitor, niti, nixus, "to support oneself," also "strive, labor," in this sense "be in labor, give birth.

Di Penates

Roman · God of Fire & Craft

In ancient Roman religion, the Di Penates or Penates were among the dii familiares, or household deities, invoked most often in domestic rituals. When the family had a meal, they threw a bit into the fire on the hearth for the Penates. They were thus associated with Vesta, the Lares, and the Genius of the pater familias in the "little universe" of the domus.

Diana (goddess)

Roman · Moon Deity

Diana is a goddess in Roman religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside and nature, hunters, wildlife, childbirth, crossroads, the night, and the Moon. She is equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, and absorbed much of Artemis' mythology early in Roman history, including a birth on the island of Delos to parents Jupiter and Latona, and a twin brother, Apollo, though she had an independent origin in Italy.

Diana Nemorensis

Roman

Diana Nemorensis, also known as "Diana of the Wood", was an Italic form of the goddess who became Hellenised during the fourth century BC and conflated with Artemis. Her sanctuary is on the northern shore of Lake Nemi beneath the rim of the crater and the modern city Nemi.

Dies (deity)

Roman

In Roman mythology, Dies was the personification of day. She was the daughter of Chaos and Caligo (mist), and the counterpart of the Greek goddess Hemera.

Dii Consentes

Roman

The Dii Consentes, also known as Di or Dei Consentes, or The Harmonious Gods, is an ancient list of twelve major deities, six gods and six goddesses, in the pantheon of Ancient Rome. Their gilt statues stood in the Roman Forum, and later apparently in the Porticus Deorum Consentium.

Dis Pater

Roman · Death / Underworld Deity

Dis Pater, otherwise known as Rex Infernus or Pluto, is a Roman god of the underworld. Dis was originally associated with fertile agricultural land and mineral wealth, and since those minerals came from underground, he was later equated with the chthonic deities Pluto (Hades) and Orcus.

Disciplina

Roman · God of Wisdom

In Roman mythology, Disciplina was a minor deity and the personification of discipline. The word disciplina itself, a Latin noun, is multi-faceted in meaning; it refers to education and training, self-control and determination, knowledge in a field of study, and an orderly way of life. Being disciplined in duties is to give example of what is taught, a Roman believes that what is taught is possible and learn from honored example best.

Discordia

Roman

In Roman mythology, Discordia is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Eris, goddess of strife and discord. She was the daughter of Nox (Night) and Erebus. Like Eris, Discordia has no mythology other than her involvement in the Judgement of Paris.

Dius Fidius

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, Dius Fidius was a god of oaths associated with Jupiter. His name was thought to be related to Fides.

Duellona

Roman · War Deity

Bellona is an ancient Roman goddess of war. She is generally characterized as embodying the destructive and brutal side of warfare. Her main attribute is the military helmet worn on her head; she often holds a sword, spear, or shield, and brandishes a torch or whip as she rides into battle in a four-horse chariot.

Edesia

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, birth and childhood deities were thought to care for every aspect of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and child development. Some major deities of Roman religion had a specialized function they contributed to this sphere of human life, while other deities are known only by the name with which they were invoked to promote or avert a particular action. Several of these slight "divinities of the moment" are mentioned in surviving texts only by Christian polemicists.

Elagabalus (deity)

Roman · Sun Deity

Elagabalus, Aelagabalus, Heliogabalus or simply Elagabal was an Arab-Roman sun god, initially venerated in Emesa, Syria. Although there were many variations of the name, the god was consistently referred to as Elagabalus in Roman coins and inscriptions from AD 218 on, during the reign of Emperor Elagabalus.

Empanda

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, Empanda or Panda was a goddess, or possibly an epithet of Juno.

Endovelicus

Roman · Death / Underworld Deity

Endovelicus is one of the pre-Roman Lusitanian and Celtiberian gods of the Iron Age. He was originally a chthonic god. He was the God/Lord of the Underworld and of health, prophecy and the earth, associated with vegetation and the afterlife.

Epicureanism

Roman

Epicureanism, less commonly Epicurism, is a school of philosophy founded in 307 BCE and based upon the teachings of Epicurus, an ancient Greek philosopher. Epicurus was an atomist and materialist, following in the steps of Democritus. His materialism led him to religious skepticism and a general attack on superstition and divine intervention.

Epona

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

In Gallo-Roman religion, Epona was the goddess of horses and ponies. She was also a fertility and mother goddess, and was frequently depicted in art and sculptures either mounted on a horse, etc. , or sitting on a throne with foals, or standing beside a foal.

Erebos

Roman

In Greek mythology, Erebus, or Erebos, is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod's Theogony, he is the offspring of Chaos, and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of Aether, Eros, and Metis, or the first ruler of the gods. In genealogies given by Roman authors, he begets a large progeny of personifications upon Nox, while in an Orphic theogony, he is the offspring of Chronos (Time).

Evander of Pallantium

Roman · War Deity

In Roman mythology, Evander was a culture hero from Arcadia, Greece, who was said to have brought the pantheon, laws, and alphabet of Greece to ancient Italy, where he founded the city of Pallantium on the future site of Palatine Hill, Rome, sixty years before the Trojan War. He instituted the festival of the Lupercalia. Evander was deified after his death and an altar was constructed to him on the Aventine Hill.

Fabulinus

Roman

In the popular religion of ancient Rome, though not appearing in literary Roman mythology, the god Fabulinus taught children to speak. He received an offering when the child spoke its first words. He figured among what Walter Pater enumerated in Marius the Epicurean (1885) among:the names of that populace of 'little gods', dear to the Roman home, which the pontiffs had placed on the sacred list of the Indigitamenta, to be invoked, because they can help, on special occasions, were not forgotten in the long litany— Vatican who causes the infant to utter his first cry, Fabulinus who prompts his first word, Cuba who keeps him quiet in his cot, Domiduca especially, for whom Marius had through life a particular memory and devotion, the goddess who watches over one's safe coming home".

Falacer

Roman · Sky / Storm Deity

Falacer, or more fully dīvus pater falacer, was an ancient Italic god, according to Varro. Hartung is inclined to consider him an epithet of Jupiter, since falandum, according to Festus, was the Etruscan name for "heaven.

Fascinus

Roman

In ancient Roman religion and magic, the fascinus or fascinum was the embodiment of the divine phallus. The word can refer to phallus effigies and amulets, and to the spells used to invoke his divine protection. Pliny called it a medicus invidiae, a "doctor" or remedy for envy or the evil eye.

Fasti (poem)

Roman

The Fasti, sometimes translated as The Book of Days or On the Roman Calendar, is a six-book Latin poem written by the Roman poet Ovid and made public in AD 8. Ovid is believed to have left the Fasti incomplete when he was exiled to Tomis by the emperor Augustus in 8 AD. Written in elegiac couplets and drawing on conventions of Greek and Latin didactic poetry, the Fasti is structured as a series of eye-witness reports and interviews by the first-person vates with Roman deities, who explain the origins of Roman holidays and associated customs—often with multiple etiologies.

Fauna (deity)

Roman

Fauna is a Roman rustic goddess said in differing ancient sources to be the wife, sister, or daughter of Faunus. Varro regarded her as the female counterpart of Faunus, and said that the fauni all had prophetic powers. She is also called Fatua or Fenta Fauna.

Fauna (goddess)

Roman

Fauna is a Roman rustic goddess said in differing ancient sources to be the wife, sister, or daughter of Faunus. Varro regarded her as the female counterpart of Faunus, and said that the fauni all had prophetic powers. She is also called Fatua or Fenta Fauna.

Faunus

Roman

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Faunus was the rustic god of the forest, plains and fields; when he made cattle fertile, he was called Inuus. He came to be equated in literature with the Greek god Pan, after which Romans depicted him as a horned god.

Faustitas

Roman

In Roman mythology, the goddess Faustitas had the responsibility of protecting the herd and livestock. According to Horace, she walked about farmlands together with Ceres, ensuring their fruitfulness.

Febris

Roman

Febris, or Dea Febris, is the Roman goddess of fevers, who embodied, but also protected people from, fever and malaria. Because of this, Febris was a feared goddess whom people wanted the favour of. She does not have a myth of her own nor is she mentioned in a myth.

Februus

Roman · Death / Underworld Deity

Februus is an ancient Italic god of purifications, who was worshipped by both the Romans and Etruscans. He was also worshipped as the god of the underworld by the Etruscans. For them, Februus was also the god of riches and death, both connected loosely to the underworld in the same natural manner as with the better-known Roman god Pluto.

Fecunditas

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

In Roman mythology, Fecunditas was the goddess of fertility. She was portrayed as a matron, sometimes holding a cornucopia or a hasta pura, with children in her arms or standing next to her.

Felicitas

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

In ancient Roman culture, felicitas is a condition of divinely inspired productivity, blessedness, or happiness. Felicitas could encompass both a woman's fertility and a general's luck or good fortune. The divine personification of Felicitas was cultivated as a Roman goddess, wherein she is a goddess not just of good fortune but also happiness, wealth and success.

Ferentina

Roman

Ferentina was the patron goddess of the city Ferentinum, Latium. She was protector of the Latin commonwealth. She was also closely associated with the Roman Empire.

Fides (deity)

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, Fides was the goddess and embodiment of trust, faithfulness, and good faith. Fides was one of the original Roman virtues to be cultivated as a divinity with ceremonies and temples.

Fides (goddess)

Roman

In ancient Roman religion, Fides was the goddess and embodiment of trust, faithfulness, and good faith. Fides was one of the original Roman virtues to be cultivated as a divinity with ceremonies and temples.

Flamen

Roman

A flamen was a specific type of priest (sacerdos) in the ancient Roman religion and one of the oldest classes of the Roman priesthood, with origins likely predating the Republican era. These flamines, of which there were fifteen, were high-ranking members of the College of Pontiffs who administered and oversaw the various cults of the state-sponsored religion, both collectively and individually. The most important of these were the three flamines maiores, who each served one of the gods of the Archaic Triad: Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus.

Flamines maiores

Roman

A flamen was a specific type of priest (sacerdos) in the ancient Roman religion and one of the oldest classes of the Roman priesthood, with origins likely predating the Republican era. These flamines, of which there were fifteen, were high-ranking members of the College of Pontiffs who administered and oversaw the various cults of the state-sponsored religion, both collectively and individually. The most important of these were the three flamines maiores, who each served one of the gods of the Archaic Triad: Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus.

Flamines minores

Roman

A flamen was a specific type of priest (sacerdos) in the ancient Roman religion and one of the oldest classes of the Roman priesthood, with origins likely predating the Republican era. These flamines, of which there were fifteen, were high-ranking members of the College of Pontiffs who administered and oversaw the various cults of the state-sponsored religion, both collectively and individually. The most important of these were the three flamines maiores, who each served one of the gods of the Archaic Triad: Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus.

Flora (deity)

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

Flora is a Roman goddess of flowers and spring. She was one of the twelve deities of traditional Roman religion who had their own flamen, the Floralis, one of the flamines minores. Her association with spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime, as did her role as goddess of youth.

Flora (goddess)

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

Flora is a Roman goddess of flowers and spring. She was one of the twelve deities of traditional Roman religion who had their own flamen, the Floralis, one of the flamines minores. Her association with spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime, as did her role as goddess of youth.

Fontus

Roman

Fontus or Fons was a god of wells and springs in ancient Roman religion. A religious festival called the Fontinalia was held on October 13 in his honor. Throughout the city, fountains and wellheads were adorned with garlands.

Forculus

Roman

Cardea or Carda was the ancient Roman goddess of the hinge, Roman doors being hung on pivot hinges. The Augustan poet Ovid conflates her with another archaic goddess named Carna, whose festival was celebrated on the first day of June and for whom he gives the alternative name Cranê or Cranea, a nymph. Ovid's conflation of the goddesses is likely to have been his poetic invention, but it has also been conjectured that Carna was a contracted form of Cardina, and at minimum Ovid was observing that their traditions were congruent.

Fortuna

Roman

Fortuna, sometimes anglicized as Fortune, is the goddess of luck or fortune in Roman religion. She came to represent life's capriciousness, and was a goddess of fate. In antiquity she was also known by the epithet Automatia.

Fraus

Roman

In Roman mythology, Fraus was the goddess of personification of treachery and fraud.

Fufluns

Roman

In Etruscan religion, Fufluns or Puphluns was a god of plant life, happiness, wine, health, and growth in all things. He is mentioned twice among the gods listed in the inscriptions of the Liver of Piacenza, being listed among the 16 gods that rule the Etruscan astrological houses. He is the 9th of those 16 gods.

Furrina

Roman · Water Deity

Furrina, also spelled Furina, was an ancient Roman goddess whose function had become obscure by the 1st century BC. Her cult dated to the earliest period of Roman religious history, since she was one of the fifteen deities who had their own flamen, the Furrinalis, one of the flamines minores. There is some evidence that Furrina was associated with water.

Gallia (goddess)

Roman

Gallia was a Romano-Gallic goddess, possibly related to the region of Europe known to the Romans as Gallia (Gaul). The only evidence of her name to date is an altar set up at Vindolanda by its auxiliary garrison of the 4th cohort of Gauls, stationed there from the early 3rd century onwards.

Genius loci

Roman

In classical Roman religion, a genius loci was the protective spirit of a place. It was often depicted in religious iconography as a figure holding attributes such as a cornucopia, patera, or snake. Many Roman altars found throughout the Western Roman Empire were dedicated to a particular genius loci.

Glycon

Roman

Glycon, also spelled Glykon, was an ancient snake god. He had a large and influential cult within the Roman Empire in the 2nd century, with contemporary satirist Lucian providing the primary literary reference to the deity. Lucian claimed Glycon was created in the mid-2nd century by the Greek prophet Alexander of Abonoteichos.

Helernus

Roman

Helernus, also known as Alernus, was an Archaic Roman deity. Very little is known of this god; not even his name is fully certain. In some manuscripts of Ovid, he is recorded with either the name Avernus or Alernus, which later scholars emended to Helernus.

Hersilia

Roman · War Deity

In Roman mythology, Hersilia was a figure in the foundation myth of Rome. She is credited with ending the war between Rome and the Sabines.

Hippona

Roman · Goddess of Love & Fertility

In Gallo-Roman religion, Epona was the goddess of horses and ponies. She was also a fertility and mother goddess, and was frequently depicted in art and sculptures either mounted on a horse, etc. , or sitting on a throne with foals, or standing beside a foal.

Honos

Roman

Honos or Honor was the Roman god personifying honor. He was closely associated with Virtus, the goddess of manliness, or bravery, and the two are frequently depicted together. Honos is typically shown wearing a chaplet of bay leaves, while Virtus is identified by her helmet.

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Abeona

Abundantia

Acca Larentia

Adranus

Aeneas

Aequitas

Aerecura

Aesculapius

Aeternitas

Aevum

Africa (goddess)

Aius Locutius

Alernus

Almo (god)

Angerona

Angitia

Anna Perenna

Annona (goddess)

Antenociticus

Antevorta

Antevorte

Archaic Triad

Arimanius

Augustus (honorific)

Augustus (title)

Aventine Triad

Averruncus

Bacchus

Bacchus of Aldaia

Bona Dea

Bonus Eventus

Britannia

Bubona

Cacus

Caelus

Camenae

Capitoline Triad

Cardea

Carmenta

Carmentis

Christ

Cinxia

Clementia

Clitumnus

Cloacina

Consus

De civitate Dei

Dea Dia

Dea Febris

Dea Tacita

Dea Viriplaca

Dei Lucrii

Devera

Deverra

Di indigetes

Di inferi

Di nixi

Di Penates

Diana (goddess)

Diana Nemorensis

Dies (deity)

Dii Consentes

Dis Pater

Disciplina

Discordia

Dius Fidius

Duellona

Edesia

Elagabalus (deity)

Empanda

Endovelicus

Epicureanism

Epona

Erebos

Evander of Pallantium

Fabulinus

Falacer