Gods And Goddesses Of Rome
The Roman Pantheon
The Roman Gods |
| Name | Origin where known | | Characteristics |
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| Annona | | | Mythical personification of the annual food supply |
| Apollo | Greek | | Good of healing and prophecy |
| Asclepius | Greek | | God of healing |
| Attis | Phrygian | | Beloved of Cybele |
| Bacchus | Greek as Dionysos | | God of wine |
| Bellona | | | Goddess of War |
| Bona Dea | | | The 'Good Goddess'; unnamed spirit whose rites were attended only by women |
| Cardea | | | Household goddess of door hinges |
| Castor & Pollux (Dioscuri) | Greek | | Two legendary heroes |
| Ceres | Greek as Demeter | | Goddess of agriculture |
| Consus | | | God of the granary |
| Cybele | Phrygian | | See 'Magna Mater' |
| Diana | Greek as Artemis | | Goddess of light, also unity of peoples |
| Dis | Greek as Pluto | | God of the underworld |
| Faunus | Greek as Pan | | God of fertility |
| Flora | | | Goddess of fertility and flowers |
| Forculus | | | Household god of doors |
| Fortuna (also Fors, Fors Fortuna) | | | Goddess of good luck |
| Genius | | | Male spirit of the Roman family |
| Glaucus | | | A sea God |
| Hercules | Greek as Herakles | | God of victory and commercial enterprise |
| Hermes | | | See Mercury |
| Isis | Egyptian | | Goddess of the earth |
| Janus | | | God of doorways |
| Juno | Greek as Hera | | Goddess of women |
| Jupiter (English Jove) | Greek as Zeus | | God of the heavens |
| Juturna | | | Goddess of fountains |
| Lar (plural Lares) | | | a Spirit of the household |
| Larvae (or Lemures) | | | mischievous spirits of the dead |
| Liber | | | God of fertility and vine growing |
| Libitina | | | Goddess of the dead |
| Limentinus | | | Household god of the threshold |
| Magna Mater | Phrygian as Cybele | | The 'Great Mother', goddess of nature |
| Magnes | | | Spirits of the dead |
| Mars | | | God of war |
| Mercury | Greek as Hermes | | God of merchants |
| Minerva | Greek as Athena | | Goddess of crafts and industry |
| Mithras | Persian as Mithra | | God of the sun |
| Neptune | Greek as Poseidon | | God of the sea |
| Nundina | | | Presiding Goddess at the purification and naming of children |
| Ops | | | God of of the wealth of the harvest |
| Osiris | Egyptian | | Consort of Isis |
| Pales | | | God/Goddess of shepherd |
| Penates | | | Household spirits of the store cupboard |
| Picumnus & Pilumnus | | | Agricultural gods associated with childbirth |
| Pomona | | | Goddess of fruit |
| Portunus | | | God of harbours |
| Priapus | | | God of fertility in gardens and flocks |
| Quirinus | | | State god under whose name Romulus was worshipped |
| Robigus | | | God of mildew |
| Roma | | | Goddess of Rome |
| Sabazius | Phrygian | | God of vegetation |
| Salus | | | God of health |
| Serapis | Egyptian | | God of the sky |
| Saturn | Greek as Chronos | | God of sowing |
| Silvanus | | | God of woods and fields |
| Sol | Helios | | God of the sun |
| Tellus | | | Goddess of earth |
| Terminus | | | God of property boundaries |
| Venus | Greek as Aphrodite | | Goddess of love |
| Vertumnus (also Vortumnus) | | | God of orchards |
| Vesta | Greek as Hestia | | Goddess of the hearth |
| Volturnus | | | God of the Tiber river |
| Vulcan | Greek as Hephaistos | | God of fire |
Taken from http://www.roman-empire.net/religion/pantheon.html
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