Di indigetes (“indigenous gods”) are a group of early Roman gods and spirits that were not incorporated into other faiths.
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The di indigetes or indigites, as opposed to the di novensides, were Roman deities that weren’t borrowed from other faiths, to use Georg Wissowa’s definition. Most of them are minor deities, often born as personifications of an abstract quality. Early Roman religion is animistic, without priests, a private religion where each person invokes one god or another according to his or her needs.
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Abundantia, Janus and Quirinus are the most important of indigetes. The di indigites are frequently mentioned with di patrii in lists of regional deities in Augustan literature.
- Abeona
- Abundantia
- Adeona
- Acca Larentia
- Aequitas
- Aera Cura
- Aeternitas
- Africus
- Aius Locutius
- Alemona
- Angerona
- Angita
- Angitia
- Anna Perenna
- Annona
- Antevorta
- Bona Dea
- Bonus Eventus
- Bubona
- Caelus (Urano)
- Camenae
- Candelifera
- Cardea
- Carmenta
- Carna
- Catillus
- Catius pater
- Cinxia
- Clementia
- Cloacina
- Concordia
- Conditor – servant of Ceres
- Consus
- Convector – servant of Ceres
- Copia
- Corus
- Cuba
- Cunina
- Cura
- Dea Dia
- Dea Tacita
- Decima
- Devera
- Deverra
- Di Penates
- Disciplina
- Dius Fidus
- Domiduca
- Domitius, Domiducus
- Duellona
- Edusa
- Egeria
- Egestes
- Empanda
- Endovelicus
- Evander
- Fabulinus
- Facunditas
- Fama
- Farinus
- Faustitas
- Febris
- Felicitas
- Ferentina
- Feronia
- Fides
- Fluonia or Fluvionia
- Fons or Fontus
- Fornax
- Fraus
- Fulgora
- Furina
- Honos
- Imporcitor – servant of Cerere
- Insitor – servant of Cerere
- Intercidona
- Invidia
- Inuus
- Iustitia
- Jana
- Janus
- Jugatinus
- Juno
- Jupiter
- Juturna
- Lactans
- Lares
- Laverna
- Levana
- Liberalitas
- Libertas
- Libitina
- Lima
- Locutius
- Lua
- Lucina
- Lupercus
- Maia
- Manes
- Matronae
- Meditrina
- Mefitis
- Mellona
- Mena
- Mens
- Messor – aiutante di Cerere
- Moneta
- Mucius
- Murcia
- Muta (Dea Tacita)
- Mutinus Mutunus
- Naenia
- Nascio
- Nemestrinus
- Nerio
- Nixi
- Nodutus
- Nona
- Novensilus
- Numeria
- Nundina
- Obarator – Ceres’ helper
- Occator – Ceres’ helper
- Opi
- Orbona
- Ossipago
- Pale
- Partula
- Patalena
- Paventia
- Peta
- Picumnus
- Pietas
- Pilumnus
- Pomona
- Porus
- Postvorta
- Potina
- Prema
- Promitor – Ceres’ helper
- Providentia
- Pudicitia
- Puta
- Quirinus
- Quiritis
- Rederator
- Reparator – Ceres’ helper
- Robigus, Robigo
- Roma
- Rumina
- Runcina
- Rusina
- Serritor – Ceres’ helper
- Securitas
- Semonia
- Sentia
- Silvanus
- Soranus
- Sors
- Spes
- Spiniensis
- Stata Mater
- Statina, Statinus, Statilina, Statilinus
- Strenua
- Subigus
- Suedela
- Subruncinator – Ceres’ helper
- Summanus
- Tellumo
- Tellus
- Tempestes
- Terminus
- Tiberinus
- Tibertus
- Ultio
- Vacuna
- Vervactor – Ceres’ helper
- Veritas
- Verminus
- Vertumnus
- Vica Pota
- Viduus
- Virbius
- Viriplaca
- Virtus
- Vitumnus
- Volturnus
- Volumnus or Volumna
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