Category: Italian History

Vertumnus

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Vertumnus is the deity of gardens, fruit trees, and the changing of the seasons in Roman mythology. He had the ability to alter his shape … Read more

Verminus

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Verminus was the Roman deity who guarded livestock against illness in Roman mythology. The Indigetes, who the Romans subjugated in 218 BC during their invasion … Read more

Bartolomeo Guidobono, The Truth Discovered by Time, painting painted before 1709

Veritas

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Veritas, which is Latin for “truth,” is the Goddess of Truth in Roman mythology. She is the mother of Virtus and the daughter of Saturn … Read more

Vacuna

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Ancient Roman sources associated the Sabine goddess Vacuna with a number of different deities, including Ceres, Diana, Nike, Minerva, Bellona, Venus, and Victoria. She was … Read more

Reverse of the Mithras the hunter relief depicting a naked Sol descending from a throne, Museum Schloss Fechenbach, Dieburg, Germany

Caelus (Uranus)

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

A primary sky deity in Roman mythology, theology, iconography, and literature, Caelus or Coelus was the roman counterpart of Uranus. Caelus was the Roman mythology’s … Read more

Tiberinus

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Tiberinus was the god of the Tiber River. Aeneas was assisted by Tiberinus after arriving in Italy from Troy, according to Book VIII of Virgil’s … Read more

Terminus

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The Latin term for a boundary sign, Terminus, used as the name of the Roman deity who guarded them. Each border stone was blessed via … Read more

Tempestes

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Tempestas, which means “season, weather; unfavorable weather; storm, tempest,” is the goddess of storms or abrupt weather in ancient Roman mythology. Similar to certain other … Read more

Summanus

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

In contrast to Jupiter, who was the god of diurnal (daytime) thunder, Summanus was the deity of nocturnal thunder. Even to Ovid, his exact nature … Read more

Suada, Suadela

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Suadela, or Suada, was the goddess of persuasion in Roman mythology, especially in the areas of romance, seduction, and love. She had a close relationship … Read more

Strenua

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Strēnĭa or Strēnŭa was a deity of the Roman religion-of Sabine origin according to some classical authors-a symbol of the new year, prosperity and good … Read more

Levana

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Levana is a birth and childhood deity. She was the goddess who oversaw the lifting of the child by the midwife immediately after birth in … Read more

Stata Mater

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Stata Mater, sometimes known as “Mother who stops or stabilizes,” was a compital goddess who protected against fires, in the ancient Roman pantheon. She had a replica of … Read more

Spiniensis

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The deity of thorns in Roman mythology was known as Spiniensis. He oversaw the digging out of thorn bushes and protected the land from thorns, … Read more

Dīs Pater, Rex Infernus

October 3, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Dis Pater, also known as Rex Infernus is a Roman god of the underworld. Dis was initially identified with the chthonic deities Pluto (Hades) and … Read more