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Roman deities

The full list of the Roman deities.

Lympha

October 10, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The Lympha is an ancient Roman deity of fresh water similar to the nymphs. The deity of fountains and wellheads, Fons, also known as “Source” … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags lympha, nymph, roman religion
Relief from the 2nd century, staging the marriage of Zeus and Leto, Hierapolis Museum

Latona, Leto, the Mother of Apollo

October 11, 2022October 10, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Latona, or Leto, was the mother of Apollo and Artemis. Leto also makes an appearance in other significant myths, typically when she punishes mortals for … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags Apollo, Artemis, latona, leto
Joachim Wtewael - The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche

The Most Important Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Rome

January 27, 2023October 10, 2022 by WeirdItaly

A comprehensive list of more than 300 Roman gods, deities, and supernatural beings. Ancient Roman deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in the ancient … Read more

Categories Featured, Italian History, Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, ancient rome, birth and childhood deities, Di indigetes, di selecti, flamens, folklore, roman religion
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Hersilia, Hora

October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Hersilia was a character in the founding myth of Rome in Roman mythology. It is said that she put an end to the conflict between … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags Quirinus, roman religion
Hermaphroditus

Hermaphroditus, the two-sexed child of Aphrodite and Hermes

October 11, 2022October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Hermaphroditus was the mythological son of Aphrodite and Hermes. The naiad Salmacis sought to rape him while he was a little child and begged to … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags Hermaphroditus, Mercury, roman religion, venus
Hercules in Olympus with Juno and Minerva, fresco from Herculaneum, 1st century CE

Hercules, son of Jupiter

January 4, 2023October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The Roman version of the Greek celestial hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the human Alcmene, is Hercules. Hercules is known for his strength and … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags alcmene, cacus, Hercules, jupiter, roman religion
The Three Graces, from Sandro Botticelli's painting Primavera in the Uffizi Gallery

Gratiae, Charites, Graces

October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The Gratiae are the goddesses of nature and vegetation, beauty, human creativity, goodwill, in Roman mythology, equivalent to the Greek Charites. They are also the … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags charites, Gratiae, nature, roman religion
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Fufluns, the god of joy, wine, plants, health and development

January 4, 2023October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Fufluns or Puphluns was a deity of all plant life, joy, wine, health, and development in all things in the religion of the Etruscans. The … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags Bacchus, etrurian people, etruscan, Liber Pater, roman religion
Fascinus from Pompeii showing a phallus

Fascinus

October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Fascinus was a phallic god who protected from invidia (envy) and the evil eye in the Roman tradition. The fascinus or fascinum represented the divine … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags fascinus, phallic deity, roman religion, vesta, vestal virgins
Bregenz, Vorarlberg Museum, Epona relief, 70-100 AD

Epona

October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Epona served as the goddess of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules in the Gallo-Roman pantheon. She was especially revered as a goddess of fertility, as … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags epona, fertility, roman religion

Murcia

October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

In ancient Rome, Murcia was a little-known goddess. She goes by Venus as a last name. She supposedly had a temple at the base of … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags murcia, roman religion
Juno Moneta denarius 46BC

Moneta

October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The term “Moneta” was used to refer to two different goddesses in Roman mythology: Juno Moneta and the goddess of memory, who was named after … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags juno, moneta, money, roman religion

Palatua

October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The protector god of the Palatine Hill was the Roman goddess Palatua, who had her own official priest or flamen, the Flamen Palatualis. Little else … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags palatine hill, palatua, roman religion

Furrina

October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

By the first century BC, the purpose of the ancient Roman goddess Furrina (Furina) had become unclear. Since she was one of the fifteen goddesses … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags flamines minores, Furrinalia, roman religion, water
Faunus and Daphnis practising the Pan flute (Roman copy of Greek original)

Faunus, Pan, Innus, the God of the Forest, Plains and Fields

October 11, 2022October 9, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Faunus, the horned deity of the woods, plains, and fields in ancient Roman mythology and myth, was also known as Inuus when he made cattle … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags Faun, fauna, faunus, nature, pan, roman religion
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