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Joachim Wtewael - The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche

The Most Important Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Rome

September 28, 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
Rape of Proserpina - Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Proserpina, the Queen of the Underworld

October 11, 2022October 6, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Proserpina is the Roman version of the Greek goddess Persephone or Kore (maiden). The name may come from the Latin word proserpere (“to emerge”) to … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, libera, pluto, roman religion, underworld deity
Vertumnus and Pomona (1682–1683) by Luca Giordano

Vertumnus, the god of gardens, seasons changing and fruit trees

January 4, 2023October 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

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, roman religion, Vertumnalia

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

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, roman religion
The Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche

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

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, Di indigetes, Proserpina, roman religion, saturn
silvanus

Silvanus, the god of woods and fields

January 4, 2023October 3, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Silvanus is a tutelary deity in Roman mythology; he is the god of the forests and the countryside. Silvanus may have been the inspiration for … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, Faun, nature deity

Semonia

October 3, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Semonia was the goddess of sowing in Roman mythology. She belonged to a pantheon of goddesses associated with agriculture that also included Setia (or Seja) … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity
Robigalia

Robigus, Robigo, Robigine

October 1, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Robigus is the Roman god of stem rust, in whose honor sacrifices were made so that the fields would not be affected by the disease. … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, robigalia, roman religion
Landscape with the goddess Pales (Roman goddess of shepherds, agriculture and animal husbandry) surrounded by various animals

Pales

October 1, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Pales was a shepherd, flock, and livestock-related deity in the religion of the ancient Romans. Considered to be either masculine or female depending on the … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, parilia

Sterquilinus

October 1, 2022September 30, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Sterquilinus, also known as Stercutus and Sterculius, was a deity of odor in Roman mythology. He could have been Picumnus‘ equal. Saturn used to oversee … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, roman religion

Picumnus

October 1, 2022September 25, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Picumnus is an archaic birth and childhood deity. Picumnus was a fertility, agriculture, marriage, children, and infants deity in Roman mythology. He might have been … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags agricultural deity, birth and childhood deities, roman religion

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