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Vejovis

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Vejovis, sometimes known as Vēdiovis or Vejove, was an Etruscan-born Roman deity. Vejovis was shown as a youthful man riding a goat and clutching a … Read more

Punishment of Ixion: in the center is Mercury holding the caduceus and on the right Juno sits on her throne

Vulcan

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Vulcan is the Roman god of fire, including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge, earthly eruption and destruction (also written as Volcanus, … Read more

Volturnus

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Volturnus, who may have been the deity of all rivers in Roman mythology, was a god of the Tiber. He had a high priest named … Read more

Virtus

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

In Roman mythology, Virtus was the deity of courage and military strength, the personification of Roman virtus (virtue, valor). Her Greek equivalent was Arete. The … Read more

Viriplaca

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Viriplaca was the Roman goddess who “soothes the anger of man”; she was an attribute of Juno, and described her ability to restore peace between … Read more

Hippolytus, Phaedra and Theseus. German School, 18th Century

Virbius (Hippolytus of Athens)

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Virbius is a character (Hippolytus of Athens) from Greek mythology transposed to Roman mythology. In Greek mythology he corresponds to Hippolytus and the myth of … Read more

Viduus

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

In Roman religion, Viduus (“he who divides”) was a minor god, deputed to separate (in Latin viduare) the soul from the body after death. He … Read more

Vica Pota

October 4, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Vica Pota was a goddess in ancient Roman religion, and her shrine (aedes) was situated where Publius Valerius Publicola’s domus had stood, at the base … Read more

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

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