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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

Categories Roman deities Tags befana, roman religion, sabines

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

Categories Roman deities Tags birth and childhood deities, roman religion

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

Categories Roman deities Tags indigimenta, roman religion

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
Plaque with Fides and Spes

Spes, the goddess of hope

October 11, 2022October 3, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Spes was regarded as the goddess of hope in early Roman religion. There are several temples dedicated to Spes, and inscriptions show that she was … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags roman religion

Sors

October 3, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Sors, a minor deity in Roman mythology, was a god of good fortune. He was supposed to be Fortuna‘s son. Few quotations that reference him … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags fortuna, roman religion

Soranus

January 4, 2023October 3, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Ancient Roman religion incorporated the god Soranus, who was also an Etruscan, Faliscan, Capenate, and Sabine deity. He was adored On Lazio’s Mt. Soracte. Underworld … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags Apollo, dis pater, feronia, roman religion
securitas

Securitas

October 3, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Securitas was the goddess of security and stability in Roman mythology, particularly the security of the Roman Empire. Securitas was frequently seen reclining against a … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags roman religion
The goddess Roma (right) and the personification of the Campus Martius (left) witness the apotheosis on the wings of Aion (Eternal Time) of Antoninus Pius and Faustina. Relief from the base of the column of Antoninus Pius, 2nd century AD. Vatican City, Courtyard of the Pinecone

Roma, the goddess of Rome

January 4, 2023October 1, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Roma is a goddess in the Roman religion who, since the second century BC, personified the city of Rome and, more generally, the Roman state. … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags roma, roman religion
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

Quiritis

October 1, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The Sabine goddess of motherhood was named Quiritis. She was frequently linked to defense. Later, Quiritis was associated with the goddess Juno, who was occasionally … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags juno, roman religion
quirinus

Quirinus, the god of the Roman state

October 11, 2022October 1, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Quirinus is an archaic Roman state deity in mythology and religion. Quirinus, sometimes known as Janus Quirinus, was a nickname for Janus in Augustan Rome. … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags janus quirinus, Quirinalia, roman religion, sabines
Pudicitia

Pudicitia, the Goddess of Modesty

October 11, 2022October 1, 2022 by WeirdItaly

The Roman goddess Pudicitia, whose Greek counterpart was Aidos, represented the virtue which may be translated as “modesty” or “sexual virtue,” a central idea in … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags moral deity, roman religion
head of Augustus left Facade and altar enclosure of Ara Providentiae Augusti

Providentia

October 1, 2022 by WeirdItaly

Providentia is a celestial personification of the capacity for foresee and make provision in the religion of ancient Rome. She was one of the icons … Read more

Categories Roman deities Tags roman religion
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