102 Roman Gods & Goddesses
The Dii Consentes ( The 12 Major Gods )
- Jupiter / Iuppiter /Jove (”father”) - Supreme god of the roman empire, ruler of all gods and men, ruler of the heavens, daylight, weather, justice and divine witness to oaths.
- Juno / Iuno (”young”) - Queen of the gods, protector of women, marriage, childbirth and the family. Protector & councillor of the Roman state. The month June is named after her.
- Neptunus / Neptune (”wet, damp, clouds”) - God of water, the seas, horses and the roman cavalry. Races were held in his honour.
- Ceres (”to grow”) - Goddess who looked after the growth and abundance of plant life. Patron of agriculture, horticulture, the harvest, and motherly love.
- Vesta (”hearth”) - Goddess of the hearth fire and the home.
- Minerva (”intellect”) - Goddess of wisdom, numbers, science, medicine, inspiration, dyeing and weaving, genius and war.
- Mars (’male’) - God of war and father of the roman people.
- Phoebus / Apollo - (”to destroy. strength, father light ”)- God of the sun, light, truth, music, healing, plague, prophecy and oracles.
- Diana (”heavenly, divine”) - Goddess of the moon, the night, childbirth, wildlife, animals and hunting.
- Venus (”love, sexual desire”) - Goddess of love, desire, sex, beauty, spring, gardens and vineyards.
- Vulcan (”to flash”) - God of fire (especially destructive fire) and volcanoes.
- Mercurius / Mercury (”to trade, wages”) - God of commerce, trade, profit, merchants, roads, travellers, athletes, dexterity and thieves.
Other Major Roman Divinities
- Pluto / Dis (”wealth”) - God of the underworld, judge of the dead and a god of wealth.
- Janus ( ”covered passageway” ) - God of gates and doors, beginnings and endings. The month January is named after him.
- Bellona (”war”)- Goddess of war. Accompanied Mars on the battlefield.
- Quirinus (“spear”) - Mystery war god who was worshipped by the Sabines and had a popular cult following in Rome. Possibly Romulus deified.
- Liber (“free”)- God of vegetation, male fertility, viniculture, wine and ecstasy. Guardian of plebeian freedoms. Worshipped alongside Libera and Ceres.
- Libera - Consort of Liber. Goddess of wine, fertility and freedom. Worshipped alongside Liber and Ceres.
- Flora (”flower”) - Goddess of flowers and spring. Protected the early blossoms.
- Tellus / Terra (”earth”) - Personified goddess of the earth. The first mother.
- Saturnus / Saturn - God of time and ages. Minor agricultural deity who sowed the seeds and ruled during the Golden Age.
Minor Roman Divinities (this list is not complete)
- Aeolus - God of the four winds.
- Aequitas (”equal, even”) - God of fair dealing, equality, conformity and symmetry.
- Aera Cura - Goddess associated with the infernal regions and underworld.
- Amor (also known as Cupid - ”love”)- Winged archer god of love. Son of Venus
- Angita - Early goddess of healing and witchcraft
- Antevorte - goddess of the future.
- Antinous - Deified lover of the emperor Hadrian & god of homosexuality.
- Aquilo (”the north”) - God of the north wind.
- Aura / Aurae (”breeze”) - Divinities who symbolized breezes.
- Aurora (”gold, dawn”) - Goddess of the dawn.
- Auster (”southerly”) - God of the south wind.
- Bona Dea (”the good goddess”) - Popular goddess among the upper class. Goddess of female fertility and good health.
- Bubona (“ox, cow”) Goddess of horses and cattle.
- Clementia (”humanity”) - Goddess of forgiveness and mercy.
- Coelus (”heavens”)- Personified god of the sky. The first father.
- Concordia (”agreement”) - Goddess of concord and harmony.
- Devera - Goddess that rules the brooms used to purify ritual sites.
- Discordia (“discord”) - Goddess of strife and discord.
- Disciplina - Goddess of discipline.
- Dius Fidus (””) - God of oaths.
- Epona - Foreign celtic goddess of horses, mules, ponies a donkeys.
- Fama (”to speak”) - Goddess of fame and popular rumour.
- Fauna - Goddess of Prophecy with ties to the forest and fields and the animals found there.
- Faunus {“strangler”} - God of wild nature and fertility.
- Favonius (”favorable”) - God of the western wind, the herald of spring.
- Fontus / Fons (”source”) - god of wells and springs
- Fortuna (”fortunate”) - Goddess of good fortune and luck.
- Furor (”the anger”) - Goddess of anger and rage.
- Honos (”honour”)- God of morality and military honour.
- Invidia (”envy”) - Goddess of envy and jealousy.
- Justitia (”justice,fairness”) - Goddess of justice.
- Juturna (’nymph’) - goddess of lakes,wells and springs.
- Juventus (”youth”) - Goddess of youth.
- Lares (”homes”) - Deities who protected the home.
- Larunda - Nymph who became Mother of the Lares.
- Latona (”latium”) - Mother of Apollo & Diana. Goddess of Womanly Demure and Motherhood.
- Lucifer (”morning star”) - God of the morning star ( Not to be confused with the hebrew god of hell )
- Luna (”moon”) - personified titan goddess of the moon. Blended with Diana.
- Lympha - Goddess of fresh water
- Magna Mater (”great mother”) - Foreign Anatolian goddess of untamed nature and lions.
- Maia (’daughter of atlas’) -The goddess of whom the month of May is probably named after. Associated with blossoming nature and spring.
- Meditrina - Goddess of wine and health.
- Mellona (”honey”) - Goddess of bees and honey.
- Mens ( “mind”) - Goddess of the mind and consciousness.
- Mors (”death”) - Personified god of death.
- Muta (”change”) - Goddess of silence.
- Naenia (”dirge”) - Goddess of funerals.
- Necessitas (”unavoidableness,”) - Goddess of destiny.
- Nox (”night”) - Personified goddess of the night.
- Ops / Opis (”plenty”) - Wife of Saturn. Goddess of opulence and abundance. Worshipped together with her daughter Ceres at the harvest.
- Orcus - God of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths. Sometimes interchangeable with Pluto.
- Pales - Goddess of shepherds and flocks.
- Patalena - Goddess or god who protects the blossoms.
- Pax (”peace”) - Goddess of peace.
- Penates (”inner part of house”) - Patron gods of the storeroom.
- Pomona (”fruit”) - Goddess of fruit trees. Wife of Vertumnus.
- Portunus (”swimming, crab ”) - God of harbours and ports.
- Priapus - God of gardens, viniculture, sailors, fishermen, the penis, male fertility.
- Proserpina (”to emerge”) - Goddess of Spring and queen of the underworld.Wife of Pluto and daughter of Ceres.
- Providentia (”foreknowledge”) - Goddess of forethought.
- Pudicitia- Goddess of modesty and chastity.
- Robigus (”reddish”) - God who prevented agricultural disease.
- Roma - Personified goddess of Rome.
- Salacia (“salt, salty”) - Goddess of salt water and the depths of the ocean. Wife of Neptune.
- Salus (”safety, salvation”) - Goddess of safety and wellbeing.
- Sarnus - God of the Sarno river.
- Silvanus (”forest, of the woods”) - God of forests and fields.
- Sol (’sun’) - Personified titan god of the sun. Blended with Apollo.
- Somnia (“dreams”) - God of dreams.
- Somnus (“sleep”) - God of sleep.
- Summanus (”before the morning”) - God of the night sky and nightly thunder. His precise nature was unclear even to Ovid.
- Tiberinus - God of the Tiber river.
- Tellumo- God of earthly regeneration and reproduction. Consort of Tellus / Terra.
- Terminus (“border”) - God of boundaries and borders.
- Trivia (”three roads”) - Goddess of crossroads, graveyards, sorcery and witchcraft.
- Ultio (“vengeance”) - Goddess of vengeance.
- Vejovis - A god of healing. Believed to be one of the first gods.
- Vertumnus (”green, seasons”) - God who symbolized the changes in seasons, protector of vegetation, gardens and orchards.
- Vesper (”evening, supper, evening star, west”) - God of the evening star.
- Victoria (“victory”) - Goddess of victory.
- Vulturnus (”south-east”) - God of the east wind.
(via theancientworld)
