Category:Roman Deities
From Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers
The deities of the Roman pantheon derive in part from the older Etruscan gods and goddesses endemic to the region, while the stories of their lives, as well as the depictions of their iconographic attributes during the era of the Roman Empire were supplemented by comparison to, and reflection of, the more ancient pantheon of Greece. For this reason, it is a commponplace idea to describe Roman deities in terms of earlier Greek deities, for instance referring to Minerva as "Roman Athena" and Bacchus as "Roman Dionysus".
The veneration of Roman deities was once believed to have ended with the coming of Christianity to southern Europe. However, along with Greek gods and Egyptian gods, they have been partially retained and also deliberately revived as a Neo-Pagan tradition.
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Popular Roman Deities
Apollo
Apollo is a Greek god of healing, prophecy, and music adopted by the Romans (Read More ...)
Bacchus
Bacchus is the god of wine, grapes, and revelry...
Ceres
Ceres is the goddess of grain, agriculture, harvest, and the seasons...
Diana
Diana is goddess of hunting, wilderness, and the moon...
Flora
Flora also known as Flora Rustica (Flora of the Countryside), Flora Mater (Flora the Mother), and Fluusa or Flusia (Goddess of Flowers) is the Roman goddess of flowers and Spring time. (Read More ...)
Fortuna
Fortuna is the goddess who grants success and luck, especially in matters of Prosperity, Money Drawing, Business, and Gambling. (Read More ...)
Genius
The Genius is an individual deity of a person, or place...
Janus
Janus is the two-headed god of doorways, thresholds, and transitions...
Juno
Juno is the queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and childbirth...
Jupiter
Jupiter is god of lightning, storms, and father of the gods...
Lares
Lares are guardian deities of homes, fields, and crossroads...
Luna
Luna is the goddess of the moon...
Mars
Mars is the god of war, courage, and divine ancestor of the Roman people...
Mercury
Mercury is god of trade, travel, crossroads, and messengers...
Minerva
Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, and crafts (Read More...)
Neptune
Neptune is the god of oceans, earthquakes, and horses...
Pluto
Pluto is god of the underworld, the dead, and wealth...
Saturn
Saturn is the god of harvest and agriculture...
Sol
Sol, also known by the titles Sol Invictus ("Unconquered Sun") and Sol Indiges ("Our Native Sun"), is the Roman god of the Sun, our local star. (Read More ...)
Venus
Venus is the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility...
Vestia
Vestia is goddess of hearth, home, and patron of the Vestal Virgins...
Vulcan
Vulcan is god of fire, volcanos, and blacksmiths...
