136 Roman Gods & Goddesses (updated)
The Dii Consentes ( The 12 Major Gods )
Iuppiter /Jupiter / Jove (”father”) - Supreme god of the roman empire, ruler of all mortals and immortals, ruler of the sky, daylight, weather, law, order, justice and the divine witness to oaths.
Iuno / Juno (”young”) - Queen of the gods, protector of women, marriage & childbirth. Protector & councillor of the Roman state and goddess of the new moon & women’s menstrual cycles.
Neptunus / Neptune (”wet, damp, clouds”) - God of water, drought, horses and the roman cavalry. Races were held in his honour.
Ceres (”to grow”) -Goddess of the earth as a source of fertility & abundance. Rules over agriculture, the harvest, nourishment and motherly relationships.
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.Originally, a god of agriculture.
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, nature, animals, childbirth & freer of slaves.
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.
Ianus / 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.
Terra / Tellus ( “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.
Fortuna (”fortunate”) - Goddess of good fortune and luck.
Minor Roman Divinities (this list is not complete)
Abundantia ( “abundance”) - The goddess of abundance and prosperity.
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.
Arcus ( “bow, arch” ) - Goddess of rainbows.
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 cattle and livestock.
Candelifera ( “She who bears the candle” ) - One of the many childbirth goddesses.
Carmenta ( “magic spell, oracle or song” ) - Goddess of Childbirth and Prophecy. But also associated with the protection of mothers, children & midwives.
Clementia (”humanity”) - Goddess of forgiveness and mercy.
Cloacina -The Goddess who presides over the sewers in Rome.
Coelus (”heavens”)- Personified god of the sky. The first father.
Concordia (”agreement”) - Goddess of concord and harmony.
Conditor - God who stores the grain. One of Ceres helper gods.
Convector - God who carries the grain. One of Ceres helper gods.
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.
Edesia ( “eat” ) - Goddess of food who presides over banquets.
Epona - Foreign celtic goddess of horses, mules, ponies a donkeys.
Fabulinus - The God of children.
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.
Fides ( “faith” ) - Goddess of loyalty.
Fontus / Fons (”source”) - god of wells and springs
Furor (”the anger”) - Goddess of anger and rage.
Hesperia (“western land”) - The goddess of dusk.
Hippona ( “horse” ) - Goddess of horses.
Honos (”honour”)- God of morality and military honour.
Imporcitor - God of the third ploughing. One of Ceres helper gods.
Insitor - God who plants the seeds. One of Ceres helper gods.
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.
Libertas ( “liberty” ) - Goddess of freedom.
Libitina - Goddess of death, corpses and funerals.
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.
Messor - God who reaps. One of Ceres helper gods.
Muta (”change”) - Goddess of silence.
Naenia (”dirge”) - Goddess of funerals.
Necessitas (”unavoidableness,”) - Goddess of destiny.
Nox (”night”) - Personified goddess of the night.
Obarator - God who traces the first ploughing. One of Ceres helper gods.
Occator - God who harrows the fields. One of Ceres helper gods.
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.
Pietas - The Goddess of duty.
Promitor - God who distributes the grain. One of Ceres helper gods.
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.
Reparator - God who prepares the earth for ploughing. One of Ceres helper gods.
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.
Sanctus ( “holy” ) - God of loyalty, honesty, and oaths.
Serritor - God who digs the soil. One of Ceres helper gods.
Silvanus (”forest, of the woods”) - God of forests and fields.
Sol (’sun’) - Personified titan god of the sun. Blended with Apollo.
Sol Invictus ( “invincible sun”) - A sun god who is either Apollo (Phoebus) or Sol.
Somnia (“dreams”) - God of dreams.
Somnus (“sleep”) - God of sleep.
Spes (“hope”) - Goddess of hope.
Subruncinator - God who weeds. One of Ceres helper gods.
Summanus (”before the morning”) - God of the night sky and nightly thunder. His precise nature was unclear even to Ovid.
Tellumo- God of earthly regeneration and reproduction. Consort of Tellus / Terra.
Tempestes ( “weather; bad weather; storm, tempest” ) - A goddess of storms but also used to describe storm spirits.
Terminus (“border”) - God of boundaries and borders.
Tranquillitas - Goddess of peace and tranquillity.
Tiberinus - God of the Tiber river.
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.
Veritas ( “truth” ) - Goddess of virtue and truth.
Vertumnus (”green, seasons”) - God who symbolized the changes in seasons, protector of vegetation, gardens and orchards.
Vervactor - God of the first ploughing. One of Ceres helper gods.
Vesper (”evening, supper, evening star, west”) - God of the evening star.
Victoria (“victory”) - Goddess of victory.
Vulturnus (”south-east”) - God of the east wind.
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