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 Roman mythology evolved over many centuries, based on the stories and legends about the foundation and growth of the city of Rome. It began with the native or original gods called the di indigetes; a large pantheon of gods, most of whom had their own fixed festivals of the calendar and individual cults, 30 of these gods were honoured with special festivals. Later gods were absorbed from various other cultures, including the Greeks and the Etruscans, usually in response to a particular need or crisis. Many of these were then also given their own specific festivals.

The di indigetes are marked with an *.

Complete alphabetised listings of Greek and Etruscan Gods are on separate pages.

 
Alphabetical List of Roman Gods
 
Roman Name Alternate
Name/Spelling		 Greek
Equivalent		 Etruscan
Equivalent		 Description Festival
Abeona*       Protector of children leaving the home.  
Abudantia*       Goddess of luck, abundance and prosperity. She distributed food and money from a cornucopia.  
Acis       God of the river Acis near Etna  
Adeona*       Goddess who guides children back home.  
Aequitas*       God of fair trade and honest merchants.  
Aera Cura*       Goddess associated with the underworld.  
Aesculapius   Asclepius   God of health and medicine  
Aeternitas*       Personification of eternity.  
Africus*       God of the Southwest wind.  
Aius Locutius* Loquens     Never an actual god - but a presence or voice.  
Alemonia*       Goddess who feeds unborn children.  
Angerona*       Goddess of Secrecy and protector of Rome. Divalia or Angeronalia: December 21
Angita*       Goddess of Healing and Witchcraft.  
Angitia*       Goddess of Healing and Witchcraft.  
Anna Perenna*       Goddess of the New Year provider of food. March 15
Antevorte*       Goddess of the future.  
Apollo   Apollo Aplu God of Sun (Light), Truth, Music, Healing Ludi Apollinares: July 6 to 13
Aquilo       God of the North Wind.  
Attis       God of growth, fertility and vegetation.  
Aurora   Eos Thesan Goddess of the dawn.  
Auster       God of the South Wind.  
Averna*       Queen of the dead. She may be equivalent to Proserpina.  
Bacchus Liber Dionysus   God of wine. Bacchanalia: March 15 and 16
Brumalia: November 24
Bellona   Enyo   Goddess of war and battles. June 3
Bona Dea* Fauna     Goddess of fertility, healing, virginity and women. Goddess of the Earth, Mother Goddess. May 1 and December 4
Bubona*       Goddess of horses and cattle.  
Camenae       Goddesses of wells and springs.  
Caelus Coelus Uranus   God of the sky.  
Candelifera*       Goddess of childbirth.  
Cardea*       Goddess of thresholds and door hinges and hinges.  
Carmenta*       Goddess of childbirth and prophecy. Carmentalial: January 11 & 15
Carnea* Carna     Goddess of the heart and other organs. June 1
Catillus*       Catillus the Arcadian and his sons Catillus, Coras, and Tiburtus escaped the slaughter at Thebes and arrived at the Aniene Plateau. They drove away the Sicilians who lived there and founded a city named Tibur (now Tivoli) in honor of Tiburtus.  
Ceres*   Demeter Tvath Goddess of the Corn, Agriculture and Grain, Earth, Harvest. Patron goddess of Enna in Sicily. She had 12 minor gods who assisted her
  • Vervactor who turns fallow land
  • Reparator who prepares fallow land
  • Imporcitor who plows with wide furrows
  • Insitor who sowed
  • Obarator who plowed the surface
  • Occator who harrowed
  • Sarritor who weeded
  • Subruncinator who thinned out
  • Messor who harvested
  • Convector who carted
  • Conditor who stored
  • Promitor who distributed
 Cerealia: April 12 to 19
Ieiunium Cereris: October 4
Cinxia*       Goddess of marriage.  
Clementia*       Goddess of mercy and clemency.  
Cloacina*       Goddess of the Cloaca Maxima, the system of sewers in Rome.  
Cocles*       Historical hero who was deified  
Concordia*       Goddess of agreement and understanding.  
Conditor*       God of the harvest. A helper of Ceres.  
Consus* Neptunus Equestris     God and protector of grains and grain storage. Consualia: Aug 21 & Dec 15
Convector*       God of bringing in of the crops from the fields. A helper of Ceres.  
Copia*       Goddess of wealth and plenty.  
Corus*       God of the North West wind.  
Cuba*       Goddess and protector of infants. Often invoked by mothers trying to make their babies sleep.  
Cunina*       Goddess of infants.  
Cupid Cupido
Amor		 Eros   God of love.  
Cura*   Eros   Goddess who created humans from clay  
Curiatii*   Eros   Set of male triplets from Alba Longa who battled the Horatii  
Cybele Magna Mater
deorum Idaea		 Rhea
Cybele		   The Great Mother. Ludi Megalenses: April 4 - 10
Dea Dia*       Goddess of growth.  
Dea Tacita* Larenta     Goddess of the dead. Larentalia: December 23
Decima       Goddess of childbirth. With Nona and Morta she forms the Parcae (the three Fates).  
Devera*       Goddess of brooms used for purification.  
Deverra*       Goddess of women in labor and the patron of midwives  
Dia*       Nymph whose name means "bright sky"  
Dia Lucrii       Gods of profit.  
Diana Jana* Artemis Artume Fertility Goddess. Moon Goddess. Huntress Goddess. Triple Goddess- Lunar Virgin, Mother of Creatures, the Huntress or Destroyer. Goddess of nature, fertility, childbirth, wildwood, moon, forests, animals, mountains, woods, and women. Goddess of the hunt. Nemoralia: August 13
Di Penates*       Patron gods of the storeroom, who later became household gods guarding the entire household.  
Dis   Pluto   God of the underworld and treasure in the form of gems and metals of the earth.  
Disciplina*       Goddess of discipline.  
Discordia   Eris   Goddess of discord and strife.  
Dius Fidus*       God of oaths.  
Domiduca*       Protector of children returning to their parents' home.  
Domiducus*       Goddess who brought brides to their husbands' houses  
Domitius*       God who kept wives in the households of their husbands.  
Duellona*       Early name for Bellona (see above)  
Edusa*       Goddess of nourishment who guarded over children as they learned to eat solid foods (weaning).  
Egeria*       Deified wife of Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome.  
Egestes*       Goddess of poverty.  
El Gabal      : God of the Sun  
Empanda*       Goddess of openess, friendliness and generosity.  
Endovelicus*       God of health and welfare.  
Epona       Fertility goddess, the protector of horses, donkeys and mules Eponalia: December 18
Evander*       Deified culture hero who brought the Greek pantheon, laws and alphabet to Rome  
Eventus Bonus*       God of success both in commerce and in agriculture.  
Fabulinus*       God who taught children to speak.  
Facunditus*       God of fertility and the harvest.  
Fama       Goddess of fame and rumor.  
Faunus Lupercus
Inuus		 Pan   God of the wilds, shepherds and fertility. Protector of cattle. Lupercalia: Feb 15
Faunalia: Dec 5
Faustitas*       Goddess protectress of herds of livestock  
Favonius       God of the West Wind.  
Febris*     Februus Goddess who protected people against fevers and malaria.  
Felicitas*       Goddess of success.  
Ferentina*       Patron goddess of the city Ferentinum, Latium. Protector of the Latin commonwealth.  
Feronia*       Goddess of freedom and good harvest. Often worshipped by slaves to achieve their freedom. Feronalia: November 15
Fides*       Goddess of faithfulness and good faith.  
Flora       Goddess of Spring and the blooming flowers. Floralia: April 28 - May 1
Fontus* Fons     God of wells and springs. October 13
Fornax*       Goddess of bread baking and ovens.  
Fortuna Annonaria Tyche Nortia Goddess of fate and luck.
As Annonaria she protected grain supplies.		  
Fraus*   Apate   Goddess of treachery.  
Fulgora*       Goddess of lightning.  
Furies   Erinyes   Goddesses of Vengeance.  
Furina*       Goddess of thieves.  
Hercules   Herakles Hercle God of victory and commercial enterprise.  
Hespera   Hesperides   Goddess of dusk  
Honos*       God of chivalry, honor and miltary justice.  
Horatii*       Set of male triplets from Rome who battled the Curiatii  
Imporcitor*       God presiding over the plowing of the fields; especially, the drawing of the furrow. A helper of Ceres.  
Insitor*       God presiding over the sowing of seed. A helper of Ceres.  
Inuus*       Protector of livestock. Possibly a god of fertility or sexual intercourse,  
Invidia*   Nemesis   Goddess of jealousy and retribution.  
Isis       Goddess of the earth.  
Janus*       God of gates, doors, beginnings and endings. He was worshipped at the beginning of the harvest, the beginning of planting, at marriages, at births, etc. The month of January is named after him. Depicted with a face at both the front and back of the head. Agonalia: January 9
Juno*   Hera Uni Queen of the gods. Protectress of the Roman state. Matronalia: March 1
Nonae Caprotinae: July 7
Jupiter* Iupiter
Luppiter
Feretrius
Victor		 Zeus Tinia Ruler of the gods. God of the sky, lightning and thunder. Patron god of the Roman state Feralia: February 21
Poplifugia: July 5
Ludi Romani: Sept 4 - 19
Epulum Jovis: November 13
Juturna* Iuturna     Goddess of lakes, fountains, wells and springs. January 11 & August 23.
Juventas Iuventas Hebe   Goddess of youth.  
Lactans*       God of agriculture.  
Lares*       Benevolent spirits of the dead. Guardian spirits of the house and fields.  
Larvae Lemures     Malignant spirits of the dead. May 9
Laverna*       Goddess of unlawful gain and trickery.  
Levana*       Goddess of newborn babies. Her name comes from the practice of the father lifting the child off the ground where it was placed by the child's mother. Her name means "lifter"  
Liber       God of fertility and nature. March 17
Libera       Fertility Goddess.  
Liberalitas*       God of generosity.  
Libertas*       Goddess of freedom.  
Libitina* Mors (f)     Goddess of the underworld, death, corpses and funerals. The personification of death  
Lima*       Goddess of thresholds.  
Lua*       Goddess to whom soldiers sacrificed captured weapons.  
Lucifer       God of the morning star.  
Lucina*       Goddess of childbirth and midwifery.  
Luna   Selene   Goddess of the moon.  
Maia*       Goddess of fertility and Spring.  
Maiesta*       Goddess of honor and reverence.  
Manes*       Similar to the Lares, Genii and Di Penates. They were the souls of deceased loved ones. They were honored during the Parentalia and Feralia in February. Parentalia and Feralia in February
Mania     Mania Goddess of the dead.  
Mars   Ares Maris God of war, spring, growth in nature, agriculture, terror, anger, revenge, courage and fertility. Protector of cattle. Equirria: February 27, March 14 and October 15
Feriae Marti: March 1
Agonalia: March 17
Quinquatrus: March 19
Tubilustrium: March 23
Armilustrium: October 19
Matronae*     Mania Goddess of the dead.  
Matuta Mater Matuta     Goddess of the dawn, harbors and the Sea. Patron of newborn babies. Matralia: June 11
Meditrina*       Goddess of wine and health. Meditrinalia: October 11
Mefitas* Mefitis     Goddess of poisonous vapors from the earth.  
Mellona*       Goddess and protector of bees.  
Mena*       Goddess of menstruation.  
Mens*       Goddess of the mind and consciousness. May 8
Mercury Mercurius
Merqurius
Mirqurios
Mircurios		 Hermes Turms God of trade, profit, merchants and travellers. Messenger of the gods Mercuralia: May 15
Messor*       God of agriculture and mowing. A helper of Ceres.  
Minerva   Athena Menrva Goddess of wisdom, learning, the arts, sciences, medicine, dyeing, trade, and war. Quinquatria: March 19 - 23
Quinquatrus: June 13
Mithras       God of the sun.  
Moneta*       Goddess of prosperity.  
Mors   Thanatos   God of death. Male counterpart to Libitina  
Morta       Goddess of death and one of the three Parcae.  
Mucius*       Mythical Roman youth, famous for his bravery.  
Muta*       Goddess of silence.  
Mutinus Mutunus*   Priapus   God of fertility, gardens, viniculture, sailors and fishermen.  
Naenia*       Goddess of funerals.  
Nascio*       One of many goddesses of birth, and a protector of infants.  
Necessitas       Goddess of destiny.  
Nemestrinus*       God of the woods.  
Neptune   Poseidon Nethuns God of the Sea Neptunalia: July 23
Nerio*       Ancient war goddess and the personification of valor.  
Nixi*       Goddesses associated with birth. They were called upon to protect women in labor. The name comes from nitor meaning "give birth to".  
Nodutus*       God who made knots in stalks of wheat.  
Nona*       Goddess of pregnancy. One of the Parcae with the Goddesses Morta and Decima, the Roman Fates.  
Nox       Personification of the night.  
Novensilus*       Name given to the nine great gods of Etruscan mythology.  
Nundina*       Goddess of the ninth day, on which the newborn child was given a name.  
Obarator*       God of ploughing, ruling over fertilization and seed production. A helper of Ceres.  
Occator*       God of harrowing. A helper of Ceres.  
Ops Opis
Opus		     Goddess of the fertile earth, abundance, sowing, harvest and wealth. Opalia: August 10 and December 19
Opiconsivia: August 25
Orbona*       Goddess of parents who lost their children.  
Orcus Dis Pater     God of death and the underworld. Also a god of oaths and punisher of perjurers.  
Pales*       Goddess of shepherds and flocks. Palilia: April 21
Parcae   Fates   Goddesses of fate. The Goddesses Nona, Morta and Decima make up the group. The three Parcae are also called Tria Fata.  
Partula* Parca     Goddess of childbirth. She watched over pregnancy and determined its duration  
Patalena*       Goddess of flowers.  
Paventia*       Goddess who comforted frightened children.  
Pax       Goddess of peace. January 3 and July 4
Penates       Gods of the storeroom and the household.  
Picumnus*       A god of fertility, agriculture, matrimony, infants and children. He may have been the same god as Sterquilinus.  
Picus       God of agriculture.  
Pietas*       Goddess of piety.  
Pilumnus*       Nature deity, brother of Picumnus. He ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy. His name means "staker"  
Pluto   Hades Aita King of the Dead.  
Poena* Poine     Goddess of punishment.  
Pomona*       Goddess of fruit trees and orchards. Pomonia: November 1
Portunes Portumnes
Portunus		     God of keys, doors, livestock, ports and harbors. He is the guardian of storehouses and locked doors. Portunalia: August 17
Porus*       God of plenty.  
Postverta*       Goddess of the past.  
Potina*       Goddess of children's drinks.  
Promitor*       God of fruition and the coming-to-readiness for harvest of the crops. A helper of Ceres.  
Prorsa Postverta*       Goddess of women in labor.  
Proserpina Persipina
(Libera)		 Persephone   Goddess of Spring [Season], Underworld through Hades. A life-death Deity  
Providentia*       Goddess of forethought.  
Pudicitia*       Goddess of modesty and chastity.  
Puta*       Goddess of the pruning of vines and trees.  
Quirinus*       Old Sabine war god with mysterious origins. Became very important as a figure of the state. Quirinalia: February 17
Quiritis*       Goddess of motherhood.  
Rederator*       God of the second ploughing.  
Reparator*       A helper of Ceres.  
Robigo*       Goddess of corn.  
Robigus*       God who protected corn from diseases. Robigalia: April 25
Roma*       Personification goddess of the City of Rome.  
Rumina*       Goddess of nursing mothers.  
Runcina*       Goddess of agriculture, associated with reaping and weeding.  
Rusina* Rurina     Protector of the fields and farmland.  
Sancus       God of oaths and good faith.  
Salus   Hygieia   Goddess of health and prosperity. March 30
Sarritor* Saritor     God of weeding and hoeing. A helper of Ceres.  
Saturn   Chronos   God of agriculture and the sowing of seeds. Saturday is named after him. Saturnalia: December 17
Securitas*       Goddess of security and stability.  
Semonia*       Goddess of sowing.  
Sentia*       Goddess who oversaw children's mental development.  
Serapis       God of the sky.  
Silvanus*     Selvans God of woods and fields.  
Sol Sol Indiges Helios  : God of the Sun Agonalia: December 11
Sol Invictus Deus Sol Invictus     Personification of "The undefeated sun", this was a title that applied to 3 different different divinites during the Roman Empire: Sol, El Gabal and Mithras Dies Natalis Invicti Solis: December 25
Somnus   Hypnos   God of sleep.  
Soranus*       A Sabine god later adopted by the Roman Empire.  
Sors*       God of luck.  
Spes*       Goddess of hope.  
Spiniensis*       God of thorns. People prayed to him when they removed thorny plants from their fields, as he presided over the digging out of thorn bushes and guarded the field against thorns.  
Stata Mater*       Goddess who guards against fires.  
Statina*       Guarded children as they left their parents' homes for the first time and then returned with her husband Statanus.  
Statanus* Statulinus*
Statilinus*		     Deity who presided over a child's first attempts to stand up. With his wife Statina they guarded children as they left their parents' homes for the first time and then returned.  
Stimula       Goddess who incites passion in women.  
Strenua*       Goddess of strength and vigor.  
Suadela* Suedela Peitho   Goddess of persuasion, particularly in matters of love, romance and seduction  
Subruncinator* Subrincinator     God of weeding. A helper of Ceres.  
Summanus*       God of night thunder. June 20
Tellus Tellumo*
Terra*
Terra Mater
Tellus Mater		 Gaia   Goddess of the earth, fertility and growth. Fordicia or Hordicidia: April 15
Tempestes*       Goddesses of storms.  
Terminus*       God of boundaries. Terminalia: February 23
Terra Mater*       (Mother Earth)  
Tibertus*       God of the river Anio, a tributary of the Tiber.  
Trivia   Hecate   Goddess of the crossroads, witchcraft and magic  
Vacuna*       Goddess of agriculture.  
Veiovis Vediovis   Veive God of healing. Agonalia: May 21
Venus Murcia* Aphrodite Turan Goddess of gardens and vinyards, love and beauty Verenalia: April 1
Vinalia Rustica: August 19
Veritas*       Goddess of truth.  
Verminus*       God of the cattle-worms. He was known for exposing worms and healing cows if appeased with an offering of the finest veal. His name means "worm-god"  
Vertumnus* Vortumnus
Vertimnus		     God of the changing seasons and the ripening of fruits and grains. Vertumnalia: August 13
Vervactor*       God of the first ploughing. A helper of Ceres.  
Vesta   Hestia Turan Goddess of the fire (both sacred and domestic), the hearth and home June 7 to 15
Vica Pota*       Goddess of victory.  
Victoria   Nike   Goddess of victory.  
Viduus*       God who separated the soul and the body after death.  
Virbius* Virbio     Name of the reborn Hippolytus. His cult believed that Artemis asked Asclepius to resurrect him since he had vowed chastity to the goddess.  
Viriplaca*       Goddess of marital strife.  
Virtus*       God of courage and military prowess.  
Vitumnus*       God who gave life to children in the womb.  
Volturnus*       God of the waters. The Volturno river in Campania is named after him. Volturnalia: August 27
Volumna*       Goddess who protects the nursery.  
Voluptas       Goddess of pleasure.  
Vulcan Mulciber Hephaestus Sethlans God of fire, volcanoes, iron, blacksmiths and craftsmanship Volcanalia: August 23
Vulturnus       God of the East Wind.  
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