Roman deity

Examples:

show 27 examples...

hide 27 examples...

Urania

goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

Mors

(Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos

Mars

(Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares

Diana

(Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis

Minerva

(Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena

Saturn

(Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus

Ceres

(Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter

Night

Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

Cupid

(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros

Sol

(Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios

Vulcan

(Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus

Mercury

(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes

Janus

(Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head

Juno

(Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera

Vesta

(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia

Victoria

(Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike

Faunus

(Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan

Neptune

(Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon

Proserpina

goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone

Orcus

god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto

Luna

(Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene

Aurora

(Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos

Tellus

(Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea

Fortuna

(Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche

Jupiter

(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus

Ops

(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor

Silvanus

(Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart

Types:

faun

ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

Parcae

any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns

Type of:

deity, divinity, god, immortal

any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force