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Penates
The Penates were household gods that were honoured along with Lares and Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. The Penates were gods of provision or the...
By Jimmy Joe
Roman Deities
Roman Deities Personifications Household Guardians Greek Equivalents The religion of the Romans underwent several evolutionary changes throughout t...
By Jimmy Joe
Fontus
The god of spring. Fontus was the son of Janus, the god of passages, and of Juturna, the goddess of spring. His festival, known as Fontalia, was he...
By Jimmy Joe
Juturna
The goddess of spring. Juturna was the daughter of Daunus, king of Rutulia, and of Venilia. Juturna was the sister of Turnus, her father's successo...
By Jimmy Joe
Pax
Pax was more of a spirit of peace than a goddess. The Romans often used the name of Pax during a certain period of Rome's greatest extent of their ...
By Jimmy Joe
Felicitas
Felicitas was the Roman goddess of good luck and of agricultural prosperity. A temple was built to her as early as the second century BC. However, ...
By Jimmy Joe
Fortuna
The Roman god of chance or fortune. Fortuna was the Roman equivalent of Tyche, the Greek goddess of fortune. Fortuna was depicted standing on a bal...
By Jimmy Joe
Salus
Salus was the Roman goddess of health. She was identified with Hygeia. Nothing more is known about Salus except that her festival was held on March...
By Jimmy Joe
Egeria
The Roman goddess of the fountains and childbirth. Her worship was established during the reign of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome. The oak...
By Jimmy Joe
Pales
The Roman pastoral goddess. Pales was the goddess of the pasture, and of flocks and herds. Her festival was held on April 21.
By Jimmy Joe
Oneiroi (Dreams)
The Oneiroi or Dreams were the children of either Nox (Nyx), the goddess of night, or Somnus (Hypnos), the god of sleep. The Oneiroi were Icelos or...
By Jimmy Joe
Somnus
Somnus was the Roman god of sleep. Somnus was known to the Greeks as Hypnos. Somnus was said to have a thousand sons, including the Oneiroi (Dreams...
By Jimmy Joe
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