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Flora
The Roman goddess of flowers. Flora was also the goddess of the season of spring and fertility. Her name was given to all flowering plants. Flora w...
By Jimmy Joe
Silvanus
Silvanus was the Roman god of the woodland and agriculture. Originally Silvanus' duties were confined to the woods and forests. Later, Silvanus beg...
By Jimmy Joe
Bona Dea (Fauna)
Bona Dea means the "Good Goddess". Bona Dea was often called Fauna. Bona Dea was the goddess of women. Men were excluded from her temple on the Ave...
By Jimmy Joe
Faunus
The Roman god of the woodland. Faunus was the son of Picus and grandson of Saturn. Faunus was also the god of the fertility of the fields and flock...
By Jimmy Joe
Picus
Picus was a minor woodland god. The woodpecker was named after him. Picus was in love with a nymph named Canens, whom he was betrothed to, but the ...
By Jimmy Joe
Bellona
Roman goddess of war. Bellona was identified with Enyo, the Greek goddess of war. Her original name was Duellona. Bellona was sometimes described a...
By Jimmy Joe
Liber
Liber was originally the god of husbandry and crops. Liber became the god of wine when they identified him with Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and...
By Jimmy Joe
Proserpina
Queen of the Underworld and the goddess of spring. Proserpina was completely identical to the Greek goddess Persephone. Proserpina was the daughter...
By Jimmy Joe
Ceres
The Roman goddess of corn. Ceres was also a mother-goddess as well as the goddess of fertility. Ceres was indistinguishable from Demeter, her Greek...
By Jimmy Joe
Consus
Consus was a rather obscure god who was probably a chthonian god. Consus was normally worshipped along with the goddess Ops (Greek Rhea) at the Ave...
By Jimmy Joe
Ops
Ops was the Roman goddess of plenty. Ops was probably a mother-goddess and the goddess of fertility. As the goddess of the harvest, Ops was worship...
By Jimmy Joe
Saturn
Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. Saturn was identified with the Greek god Cronus, the chief of the Titans. Unlike in the Greek myths where ...
By Jimmy Joe
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