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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Rosmerta

Rosmerta was a fertility goddess. Rosmerta was depicted as a woman carrying basket of fruit, possibly a Cornucopia, which suggests that she was a goddess of abundance. She was sometimes seen carrying a two-headed axe.

Rosmerta was the wife of Mercury. Rosmerta was associated with Maia, who was the mother of Mercury. Rosmerta was popular in Gaul (France).

Rosmerta

Rosmerta
Statue
Clermont-Ferrand, France

Rosmerta of Champoulet-Loiret

Rosmerta of Champoulet
Statue found Champoulet-Loiret
Museum of St-Germain-en-Laye, France

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Rosmerta – "Great Provider".

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Gallic Deities:

  • • Abellio
  • • Abnoba
  • • Aericura
  • • Alisanos
  • • Ancamma
  • • Andarta
  • • Arduinna
  • • Artaius and Artio
  • • Aveta
  • • Belenus
  • • Borvo
  • • Brigindo
  • • Camulos
  • • Cathubodua
  • • Cernunnos
  • • Epona
  • • Esus
  • • genius cucullatus
  • • Grannus
  • • Lenus
  • • Lugus
  • • Matres
  • • Nantosuelta
  • • Nehalennia
  • • Nemausius
  • • Ogmios
  • • Rigisamus
  • • Ritona
  • • Rosmerta
  • • Rudiobus
  • • Sequana
  • • Sirona
  • • Smetrios
  • • Sucellus
  • • Taranis
  • • Tarvus Trigaranus
  • • Teutates
  • • Vosegus
Ceres

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 counterpart. Ceres was the mother of Proserpina (Greek Persephone ) by Jupiter (Zeus). Ovid wrote t...

September 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Matres

Matres

Matres was a triad of mother goddesses, worshipped through much of Continental Europe, especially around the Rhine regions. There were numerous images and figurines of the mother goddesses, such as carrying or suckling children. They were also see...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Ceres

Ceres

Ceres: Myth of the Goddess of Grains Ceres, goddess of grains, is the Roman equivalent of Demeter in Greek mythology, and was the goddess of agriculture and harvest . She was the patron of farmers, and the goddess of the plebian, or working-class....

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Felicitas

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, there was no myth associated with her.

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Nerthus

Nerthus

Nerthus: Mother Earth Goddess Nerthus, goddess of peace and prosperity as well as fertility, was part of the Norse pantheon. She was worshipped in Scandinavia as well as other Germanic areas. She was connected to Njord, god of the sea and waters, ...

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Nantosuelta

Nantosuelta

Nantosuelta was the Gallic goddess of nature, the valley and streams. She was the consort of Sucellus , the god of fertility or prosperity. The Gaul craftsmen depicted Nantosuelta holding a pole topped with a dove-cote. Nantosuelta was a mother go...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Menrva

Menrva

Goddess of art and war. The Roman goddess Minerva was probably derived from Menrva. Many of Menrva's attributes were derived from Athena , but she was also different from the Greek goddess. Where Athena was essentially a virgin goddess, Menrva was...

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Fortuna

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 ball, indicating the uncertainty of chance, fortune or fate. Fortuna was originally a fertility goddes...

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Ops

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 worshipped by the early Romans, along with the chthonian god Consus in a temple called Regia. Her festival ...

September 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Bona Dea (Fauna)

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 Aventine Hill. Her festival was held on May 1. As Fauna, she was the goddess of vegetation and fertilit...

September 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe

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