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 trees were sacred to Egeria.
By Jimmy Joe
Roman Deities:
- • Jupiter
- • Mars
- • Quirinus
- • Juno
- • Minerva
- • Mercury
- • Janus
- • Diana
- • Venus
- • Cupid (Amor)
- • Vulcan
- • Neptune
- • Pluto (Dis)
- • Tellus (Terra Mater)
- • Saturn
- • Ops
- • Consus
- • Ceres
- • Proserpina
- • Liber
- • Bellona
- • Picus
- • Faunus
- • Bona Dea (Fauna)
- • Silvanus
- • Flora
- • Pales
- • Vertumnus and Pomona
- • Fornax
- • Egeria
- • Salus
- • Somnus
- • Oneiroi (Dreams)
- • Fortuna
- • Felicitas
- • Pax
- • Juturna
- • Fontus
- • Vesta
- • Penates
- • Lares
Nemetona
Nemetona was the goddess of the grove or sacred grove. Nemetona was usually associated with healing springs, like Coventina and Sulis. Nemetona was popular in the city of Bath, known as Aquae Sulis during the Roman period, where several images can...
May 13th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
Abnoba
Abnoba was a goddess of the forest and the rivers. Abnoba was a Romano-Celtic goddess who was popular in the Black Forest (in Germany).
November 3rd, 1999
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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 held on October 13.
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
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, ...
April 2nd, 2002
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Timeless Myths
Nerthus
Nerthus was an ancient Germanic earth goddess. She was known since the time of the Roman Empire. Tacitus, the Roman historian in 1st-2nd century AD, identified Nerthus with the Roman goddess Terra Mater. Nerthus was a popular goddess since she was...
October 10th, 2000
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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 successor and archenemy of Aeneas. By the god Janus, Juturna was the mother of Fontus, the god of spring. He...
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
Arnemetia
Arnemetia was a Romano-Celtic water goddess. Not much is known about Arnemetia, since there are very few inscriptions about her.
May 13th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
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 Merc...
November 3rd, 1999
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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 Aventine Hill. Her festival was held on May 1. As Fauna, she was the goddess of vegetation and fertilit...
September 10th, 2000
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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 counterpart. Ceres was the mother of Proserpina (Greek Persephone) by Jupiter (Zeus). Ovid wrote th...
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe