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.
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
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
Nethuns
God of fresh water. Nethuns has been identified with Neptune, who was also originally a god of wells and springs, before the Roman god inherited the attribute of the Greek sea god, Poseidon.
August 29th, 2004
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Jimmy Joe
Grannus
Grannus was the Romano-Celtic god of healing and the spring. Grannus was widely worshipped in Continental Europe. Mineral springs in Brittany, Aix-la-Chapelle, Grand (Vosges, eastern France), and Trier (in Germany) were all sacred to Grannus. Ther...
November 3rd, 1999
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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 trees were sacred to Egeria.
September 10th, 2000
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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 flocks. Roman art always seemed to portray him as a satyr-like god, and he seemed to resemble Pan. His fe...
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
Janus
Roman god of passage, gates and doorways. Janus was also the god of agriculture, particularly sowing time. Janus was one of the earliest deities worshipped at the time of Romulus. Janus was depicted as a god with two faces, facing opposite directi...
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
Borvo
Borvo was the Gallic god of healing. Borvo was also identified with therapeutic springs and mineral baths.
November 3rd, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
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 was the consort of Zephyrus, god of the west wind. Legends said that it was Titus Tatius who introduc...
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
Nemausius
Nemausius was a Romano-Celtic god of the sacred spring at Nimes, in southern France. Nimes was the capital of one of the Gallic tribes who lived in the region around the spring.
November 3rd, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Vertumnus and Pomona
Vertumnus was the Roman god of the garden and the orchard. Vertumnus was probably a god of Etruscan origin, named Voltumna. His consort named Pomona had similar functions. Pomona was the goddess of the garden and the orchard. The two deities had t...
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe