Fornax
Fornax was the Roman goddess of bread-making. Nothing else is known about her, except that her festival was held on February 17, on the same day that was sacred to Quirinus.
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
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
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 goddess...
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
Vesta
Vesta: Goddess of Hearth and Home Vesta, goddess of hearth and home, presided over domestic life and domestic tranquility. She was the goddess of family life, marriage, raising of children, and of course, the hearth. She was one of the most import...
April 2nd, 2002
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Timeless Myths
Vesta
The Roman goddess of the hearth and the hearth fire. Vesta was identified with Hestia, the Greek goddess of the hearth. Vesta had public and private functions. In the private household, she was worshipped along with the Penates and the Lares. In p...
September 10th, 2000
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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
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
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
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. ...
April 2nd, 2002
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Timeless Myths
Vulcan
Vulcan was the Roman god of fire and the volcano. Vulcan had two epithets – Mulciber and Quietus. Vulcan was identified with the Greek god Hephaestus, inheriting his attributes. His Etruscan counterpart was Sethlans. Vulcan became the metal-smith ...
September 10th, 2000
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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 as a sister or wife of Mars (Ares). Whatever her relationship was with Mars, she rode in a chariot wi...
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe