Salus
Salus was the Roman goddess of health. She was identified with Hygeia. Nothing more is known about Salus except that her festival was held on March 30.
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
Sulis
Goddess of healing springs. Sulis is actually a Latin name for the British goddess. The Romans identified her as the Gaulish Minerva, and she was known as Sulis Minerva. Her city was named after her as Aquae Sulis, which is modern Bath. Because of...
May 13th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
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.
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
Gula Goddess: The Healing Goddess of the Ancient World
The Gula goddess was the ancient civilizations’ divinity of good health and strength. You must know that, for the ancient people, health is humanity’s treasure. This prompted them to develop scientific and mythical ways to explain and promote heal...
January 11th, 2022
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Timeless Myths
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
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
Pales
The Roman pastoral goddess. Pales was the goddess of the pasture, and of flocks and herds. Her festival was held on April 21.
September 10th, 2000
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Jimmy Joe
Lenus
Lenus was the Celtic god of healing, worshipped by the Celts throughout Continental Europe, but particularly by the Treveri, where inscriptions were found. The Romans later adopted Lenus, calling him Lenus Mars.
November 3rd, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Ocelus
Ocelus was a Romano-Celtic god of healing. Ocelus was usually associated with the Roman god Mars (Ares).
May 13th, 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
Sirona
Goddess of healing springs. Judging by the number of sites dedicated to Sirona, from Brittany in the west to Hungary in the east, she was a popular goddess. Artefacts have been found where she was depicted alone or with the god Grannus (Apollo Gra...
November 3rd, 1999
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Jimmy Joe