Roman Gods
| Gods of the Roman Pantheon Adopted From Other Cultures |
| Deity |
Origin |
Description |
| Asclepius |
Greek |
God of healing. |
| Attis |
Phrygian |
God of growth, fertility and vegetation. |
| Bacchus |
Greek (Dionysos) |
God of wine. |
| Bellona |
Greek (Enyo), or Etruscan |
Goddess of war and battles. Her festivals were celebrated on March 24
(the Dies Sanguinis, the Day of Blood) and June 3. |
| Bubona |
Celt (Epona) |
Goddess of horses and cattle. |
| Ceres |
Greek (Demeter) |
Goddess of corn, agriculture and grain. Festivals: February 2, April 1
and 11-19, August 23, September 1, October 4-5, November 8, and December
3. |
| Cupid |
Greek |
God of love. |
| Cybele |
Phrygian (Magna Mater in Latin) |
The Great Mother. |
| Dis |
Greek (Pluto) |
God of the underworld and treasure in the form of gems and metals of the
earth. |
| Endovelicus |
Iberian Celt Hispania |
The god of health and welfare. |
| Faunus |
Greek (Pan) |
God of the wilds and
fertility. Festivals are Lupercalia on February 15 and Faunalia on December
5. |
| Furies |
Greek (Erinyes) |
Goddesses of Vengeance. |
| Hercules |
Greek (Herakles) |
God of victory and commercial enterprise. |
| Isis |
Egyptian |
Goddess of the earth. |
| Janus |
Italii, Latin or Etruscan (Ani) |
God of gates, doors, beginnings and endings. He was worshipped at the
beginning of the harvest, the beginning of planting, at marriages, at births,
etc. The month of January is named after him. |
| Mithras |
Persian |
God of the sun. |
| Ops |
Greek |
Goddess of the fertile earth, abundance, sowing, harvest and wealth. One
of her festivals was on August 10, another festival was the Opalia, which
was observed on December 9. The Opeconsiva, on August 25 was her primary
festival, but was participated in only by her priests and the Vestal Virgins. |
| Salus |
Greek (Hygieia) |
Goddess of health and prosperity. Festival was celebrated on March 30. |
| Serapis |
Egyptian |
God of the sky. |
| Saturn |
Greek (Chronos) |
God of agriculture and the sowing of seeds. Saturnalia began on December
17 and lasted for seven days. During this festival, businesses closed and
gifts were exchanged. Saturday is named after him. |
| Silvanus |
Greek (Pan) |
God of woods and fields. |
| Sol |
Greek (Helios) |
God of the sun. |
| Sol Invictus |
Syrian |
God of the sun. |
| Somnus |
Greek (Hypnos) |
God of sleep. |
| Tellus |
Greek (Gaia) |
Goddess of the earth. Fordicidia, held on April 15 was her festival. |
| Veiovis |
Etruscan (Veive) |
God of healing. |
| Victoria |
Greek (Nike) |
Goddess of victory. |
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Did you know? The Romans had many gods and goddesses. Most of these were the same ones that the ancient Greeks worshipped, except that they had different names.
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