| Minor
Gods of the Roman Pantheon (Di Indigetes) |
| Deity
|
Description |
| Abeona |
Protector of children
leaving the home. |
| Abudantia |
Goddess of luck, abundance
and prosperity. She distributed food and money from a cornucopia. |
| Adeona |
Goddess who guides
children back home. |
| Aequitas |
God of fair trade
and honest merchants. |
| Aera
Cura |
Goddess associated
with the underworld. |
| Aeternitas |
Personification of
eternity. |
| Africus |
God of the Southwest
wind. |
| Alemonia |
Goddess who feeds
unborn children. |
| Angerona |
Goddess of Secrecy
and protector of Rome. Festival Divalia or Angeronalia December 21. |
| Angita |
Goddess of Healing
and Witchcraft. |
| Anna Perenna |
Goddess of the New
Year provider of food. Her festival is March 15. |
| Antevorte |
Goddess of the future. |
| Aquilo |
God of the North Wind. |
| Aurora |
Goddess of the dawn. |
| Auster |
God of the South Wind. |
| Bona Dea |
Goddess of fertility,
healing, virginity and women. Festival May 1. |
| Camenae |
Goddesses of wells
and springs. |
| Candelifera |
Goddess of childbirth. |
| Cardea |
Goddess of thresholds
and door hinges. |
| Carmenta |
Goddess of childbirth
and prophecy. Festiva Carmentalial January 11 and 15. |
| Carnea |
Goddess of the heart
and other organs, and door handles. Festival June 1. |
| Cinxia |
Goddess of marriage. |
| Clementia |
Goddess of mercy and
clemency. |
| Cloacina |
Goddess of the Cloaca
Maxima, the system of sewers in Rome. |
| Coelus |
God of the sky. |
| Concordia |
Goddess of agreement
and understanding. |
| Conditor |
God of the harvest. |
| Consus |
God of grain storage.
Festivals Consualia August 21 and December 15. |
| Convector |
God of bringing in
of the crops from the fields. |
| Copia |
Goddess of wealth
and plenty. |
| Corus |
God of the North West
wind. |
| Cunina |
Goddess of infants. |
| Dea Dia |
Goddess of growth.
Festival in May. |
| Dea Tacita |
Goddess of the dead.
Larentalia festival on December 23. |
| Decima |
Goddess of childbirth.
With Nona and Morta she forms the Parcae (the three Fates). |
| Dia Lucrii |
Gods of profit. |
| Devera |
Goddess of brooms
used for purification. |
| Deverra |
Goddess of women in
labor and the patron of midwives |
| Disciplina |
Goddess of discipline. |
| Discordia |
Goddess of discord
and strife. |
| Dius Fidus |
God of oaths. |
| Egestes |
Goddess of poverty. |
| Empanda |
Goddess of openess,
friendliness and generosity. |
| Eventus Bonus |
God of success both
in commerce and in agriculture. |
| Fabulinus |
God who taught children
to speak. |
| Fama |
Goddess of fame and
rumor. |
| Fauna (Bona
Dea) |
Goddess of the Earth,
Mother Goddess. |
| Faunus |
God of the wilds and
fertility. He is the protector of cattle also referred to as Lupercus. Festivals
are Lupercalia on February 15 and Faunalia on December 5. |
| Faustitas |
Goddess protectress
of herds of livestock |
| Favonius |
God of the West Wind. |
| Febris |
Goddess who protected
people against fevers. |
| Felicitas |
Goddess of success. |
| Feronia |
Goddess of freedom
and good harvest. She was often worshipped by slaves to achieve their freedom.
Her festival is November 15. |
| Fides |
Goddess of faithfulness
and good faith. |
| Flora |
Goddess of Spring
and the blooming flowers. Her festival Floralia, was April 28 - May 1. |
| Fontus |
God of wells and springs.
Festival October 13 |
| Fornax |
Goddess of bread baking
and ovens. |
| Fortuna |
Goddess of fate. |
| Fulgora |
Goddess of lightning. |
| Furina |
Goddess of thieves. |
| Honos |
God of chivalry, honor
and miltary justice. |
| Indivia |
Goddess of jealousy. |
| Juturna |
Goddess of lakes,
wells and springs. Her festivals are January 11 and August 23. |
| Juventas |
Goddess of youth. |
| Lactans |
God of agriculture. |
| Lares |
Guardian spirits of
the house and fields. |
| Laverna |
Goddess of unlawful
gain and trickery. |
| Liber |
God of fertility and
nature. Festival March 17. |
| Libera |
Fertility Goddess. |
| Liberalitas |
God of generosity. |
| Libertas |
Goddess of freedom. |
| Libitina |
Goddess of funerals. |
| Lima |
Goddess of thresholds. |
| Lucifer |
God of the morning
star. |
| Lucina |
Goddess of childbirth
and midwifery. |
| Luna |
Goddess of the moon. |
| Maia |
Goddess of fertility
and Spring. |
| Maiesta |
Goddess of honor and
reverence. |
| Mania |
Goddess of the dead. |
| Manes |
Similar to the Lares,
Genii and Di Penates. They were the souls of deceased loved ones. They were
honored during the Parentalia and Feralia in February. |
| Matuta |
Goddess of the dawn,
harbors and the Sea. Patron of newborn babies. Her festival day is June
11. |
| Meditrina |
Goddess of wine and
health. Her festival is the Meditrinalia on October 11. |
| Mefitas |
Goddess of poisonous
vapors from the earth. |
| Mellona |
Goddess and protector
of bees. |
| Mena |
Goddess of menstruation. |
| Mens |
Goddess of the mind
and consciousness. Her festival is May 8. |
| Messor |
God of agriculture
and mowing. |
| Moneta |
Goddess of prosperity. |
| Mors |
God of death. |
| Morta |
Goddess of death and
one of the three Parcae. |
| Muta |
Goddess of silence.
|
| Mutinus Mutunus |
God of fertility. |
| Naenia |
Goddess of funerals. |
| Necessitas |
Goddess of destiny. |
| Nemestrinus |
God of the woods. |
| Nona |
Goddess of pregnancy.
One of the Parcae with the Goddesses Morta and Decima, the Roman Fates. |
| Nox |
Personification of
the night. |
| Nundina |
Goddess of the ninth
day, on which the newborn child was given a name. |
| Obarator |
God of ploughing. |
| Occator |
God of harrowing. |
| Orbona |
Goddess of parents
who lost their children. |
| Orcus |
God of death and the
underworld. Also a god of oaths and punisher of perjurers. |
| Pales |
Goddess of shepherds
and flocks.Her festival was the Palilia, on April 21. |
| Parcae |
Goddesses of fate.
The Goddesses Nona, Morta and Decima make up the group. The three Parcae
are also called Tria Fata. |
| Pax |
Goddess of peace.
Her festivals are January 3 and 30 and July 4. |
| Penates |
Gods of the storeroom
and the household. |
| Picus |
God of agriculture. |
| Pietas |
Goddess of piety.
|
| Poena |
Goddess of punishment. |
| Pomona |
Goddess of fruit trees
and orchards. |
| Portunes |
God of ports and harbors.
He is the guardian of storehouses and locked doors. The Portunalia were
observed on August 17 |
| Porus |
God of plenty. |
| Postverta |
Goddess of the past. |
| Potina |
Goddess of children's
drinks. |
| Priapus |
God of gardens, viniculture,
sailors and fishermen. |
| Prorsa Postverta |
Goddess of women in
labor. |
| Providentia |
Goddess of forethought. |
| Pudicitia |
Goddess of modesty
and chastity. |
| Puta |
Goddess of the pruning
of vines and trees. |
| Quirinus |
Old Sabine god with
mysterious origins. Became very important as a figure of the state. His
festival, the Quirinalia, was celebrated on February 17. |
| Quiritis |
Goddess of motherhood. |
| Robigo |
Goddess of corn. |
| Robigus |
God who protected
corn from diseases. His festival, the Robigalia, took place on April 25.
|
| Roma |
Personified Goddess
of the City of Rome. |
| Rumina |
Goddess of nursing
mothers. |
| Sancus |
God of oaths and good
faith. |
| Saritor |
God of weeding and
hoeing. |
| Securitas |
Goddess of security
and stability. |
| Semonia |
Goddess of sowing. |
| Sors |
God of luck. |
| Spes |
Goddess of hope. |
| Stata Mater |
Goddess who guards
against fires. |
| Stimula |
Goddess who incites
passion in women. |
| Strenua |
Goddess of strength
and vigor. |
| Suadela |
Goddess of persuasion,
especially in matters of love. |
| Subrincinator |
God of weeding. |
| Summanus |
God of night thunder.
His festival is June 20. |
| Tempestes |
Goddesses of storms. |
| Terminus |
Terminus was the god
of boundaries. Festival February 23. |
| Terra Mater |
(Mother Earth) Goddess
of fertility and growth. She was worshipped on April 15 in the Fordicia. |
| Trivia |
Goddess of the crossroads. |
| Vacuna |
Goddess of agriculture. |
| Veritas |
Goddess of truth. |
| Vertumnus |
God of the changing
seasons and the ripening of fruits and grains. |
| Viduus |
God who separated
the soul and the body after death. |
| Viriplacaa |
Goddess of marital
strife. |
| Virtus |
God of courage and
military prowess. |
| Vitumnus |
God who gave life
to children in the womb. |
| Volturnus |
God of the waters.
His festival was the Volturnalia on August 27. |
| Volumna |
Goddess who protects
the nursery. |
| Vulturnus |
God of the East Wind. |