List of Gods and Goddesses

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Aa
• Abeona - a goddess who protected children the first time they left their parents' home, safeguarding their first steps alone
• Abundantia - goddess of good fortune, abundance, and prosperity
• Acca Larentia - goddess of cornfields. A mythological figure who started out as mortal but was later deified.
• Acis - river god near the Etna, son of Faunus and the nymph Symaethis
• Adeona - goddess who protected children as they returned home
• Aeolus - god of storms and winds,
• Aerecura - goddess associated with the underworld
• Aequitas - goddess of fair trade and honest merchants
• Aesculapius - god of health and medicine
• Aeternitas - goddess and personification of eternity
• Alemonia or Alemona - goddess responsible for nourishing the unborn child
• Angerona - goddess who relieved men from pain and sorrow
• Angita - early goddess of healing, magic and witchcraft. May be the same as Angitia
• Angitia - goddess associated with snakes, later goddess and derived from Angita 
• Anna Perenna - early goddess of the "circle of the year", her festival was celebrated March 15
• Antevorta - goddess of the future and one of the Camenae; also called Porrima
• Apollo - god of poetry, music, and oracles, and one of the Dii Consentes
• Arimanius - an underworld god derived from the Greek Areimanios.
• Aurora - goddess of the dawn
• Averna - goddess of the underworld. May be equivalent to Proserpina
• Averruncus - god of childbirth. Averts calamity, whilst bringing good fortune

Bb
• Bacchus - god of wine, sensual pleasures, and truth, identical to Liber and the Greek Dionysus.
• Bellona or Duellona - war goddess
• Bona Dea - goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women. Also known as Fauna
• Bonus Eventus - personification of a good event
• Bromius - an epithet, Greek in origin, of Bacchus, god of wine
• Bubona - goddess of cattle

Cc
• Caca - originally an ancient hearth goddess, later demoted to a minor figure in mythology and replaced by Vesta.
• Cacus - originally an ancient god of fire, later demoted to a giant.
• Caelus - god of the sky
• Camenae - four goddesses with various attributes including fresh water, prophecy, and childbirth. There were four of them: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta.
• Candelifera - goddess of childbirth, particularly of bringing the newborn into the light
• Cardea - goddess of health, thresholds and after being assigned by Janus, door hinges and handles.
• Carmenta - goddess of childbirth and prophecy, and assigned a flamen minor. The leader of the Camenae.
• Carmentes - two goddesses of childbirth: Antevorta and Postvorta or • Porrima, future and past.
• Carna - goddess who presided over • the heart and other organs
• Ceres - goddess of the harvest and mother of Proserpina, one of the Dii Consentes, was assigned a flamen minor
• Cinxia - goddess of marriage; name occurs as an epithet of Juno
• Clementia - goddess of forgiveness and mercy
• Clitunno - god of the Clitunno River
• Cloacina - goddess who presided over the system of sewers in Rome; identified with Venus
• Collatina - goddess of hills
• Concordia: goddess of agreement, understanding, and marital harmony
• Consus - chthonic god protecting grain storage
• Convector - god who oversaw the bringing in of the crops from the field
• Cuba - goddess of infants who was invoked by mothers to help their babies sleep
• Cunina - the protectress of infants in cradles
• Cupid - Roman god of love. The son of Venus. Greek name is Eros
• Cura - goddess of care and concern who created humans from clay
• Cybele - a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals

Dd
• Dea Dia - goddess of growth
• Dea Tacita (The Silent Goddess) - goddess of the dead; later equated with the earth goddess Larenta
• Decima - minor goddess and one of the Parcae (Roman equivalent of the Moirae). The measurer of the thread of life, her Greek equivalent was Lachesis
• Dei Lucrii - early gods of wealth, profit, commerce and trade. They were later subsumed by Mercury
• Devera or Deverra - goddess who ruled over the brooms used to purify temples in preparation for various worship services, sacrifices and celebrations; she protected midwives and women in labor
• Diana - goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo and one of the Dii Consentes
• Diana Nemorensis - Local version of Diana
• Dius Fidus - god of oaths, associated with Jupiter
• Disciplina - personification of discipline
• Discordia - goddess of discord. Greek equivalent is Eris
• Dis Pater or Dispater - god of wealth and the underworld, later subsumed by 
• Domiduca - goddess of protecting children on the way back to their parents' home
• Domiducus - god who brought brides to their husbands' houses.
• Domitius or Domidius - god who kept wives in their husbands' homes

Ee
• Edusa - goddess of nourishment who guarded over children as they learned to eat solid foods
• Edesia - goddess of food who presided over banquets
• Egeria - water nymph/goddess, later considered one the Camenae
• Empanda or Panda - goddess of generosity and charity
• Epona - protector of horses, donkeys, mules
• Eventus Bonus - god of success in agriculture and commerce.

Ff
• Fabulinus - god of children, the god responsible for teaching children to speak
• Falacer - obscure god. He was assigned a flamen minor.
• Fama - goddess of fame and rumor.
• Fascinus - phallic god who protected from evil supernatural influences
• Fauna - goddess of vegetation. Also a title of other vegetative goddesses such as Bona Dea, Ops, and Terra.
• Faunus - god of flocks.
• Faustitas - goddess who protected herd and livestock
• Febris - goddess who protected people against fevers and malaria
• Fecunditas - goddess of fertility.
• Felicitas - goddess of good luck and success.
• Ferentina - patron goddess of the city Ferentinum, Latium, protector of the Latin commonwealth.
• Feronia - rural goddess of woods and fountains.
• Fessonia - goddess who relieved weariness
• Fides - goddess of loyalty
• Flora - goddess of flowers, was assigned a flamen minor
• Fornax - goddess of hearths and ovens
• Fontus - god of wells and springs
• Forculus - god of doors
• Fortuna - goddess of luck
• Fraus - goddess of treachery. Her Greek equivalent was Apate
• Fulgora - personification of lightning.
• Furrina - goddess whose functions are mostly unknown; may be associated with water. One source claims she was a goddess of robbers and thieves. She was assigned a flamen minor. Name could also be Furina.

Gg
• Glycon - snake god. His cult originated in Macedonia.
• Gratiae - Roman term for the Charites or Graces

Hh
• Hercules - god of strength, whose worship was derived from the Greek hero Heracles
• Hermus - a river god with a sanctuary at Sardis
• Hespera - goddess of dusk
• Hilaritas - goddess of rejoicing and good humor
• Honos - god of military honours, chivalry and as once source claims, military justice
• Hora - Quirinus' wife
• Hostilina - goddess who presided over the ears of crops becoming even

Ii
• Imporcitor - god responsible for the harrowing of the fields. Minor attendant of Ceres
• Indiges - the deified Aeneas
• Insitor - god responsible for the sowing of crops
• Intercidona - minor goddess of childbirth; invoked to keep evil spirits away from the child; symbolised by a cleaver
• Inuus - god of fertility and sexual intercourse, protector of livestock
• Invidia - goddess of envy or jealousy

Jj
• Janus - double-faced or two-headed god of beginnings and endings and of doors
• Jugatinus - god of mountain ranges
• Juno - Queen of the Gods and goddess of matrimony, and one of the Dii Consentes
• Jupiter - King of the Gods and the storm, air, and sky god, father of Venus, and one of the Dii Consentes; was assigned a flamen maior
• Justitia - goddess of justice
• Juturna- goddess of fountains, wells, and springs
• Juventas - goddess of youth

Ll
• Lactanus or Lactans - god that made the crops prosper or "yield milk"
• Larentina - goddess of death
• Lares - household gods
• Laverna - patroness of thieves, con men and charlatans
• Levana - goddess of the rite through which fathers accepted newborn babies as their own
• Liber - a god of male fertility, viniculture and freedom, assimilated to Roman Bacchus and Greek Dionysus
• Libera - Liber's female equivalent, assimilated to Roman Proserpina and Greek Persephone.
• Liberalitas - goddess or personification of generosity
• Libertas - goddess or personification of freedom
• Libitina - goddess of death, corpses and funerals
• Lima - goddess of thresholds
• Limentinus - god of lintels
• Lua - goddess to whom soldiers sacrificed captured weapons, probably a consort of Saturn
• Lucina - goddess of childbirth. The name occurs as a surname of Juno.
• Luna - goddess of the moon
• Lupercus - god of shepherds; a name for the Greek god Pan.

Mm
• Mana Genita - goddess who presided over burials, mother or leader of the manes
• Manes - the souls of the dead; came to be seen as household deities
• Mania - goddess of the dead and ruler of the underworld, wife of Mantus. Not to be confused with the Greek figure of the same name.
• Mantus - god of the dead and ruler of the underworld, husband of Mania.
• Mars - god of war and father of Romulus, the founder of Rome, lover of Venus, and one of the Dii Consentes, was assigned a flamen maior
• Mater Matuta - goddess of dawn and childbirth; also seen as patroness of mariners
• Meditrina - goddess of healing, introduced to account for the festival of Meditrinalia
• Mefitis or Mephitis - goddess and personification of poisonous gases and volcanic vapours.
• Mellona or Mellonia - goddess of bees and beekeeping
• Mercury - messenger of the gods and bearer of souls to the underworld, and one of the Dii Consentes
• Messia - a harvest goddess
• Messor - minor agricultural god concerned with the growth and harvesting of crops; attendant of Ceres.
• Minerva - goddess of wisdom, war and the arts, and one of the Dii Consentes
• Mithras - god worshipped in the Roman empire; popular with soldiers
• Molae - daughters of Mars, probably goddesses of grinding of the grain.
• Moneta - minor goddess of memory, equivalent to the Greek Mnemosyne. Also used as an epithet of Juno.
• Mors - personification of death and equivalent of the Greek Thanatos.
• Morta - minor goddess of death and one of the Parcae (Roman equivalent of the Moirae). The cutter of the thread of life, her Greek equivalent was Atropos.
• Murcia or Murtia - a little-known goddess who was associated with the myrtle, and in other sources was called a goddess of sloth and laziness (both interpretations arising from false etymologies of her name). Later equated with Venus in the form of Venus Murcia.
• Muta - goddess of silence
• Mutunus Tutunus - god of fertility

Nn
• Naenia - goddess of funerary lament
• Necessitas - goddess of destiny, the Roman equivalent of Ananke
• Nemestrinus - god of woods and forests
• Neptune - god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, and one of the Dii Consentes. Greek Equivalent is Poseidon.
• Nerio - ancient war goddess and the personification of valor
• Neverita - wife of Neptune; their quarrels caused sea storms.
• Nixi, also di nixi, dii nixi, or Nixae - goddesses of childbirth, called upon to protect women in labour
• Nodutus - god who made knots in stalks of wheat
• Nona - minor goddess, one of the Parcae (Roman equivalent of the Moirae). The spinner of the thread of life, her Greek equivalent was Clotho.
• Nox - goddess of night, derived from the Greek Nyx.

Oo
• Obarator - minor god of agriculture. Responsible for overseeing the top-dressing of crops.
• Occator - minor agricultural god responsible for the growth and harvesting of the crops; attendant of Ceres.
• Orchadis - minor god responsible for the olive groves; attendant of Ceres.
• Ops or Opis - goddess of fertility
• Orbona - goddess of children, especially orphans. She granted new children to those who had become childless
• Orcus - a god of the underworld and punisher of broken oaths

Pp
• Palatua - obscure goddess who guarded the Palatine Hill. She was assigned a flamen minor.
• Pales - deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock
• Parcae - personifications of destiny (Nona, Decima, and Morta)
• Partula or Parca - goddess of childbirth; determined the length of pregnancy.
• Patelana - goddess of opening husks of grain
• Paventia - goddess who comforted frightened children
• Pax - goddess of peace; equivalent of Greek Eirene.
• Pellonia - goddess who warded people off their enemies
• Penates or Di Penates - household gods
• Picumnus - minor god of fertility, agriculture, matrimony, infants and children
• Pietas - goddess of duty; personification of the Roman virtue pietas.
• Pilumnus - minor guardian god, concerned with the protection of infants at birth
• Pluto - Pluto a name given to him by the Romans from Greek myths, he is the King of the Dead, and of the underworld.
• Poena - goddess of punishment
• Pomona - goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards; assigned a flamen minor
• Porus - god and personification of plenty
• Porrima - goddess of the future. Also called Antevorta. One of the Carmentes and the Camenae
• Portunes - god of keys, doors, and livestock, he was assigned a flamen minor.
• Postverta - goddess of the past and one of the two Carmentes (other being Porrima)
• Potina - goddess of children's drinks
• Priapus - localised god of the shade; worship derived from the Greek Priapus
• Promitor - minor agricultural god, responsible for the growth and harvesting of crops; attendant of Ceres.
• Prorsa Postverta - goddess of women in labor
• Proserpina - Queen of the Dead and a grain-goddess, the Roman equivalent of the Greek Persephone
Providentia - goddess of forethought
• Pudicitia - goddess and personification of chastity, one of the Roman virtues. Her Greek equivalent was Aidôs.
• Puta - goddess of pruning vines and bushes

Qq
• Quirinus, Sabine god identified with Mars; Romulus, the founder of Rome, was deified as Quirinus after his death. Quirinus was a war god and a god of the Roman people and state, and was assigned a flamen maior.
• Quiritis - goddess of motherhood. Originally Sabine or pre-Roman, she was later equated with Juno.

Rr
• Redarator - minor god of agriculture, associated with the second ploughing
• Robigo or Robigus, a god or goddess who personified grain disease and protected crops
• Roma - personification of the Roman state
• Rumina - goddess who protected breastfeeding mothers
• Runcina - minor goddess of agriculture, associated with reaping and weeding.
• Rusina - protector of the fields or farmland (also known as Rurina)
• Rusor - a minor agricultural god and attendant of Ceres

Ss
• Salacia- goddess of seawater, wife of Neptune
• Salus - goddess of the public welfare of the Roman people; came to be equated with the Greek Hygieia
• Sancus - god of loyalty, honesty, and oaths
• Sarritor or Saritor - minor god of agriculture, god of hoeing and weeding
• Saturn - a titan, god of harvest and agriculture, the father of Jupiter, Neptune, Juno, and Pluto
• Secia - a harvest goddess
• Securita or Securitas - goddess of security, especially the security of the Roman empire
• Segetia - an agricultural goddess
• Semonia - goddess of sowing
• Sentia - goddess who oversaw children's mental development
• Setia - an agricultural goddess
• Silvanus - minor god of woodlands and forests
• Sol Invictus - sun god
• Somnus - god of sleep; equates with the Greek Hypnos.
• Soranus - a god later subsumed by Apollo in the form Apollo Soranus.
• Sors - god of luck
• Spes - goddess of hope
• Spiniensis - minor agricultural god; prayed to when removing thorny bushes
• Stata Mater - goddess who protected against fires. Sometimes equated with Vesta
• Statina - goddess who, along with her husband Statanus, protected the childred as they left home for the first time and returned.
• Sterquilinus ("manure") - god of fertilisation. Also known as Stercutus, Sterculius, Straculius, Struculius.
• Strenua or Strenia - goddess of strength and endurance
• Suadela - goddess of persuasion, her Greek equivalent was Peitho
• Subigus - god of the wedding night
• Summanus - god of nocturnal thunder

Tt
Tempestas - goddess of storms
• Terra Mater or Tellus - goddess of the earth and land
• Terminus - the rustic god of boundaries
• Tiberinus - river god; deity of the Tiber river.
• Tibertus - god of the river Anio, a tributary of the Tiber
• Tranquillitas - goddess of peace and tranquility
• Trivia - goddess of crossroads and magic, equated with Hecate
• Tutelina - a harvest goddess

Uu
• Ubertas - minor agricultural goddess, associated with prosperity
• Unxia - minor goddess of marriage, concerned with anointing the bridegroom's door. The name occurs as a surname of Juno.
• Uranus - god of the sky before Jupiter (Greek)

Vv
• Vacuna - ancient goddess who protected the farmers' sheep and was later identified with Nike - Goddess of Victory and worshipped as a war goddess.
• Vagitanus - minor god of children, guardian of the infant's first cry at birth
• Vallonia - goddess of valleys
• Vediovus or Veiovis - obscure god, a sort of anti-Jupiter, as the meaning of his name suggests. May be a god of the underworld
• Venilia - goddess of the sea and wind, wife of Neptune or Faunus
• Venti - the winds, equivalent to the Greek Anemoi. North wind: Aquilo(n) or Septentrio; South wind: Auster; East wind: Vulturnus; West wind: Favonius; North west wind: Caurus or Corus.
• Venus - goddess of love and beauty, mother of the hero Aeneas, and one of the Dii Consentes
• Veritas - goddess and personification of the Roman virtue of veritas or truth.
• Verminus - god of cattle worms
Vertumnus, Vortumnus or Vertimnus - god of the seasons, and of gardens and fruit trees
• Vervactor - minor agricultural god, deity of the first ploughing
• Vesta - goddess of the hearth and the Roman state, and one of the Dii Consentes
• Vica Pota - goddess of victory and competitions
• Victoria - goddess of victory
• Viduus - god who separated soul and body after death
• Virbius - a forest god, the reborn Hippolytus
• Viriplaca - goddess of marital strife
• Virtus - god or goddess of military strength, personification of the Roman virtue of virtus
• Volturnus - god of water, was assigned a flamen minor.
• Volumna - goddess of nurseries
• Voluptas - goddess of pleasure
• Volutina - goddess of the envelopes of the follicles of crops
• Vulcan - god of the forge, fire, and blacksmiths, husband to Venus, and one of the Dii Consentes, was assigned a flamen minor