![]() Laverna is associated with the Roman Goddess Furina (also a goddess of thieves) who in turn is associated by some with the Furies. Modern scholars say she was probably an Etruscan underworld goddess but no one seems to be sure which one. Aeracura (Erecura), CuraĪncient cultures revered the goddess Erecura, often spelled Aerecura, who is commonly portrayed as descended from the Celts.This week’s tribute (#7) is to the goddess, Laverna, the Roman goddess of thieves, frauds, plagiarists, hypocrites and ne’er-do-wells. AequitasĪequitas served as a divine personification in the Roman Empire and was a part of the emperor’s religious propaganda. ![]() AcisĪcis was the god of the river Acis which flows through Etna. She raised and later adopted Romulus, the founder of Rome. Acca LarentiaĪcca Larentia was a fertility goddess. Adeona is the patroness of the return of children to their parent’s homes. Abeona and AdeonaĪbeona guards departures, such as children leaving their parents’ homes for the first time or taking their first steps. In ancient Roman religion, Abundantia, sometimes known as Abundita or Copia, was a celestial personification of abundance and prosperity. The flamines minores made up the remaining twelve (“lesser priests”).īelow we provide a list of more than 300 Roman deities with descriptions, images, facts and myths.Īpollo, Neptune, Pluto, and Athena seated on a cloud under an arch, an oval composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio s designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau, ca. The three flamines maiores (or “great priests”), who served the significant Roman deities Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, were the most significant of them. These were similarly arranged into six pairs of men and women arranged by Augustan historian Livy in gender-balanced pairs:Ī flamen was an ancient Roman priest who served one of the 18 gods that had official cults under the Roman Republic. Varro refers to twelve gods with gilded pictures that were present in the forum as Dii Consentes (sometimes seen as the Roman equivalent of the Greek Olympians). The twelve most important gods and goddesses are represented by pictures sitting on couches as though they were there and taking part in banquets, called lectisternium. Roman imperial cult identified emperors, some members of their families, and the Empire, with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas) of the Roman State, and we will address this topic in another article. Most of them date back to the era of kings, the “religion of Numa”, which was perpetuated or revitalized over the centuries. Only the name and function of many archaic gods are known through inscriptions or text fragments. In any case, most of the many Roman gods remain obscure. The most widely known deities were those that the Romans identified with their Greek counterparts, integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes religious practices into Roman culture, art, religious life, and literature. Related article: Demons, Monsters, and Ghosts of the Italian Folklore ![]() They quarreled frequently and were jealous of each other. The deities had superhuman qualities and powers but reflected the characteristics of the people. Roman deities were imagined with human likenesses and life habits similar to that of humans, whose personal histories very often intertwined with their own, not only in love affairs but also in warfare. The Roman pantheon consisted mainly of deities of ancient Italic origin who, as a result of the influence of other peoples, were assimilated with foreign, especially Greek, deities. ![]() 22.23 Vulcan Īncient Roman deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in the ancient Roman Empire.19.23 Statina, Statinus, Statilina, Statilinus.13.5 Mater Larum, Mother of the Lares, Mania. ![]()
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