Roman Gods List 🔱🗒️
Roman Gods 🔱🗒️ A-Z List of Roman Deities
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| Roman Gods 🔱 | Title/s | Group/s | Parents | Consort/s |
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| Apollo / Phoebus / Apollo Phoebus |
Apollo was the Roman god of the sun (rides the sun), healing, medicine, music and poetry. One of the best known Roman gods. | Di selecti[1]. Dii Consentes[7]. |
Jupiter and Latona. | various |
| Aesculapius |
Apollo and Coronis (mortal). |
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| Averruncus / Auruncus |
Roman divine personification of averting harm. | Abstract deity[4]. | ||
| Bacchus / Liber | Roman god of agriculture, fertility and wine (parties/festivals, madness and merriment). | Aspect of Liber | Jupiter and Semele. | |
| Caelus |
Caelus was the Roman god of the sky, before Jupiter. | Primordial god (Uranus). | Ether and Dies (Day, Hemera in Greek). | |
| Castor and Pollux / Polydeuces (aka Dioscuri “youths of Zeus” and the Gemini twins) |
Castor and Pollux were Roman and Greek gods of sailors, horsemanship and travelers. | Greek gods. |
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| Catius Pater “Father Catius” |
Catius Pater was the Roman god who protected boys who was invoked to sharpen the intellect of children. | Childhood development. Indigitamenta[3]. | Tellus | |
| Conditor | Roman god of grain storage. One of Ceres 12 helper gods invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Conuector / Convector | Roman god of carrying grain. One of Ceres 12 helper gods invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Consevius / Consivius / Deus Consevius | Roman god of insemination and propagation. | Conception and pregnancy. Aspect of Janus. | ||
| Consus |
Consus was the Roman god protector of grain and grain storage. | Agricultural god. Chthonic deity[6]. Tutelary deity[5]. |
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| Cupid / Amor |
Cupid was the Roman god of erotic love, attraction and affection. Cupid is commonly depicted as a boy carrying a quiver of arrows. Cupid’s arrows could not only draw people together but also drive them apart. One of the Roman gods that remains part of popular culture today. | Mars and Venus. | Psyche | |
| Deverra / Devera |
Deverra was a Roman goddess who used a broom to sweep away evil influences and protect midwives and women in labor. | Neonatel and childhood. | ||
| Dius Fidius / Duis Fidus |
Dius Fidius was the Roman god of oaths, loyalty and justice. Associated with Jupiter Fidius. Possibly related to Fides. |
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| Dis Pater / Orcus |
Dis Pater / Orcus was the Roman god of the underworld. | Di inferi. Chthonic deity[6]. | Saturn and Ops. | Proserpina |
| Evander of Pallene |
Evander brought Greek culture to Italy including the Greek pantheon, alphabet and laws and was deified after his death. Evander founded the city of Pallantium on the site where Rome was built. | Deified Hero. | Mercury and Carmenta. | |
| Fabulinus | Fabulinus was the Roman god who enabled children to speak their first words. | Di nixi /Nixae. Childhood development. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Farinus |
Farinus was the Roman god that enabled children to speak. | Childhood development. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Faunus | Faunus was the King of Latium. Ancient horned, half man, half goat, Roman god of the forest, plains and fields. Roman god of prophecy. | Fauni. Deified mortal. Woodland deity. Tutelary deity[5]. Ancient Roman deity. | King Picus (a demi-god) and Canens (a nymph). |
Fauna / Fatua, Marica (nymph), Bona Dea (as Dryad nymph) |
| Februus “Purifier” |
Februus was the Roman god of purification, death and riches. | Etruscan god. Di inferi. Chthonic deity[6]. |
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| Fontus / Fons |
Fontus was the Roman god of flowing water, springs and wells. | Sabine god. Abstract deity[4]. | Janus and Juturna. | Juturna |
| The Genii / Genius / Genius Publicus | The Genii are anonymous Roman gods and goddesses. Every person is followed by their own genius from birth until death. Most places and things had a genius and there were specific Genii “guardian spirits” including Genius Publicus Populi Romani who looked after the Roman people. | Di inferi. | ||
| Helernus / Alernus / Elernus |
Minor Roman god of the beans used during the Lemuria festival. | Archaic Roman deity. Minor Chthonic deity[6] |
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| Hercules |
Hercules was a Roman hero who was divinized by apotheosis to god. Hercules is one of the best known Roman gods and the most famous Roman hero. | Deified Hero. | Jupiter and Alcmene. |
Juventas |
| Honos | Honos was the Roman personification of honor. Normally depicted with Virtus and honored together at the temple of Honos and Virtus. | Abstract deity[4]. | ||
| Imporcitor |
Roman god of ploughing land with a wide furrow and maker of pigs. One of Ceres 12 helper gods of invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Innus / Mutunus Tutunus |
Roman phallic god of sexual penetration and the urge to mate. | Conception and pregnancy. | ||
| Insitor | Roman god of planting seeds. One of Ceres 12 helper gods of invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Janus | Janus was the Roman god of gates, doorways endings, beginnings, time, transition, duality and passages. Janus “opened up access to the generative seed” provided by Saturn. January is named after Janus who is typically depicted with two faces, one looking forwards, the other backwards. As guardian of passages Janus was the gatekeeper between Heaven and Earth so he was always invoked first to ensure communication between gods and worshipers. | Di selecti[1]. Italian god. |
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Camese, Juturna, Venilia |
| Jugatinus |
Jugatinus was the Roman god of marriage and conjugal matters. | Conception and childbirth. | ||
| Jupiter / Jove / Lovis / Diespiter /Iupiter and epithets. “Heavenly father” (King of Roman gods and goddesses) |
Jupiter was the Roman god of the sky, thunder and lightning and brings babies towards daylight. Anywhere lightning strikes is sacred to Jupiter. Later Jupiter also became a protector of the Roman people and one of the most famous Roman gods. | Di selecti[1]. Dii Consentes[7]. Capitoline Triad (Jupiter, Juno, Minerva). Archaic Triad. Di flaminales[2]. Childbirth. Deified mortal (Sol Indiges). |
Saturn and Ops. | Juno, Moneta |
| Liber / Liber Pater / Bacchus “Father Liber” |
Roman god of viticulture, wine, freedom and fertility (release of semen). | Di selecti[1]. Dii Consentes[7]. Aventine Triad (Ceres, Liber, Libera). Conception and childbirth. Deified mortal. |
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| Locutius | Roman god who enables children to form sentences. | Childhood development. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Mantus |
Mantus was the Roman god of the dead and ruler of the underworld. | Di inferi. Chthonic deity[6]. | Mania |
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| Mars and epithets | Mars was the Roman god of war and one of the most famous Roman gods. | Di selecti[1]. Dii Consentes[7]. Archaic Triad. Di flaminales[2]. Di inferi. Chthonic deity[6]. |
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Rhea Silvia / Ilia, Venus |
| Mercury / Mercurius |
Mercury was the Roman god of thieves, merchants, commerce and travelers. Mercury was the winged messenger of the Roman gods. | Di selecti[1]. Dii Consentes[7]. Etruscan god. |
Jupiter. | Carmenta |
| Messor | Roman god of reaping. One of Ceres 12 helper gods invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Neptune / Neptunus |
Neptune was the Roman god of the sea and water, and a god of fertility. One of the most famous Roman gods. | Di selecti[1]. Dii Consentes[7]. |
Saturn and Ops. | |
| Obarator | Oberator was the Roman god of the last ploughing. Invoked after the furrows containing the seeds were ploughed over. One of Ceres 12 helper gods of invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Occator | Roman god of harrowing (breaking up the soil). One of Ceres 12 helper gods of invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Orcus / Dis Pater |
Orcus was the Roman god of the underworld and punisher of broken oaths. | Di selecti[1]. Di inferi. Chthonic deity[6]. |
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| Pales or Pales |
Roman god or goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock. | Sabine god. | ||
| Picumnus / Sterquilinus “manure”/ Stercutus |
Picumnus was the Roman god of fertility, matrimony, infants, children and agriculture. | Neonatel and childhood. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Picus |
Picus was the Roman god of agriculture and manure. Picus was the first king of Latium. | Demi-god | Saturn and an unknown mortal? | Canens |
| Pilumnus |
Roman nature god who ensured children stayed healthy and grew properly. | Neonatel and childhood. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Pluto | Pluto was the Roman god of death and riches under the Earth. Pluto was originally a god of wealth and only later became associated with Hades, taking the role previously fulfilled by Dis Pater in Roman culture. | |||
| Portunus | Portunus was the Roman god of keys, doors, livestock and, later, ports. | Di flaminales[2]. Probably ancient Italian deity. | ||
| Quirinus |
Quirinus was a Sabine god of war. His altar, on one of the seven hills of Rome, was called the Quirinal. It was renamed for Romulus the founder and first king of Rome and Quirinus became one of the Roman gods of state, associated with myrtle. | Di flaminales[2]. Archaic Triad. Sabine god. | Hora | |
| Reparator / Rederator | Roman god of preparing fallow land for crops. One of Ceres 12 helper gods of invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Robigus / Robigus or Robigus / Robigus |
Robigus was the Roman god or goddess of rust, protected crops and agricultural disease. | |||
| Roma |
Roma was the Roman personification of the city of Rome and the Roman state. | State deity. Abstract deity[4]. | ||
| Saturn / Saturnus (King of the titans) |
Saturn was the Roman god of generation/sowing, plenty, wealth, agriculture, dissolution, renewal, liberation and the Roman god of time over mortals and immortals. Saturn was one of the most famous Roman gods. | Di selecti[1]. Sabine god. |
Caelus and Terra Mater. |
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| Scotus |
Scotus was the Roman god of darkness. | Primordial god. | ||
| Sentinus |
Sentinus was the Roman god who gives sentience (thought and senses) to the unborn child. | Conception and pregnancy. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Serritor | Serritor was the Roman god of digging and hoeing. One of Ceres 12 helper gods of invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Sol / Sol Indiges / Sol Invictus |
Sol was the Roman Sun god. The personifications are used inconsistently with much disagreement among scholars:
Sol’s origins lie in Mesopotamian mythology. Helios is most closely associated with Sol Invictus. |
Di selecti[1]. Sabine god. Deified mortal (Sol Indiges). |
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| Somnus |
Somnus was the Roman god of sleep. | Nox (Greek: Nyx). | ||
| Subigus / Subigus pater |
Subigus was the Roman god who caused a bride to submit (sexually) to her husband. | Conception and pregnancy. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Subruncinator | Roman god of weeding. One of Ceres 12 helper gods invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Summanus | Summanus was the Roman god of nocturnal thunder. | Sabine god. Di inferi. Chthonic deity[6]. | ||
| Terminus |
Terminus was the Roman god of boundary markers. | Sabine god. | ||
| Tiberinus Pater / Father Tiber |
Roman river god of the Tiber river. | Genius | Oceanus and Tethys. | Rhea Silvia / Ilia. |
| Vagitanus | Roman god who opened the newborn’s mouth to cry. | Di nixi /Nixae. Childbirth. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Vejovis / Vediovis / Vejove / Vedovus
Aesculapius |
Vejovis / Aesculapius was the Roman god of healing and medicine, truth and prophecy. One of the first Roman gods in the world. |
Demi-god. Sabine god. Di inferi. Chthonic deity[6] |
Apollo and Coronis (mortal daughter of Phlegyas, king of the Lapiths). |
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| Vertumnus / Vortumnus / Vertimnus |
Vertumnus was the Roman god of the seasons, gardens, plant growth, fruit trees and change. | Etruscan god (probably). | Pomona | |
| Vervactor | Minor Roman god of the first ploughing. One of Ceres 12 helper gods of invoked during Cerialia. | Assistant deity. Agricultural deity. Indigitamenta[3]. | ||
| Vesper |
Vesper was the Roman god of the evening star. | |||
| Virtus or Virtus |
Virtus or Virtus was the Roman god or goddess of bravery and military strength, normally depicted, and honored together with Honor, at the temple of Honos and Virtus. | |||
| Vitumnus |
Minor Roman god who endows the fetus with life. | Conception and pregnancy. | ||
| Volturnus | Roman god of the river Tiber, fountains and waters. | Di flaminales[2]. Etruscan deity. | ||
| Vulcan / Vulcanus / Mulciber |
Vulcan was the Roman god of fire, blacksmiths, metalworking and volcanoes. Vulcan was often a symbol of male fertility. Vulcan later became identified with Greek smith god Hephaestus and became the god of smithing. In Greek mythology Hephaistos forged thunderbolts for Zeus, in Roman mythology Vulcan provided the bolts for Jupiter. Vulcan is one of the most famous Roman gods. | Di selecti[1]. Dii Consentes[7]. Di flaminales[2]. Sabine god. |
Jupiter and Juno. | Venus, Maia, Aetna (nymph), Aglaea / Charis. |
See also: Roman Mythology Groups | Roman Festivals Calendar
Notes and FAQ about ADDucation Roman Gods A to Z list:
- [1]Di selecti: 20 main Roman gods and goddesses.
- [2]Di flaminales: 15 Roman gods and goddesses with devoted flamens (priests, plural “flamines”).
- [3]Indigitamenta: The College of Pontiffs maintained the indigitamenta list which included Roman deities primarily known by name alone (or as an epithet of a major god or a minor entity or epithets of major gods), to ensure the correct names were invoked during public prayers.
- [4] Abstract deity: Divine personification of a virtue which can be invoked in prayer or used as an epithet “byname/nickname”.
- [5] Tutelary deity: Guardian/protector or patron of specific places, people and occupations.
- [6] Chthonic deity: Underworld “subterranean” god/goddess or spirit.
- This list of Roman deities is primarily compiled from the works of Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 BC) and Roman poet Ovid (43 BC ~ 17 AD) and other Roman historians.
- Roman mythology has many conflicting stories so this table of Roman gods will always be a work in progress. Please use the comments area to help us resolve issues and improve the list.
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