Fulgora
Fulgora (lightning) In Roman mythology, goddess who protected houses against violent storms. SEE ALSO: Roman Mythology
Category: Roman Mythology
Fraus
Fraus (deceit) In Roman mythology, goddess of treachery, daughter of Orcus (Dis, Hades, Pluto) and Night (Nox). SEE ALSO: Hades Nox Orcus Pluto Roman Mythology
Etna
Etna (Aetna, Etna) In Greek and Roman history and mythology, volcanic mountain on the eastern coast of Sicily where the forge of Hephaestus, god of…
Enceladus
Enceladus (clear-voiced) In Greek and Roman mythology, a giant, son of Titan and Gaea. Enceladus fled from Phlegra to Sicily pursued by Zeus, who hurled…
Elysium
Elysium In Greek and Roman mythology, the home of blessed dead. In early Greek mythology it was said to be situated in the Islands of…
Genii
In Roman mythology, guardian spirits of people, places or things. A genius presides over the birth of a person, a place, or a thing and…
Avernus
Avernus (without birds?) In Greek and Roman mythology, a deep sulfurous lake northwest of Roman Puteoli (Pozzouli), believed by the ancients to be one of…
Brontes
Brontes (thunder) In Greek and Roman mythology, son of Uranus and Gaea; one of the three Cyclopes, the other two being Arges (the lightning bolt)…
Canens
Canens (singer) In Roman mythology, a nymph, the daughter of Janus and Venilia. She pined away when her husband, Picus, was lost. Picus was a…
Camilla
Camilla (feminine form of Camillus) In Roman mythology, a virgin queen of the Volsci (Volscians) and a daughter of Metabus and Casmilla; she fought against…