Category: Roman Mythology

Mars In Roman mythology, god of war, originally an ancient Italian god who watched over agriculture; identified by the Romans with the Greek war god…

Soranus – Lord of Death Soranus, an ancient deity worshipped in Italy before the arrival of the Romans, was venerated by the Etruscans, Sabines, and…

Somnus. Lord of Sleep, is the insomniac’s spirit. The word insomnia derives from his name. Soporific, meaning “something that causes sleep,” derives from another of…

Ceres is the original Corn Mother, Goddess of Grain. Scholars now believe grains were first cultivated for the purpose of brewing beer, not baking bread,…

Mephitis ALSO KNOWN AS: Mefitis; Mefite ORIGIN: Italy Sometimes healing springs smell foul; that’s the abode of Mephitis, Goddess of Fumes. She presides over noxious…

  Kybele : The Magna Mater; The Mountain Mother   Earth’s oldest surviving goddess was once a forest witch. Kybele’s cult is considered Earth’s most…

Janus : Lord of Beginnings Janus is the two-faced spirit, but in the most positive sense of that term. Janus literally has two faces, indicating…

Aurora (dawn) In Roman mythology, the dawn; daughter of Hyperion and Thia (or Thea); married to Astraeus; mother of the wind and the stars; called…

fasces (bundles) In ancient Roman ritual, birch or elm rods held together by a red thong. Fasces were carried by lictors as the symbol of…

Fama (reputation, report) In Roman mythology, goddess of fame; equivalent to the Greek goddess Pheme. She was sometimes portrayed blowing a trumpet. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of…