Kulning performed by Jonna Jinton.

The Dii Consentes ( The 12 Major Gods )

Jupiter / Iuppiter /Jove (”father”) - Supreme god of the roman empire, ruler of all gods and men, ruler of the heavens, daylight, weather, justice and divine witness to oaths. 

Juno / Iuno (”young”) - Queen of the gods, protector of women, marriage, childbirth and the family. Protector & councillor of the Roman state. The month June is named after her.

Neptunus / Neptune (”wet, damp, clouds”) - God of water, the seas, horses and the roman cavalry. Races were held in his honour.

Ceres (”to grow”) - Goddess who looked after the growth and abundance of plant life. Patron of agriculture, horticulture, the harvest, and motherly love.

Vesta (”hearth”) - Goddess of the hearth fire and the home.

Minerva (”intellect”) - Goddess of wisdom, numbers, science, medicine, inspiration, dyeing and weaving, genius and war.

Mars (’male’) - God of war and father of the roman people.

Phoebus / Apollo - (”to destroy. strength, father light ”)- God of the sun, light, truth, music, healing, plague, prophecy and oracles.

Diana (”heavenly, divine”) - Goddess of the moon, the night, childbirth, wildlife, animals and hunting.

Venus (”love, sexual desire”) - Goddess of love, desire, sex, beauty, spring, gardens and vineyards.

Vulcan (”to flash”) - God of fire (especially destructive fire) and volcanoes.

Mercurius / Mercury (”to trade, wages”) - God of commerce, trade, profit, merchants, roads, travellers, athletes, dexterity and thieves.

Other Major Roman Divinities

Pluto / Dis (”wealth”) - God of the underworld, judge of the dead and a god of wealth.

Janus ( ”covered passageway” ) - God of gates and doors, beginnings and endings. The month January is named after him.

Bellona  (”war”)- Goddess of war. Accompanied Mars on the battlefield.

Quirinus (“spear”) - Mystery war god who was worshipped by the Sabines and had a popular cult following in Rome. Possibly Romulus deified.

Liber (“free”)- God of vegetation, male fertility, viniculture, wine and ecstasy. Guardian of plebeian freedoms. Worshipped alongside Libera and Ceres.

Libera - Consort of Liber. Goddess of wine, fertility and freedom. Worshipped alongside Liber and Ceres.

Flora (”flower”) - Goddess of flowers and spring. Protected the early blossoms.

Tellus / Terra (”earth”) - Personified goddess of the earth. The first mother.

Saturnus / Saturn - God of time and ages. Minor agricultural deity who sowed the seeds and ruled during the Golden Age.

Minor Roman Divinities (this list is not complete)

Aeolus - God of the four winds.

Aequitas (”equal, even”) - God of fair dealing, equality, conformity and symmetry.

Aera Cura - Goddess associated with the infernal regions and underworld.

Amor (also known as Cupid - ”love”)- Winged archer god of love. Son of Venus

Angita - Early goddess of healing and witchcraft

Antevorte - goddess of the future.

Antinous - Deified lover of the emperor Hadrian & god of homosexuality.

Aquilo (”the north”) - God of the north wind.

Aura / Aurae (”breeze”) - Divinities who symbolized breezes.

Aurora (”gold, dawn”) - Goddess of the dawn.

Auster (”southerly”) - God of the south wind.

Bona Dea (”the good goddess”) -  Popular goddess among the upper class. Goddess of female fertility and good health.

Bubona (“ox, cow”) Goddess of horses and cattle.

Clementia (”humanity”) - Goddess of forgiveness and mercy.

Coelus (”heavens”)- Personified god of the sky. The first father.

Concordia (”agreement”) - Goddess of concord and harmony.

Devera - Goddess that rules the brooms used to purify ritual sites.

Discordia (“discord”) - Goddess of strife and discord.

Disciplina - Goddess of discipline.

Dius Fidus (””) - God of oaths.

Epona - Foreign celtic goddess of horses, mules, ponies a donkeys.

Fama (”to speak”) - Goddess of fame and popular rumour.

Fauna - Goddess of Prophecy with ties to the forest and fields and the animals found there.

Faunus {“strangler”} - God of wild nature and fertility.

Favonius (”favorable”) - God of the western wind, the herald of spring.

Fontus / Fons (”source”) - god of wells and springs

Fortuna (”fortunate”) - Goddess of good fortune and luck.

Furor (”the anger”) - Goddess of anger and rage.

Honos (”honour”)- God of morality and military honour.

Invidia (”envy”) - Goddess of envy and jealousy.

Justitia (”justice,fairness”) - Goddess of justice.

Juturna (’nymph’) - goddess of lakes,wells and springs.

Juventus (”youth”) - Goddess of youth.

Lares (”homes”) - Deities who protected the home.

Larunda - Nymph who became Mother of the Lares.

Latona (”latium”) - Mother of Apollo & Diana. Goddess of Womanly Demure and Motherhood.

Lucifer (”morning star”) - God of the morning star ( Not to be confused with the hebrew god of hell )

Luna (”moon”) - personified titan goddess of the moon. Blended with Diana.

Lympha - Goddess of fresh water

Magna Mater (”great mother”) - Foreign Anatolian goddess of untamed nature and lions.

Maia (’daughter of atlas’) -The goddess of whom the month of May is probably named after. Associated with blossoming nature and spring.

Meditrina - Goddess of wine and health.

Mellona (”honey”) - Goddess of bees and honey.

Mens ( “mind”) - Goddess of the mind and consciousness.

Mors (”death”) - Personified god of death.

Muta (”change”) - Goddess of silence.

Naenia (”dirge”) - Goddess of funerals.

Necessitas (”unavoidableness,”) - Goddess of destiny.

Nox (”night”) - Personified goddess of the night.

Ops / Opis (”plenty”) - Wife of Saturn. Goddess of opulence and abundance. Worshipped together with her daughter Ceres at the harvest.

Orcus - God of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths. Sometimes interchangeable with Pluto.

Pales - Goddess of shepherds and flocks.

Patalena - Goddess or god who protects the blossoms.

Pax (”peace”) - Goddess of peace.

Penates (”inner part of house”) - Patron gods of the storeroom.

Pomona (”fruit”) - Goddess of fruit trees. Wife of Vertumnus.

Portunus (”swimming, crab ”) - God of harbours and ports.

Priapus - God of gardens, viniculture, sailors, fishermen, the penis, male fertility.

Proserpina (”to emerge”) - Goddess of Spring and queen of the underworld.Wife of Pluto and daughter of Ceres.

Providentia (”foreknowledge”) - Goddess of forethought.

Pudicitia- Goddess of modesty and chastity.

Robigus (”reddish”) - God who prevented agricultural disease.

Roma - Personified goddess of Rome.

Salacia (“salt, salty”) - Goddess of salt water and the depths of the ocean. Wife of Neptune.

Salus (”safety, salvation”) -  Goddess of safety and wellbeing.

Sarnus - God of the Sarno river.

Silvanus (”forest, of the woods”) - God of forests and fields.

Sol (’sun’) - Personified titan god of the sun. Blended with Apollo.

Somnia (“dreams”) - God of dreams.

Somnus (“sleep”) - God of sleep.

Summanus (”before the morning”) - God of the night sky and nightly thunder. His precise nature was unclear even to Ovid.

Tiberinus - God of the Tiber river.

Tellumo- God of earthly regeneration and reproduction. Consort of Tellus / Terra.

Terminus (“border”) - God of boundaries and borders.

Trivia (”three roads”) - Goddess of crossroads, graveyards, sorcery and witchcraft.

Ultio (“vengeance”) - Goddess of vengeance.

Vejovis - A god of healing. Believed to be one of the first gods.

Vertumnus (”green, seasons”) - God who symbolized the changes in seasons, protector of vegetation, gardens and orchards.

Vesper (”evening, supper, evening star, west”) - God of the evening star.

Victoria (“victory”) - Goddess of victory.