Roman deity

Other forms: Roman deities

Definitions of Roman deity

1. noun

   a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
   examples:

   Urania

   goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

   Mors

   (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos

   Mars

   (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares

   Diana

   (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis

   Minerva

   (Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena

   Saturn

   (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus

   Ceres

   (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter

   Night

   Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

   Cupid

   (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros

   Sol

   (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios

   Vulcan

   (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus

   Mercury

   (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes

   Janus

   (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head

   Juno

   (Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera

   Vesta

   (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia

   Victoria

   (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike

   Faunus

   (Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan

   Neptune

   (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon

   Proserpina

   goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone

   Orcus

   god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto

   Luna

   (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene

   Aurora

   (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos

   Tellus

   (Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea

   Fortuna

   (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche

   Jupiter

   (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus

   Ops

   (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor

   Silvanus

   (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart

   types:

   faun

   ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

   Parcae

   any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns

   type of:

   deity, divinity, god, immortal

   any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force