According to one myth, her tears cause the dew as she flies across the sky weeping for one of her sons, who was killed. Four of her sons are the four winds (north, south, east, and west). She has had quite a number of husbands and sons. Aurora has two siblings: a brother, the sun, and a sister, the moon. Aurora is seen as a lovely woman who flies across the sky announcing the arrival of the sun. She is also the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Eos. His Greek counterpart is Boreas.Īurora Aurora is the Roman personification of the dawn. Two fountains dedicated to her flanked the entrance to the temple of Venus Genitrix on the Forum of Caesar in Rome.Īquilo The Roman personification of the North Wind. They are Concordia, Minerva, Pax, Venus, and Vesta.Īppias A Roman nymph. In the class-struggle between the patricians and plebeians she chose the side of the plebeians.Īnnonaria An alternative name of Fortuna as protector of the corn supplies.Īntevorte The Roman goddess of the future.Īppiades The five Roman goddesses who had a temple near the Appian aqueducts. The Romans gave various explanations to the origin or her name, amnis perennis ("eternal stream"): she was a river nymph her name was derived from annis ("year") she was a moon-goddess of the running year also, she was equated with Anna, the sister of Dido, who was received in Latium by Aeneas, but drowned herself in a river. According to some sources, this name has no connection with Dido's sister.Īnna Perenna The Roman goddess of the new year. As a river nymph she was later venerated as Anna Perenna. After hearing this, she threw herself into the river Numicius and drowned. Dido's shade warned her for the jealousy of Lavinia, the wife of Aeneas. After Dido's death she fled from Africa to Latium, where she was welcomed by Aeneas. Her feast - the Divalia or Angeronalia - was celebrated on December 21.Īngita An early Roman goddess of healing and witchcraft.Īngitia A Roman snake-goddess who was especially worshipped by the Marsi, a tribe in central Italy.Īnna The daughter of Belus, and sister of Dido. Angerona is shown with a bandaged mouth with a finger to her lips commanding silence. After his death, Anchisessaw his son once more, when Aeneas visited the underworld to learn more about his own destiny.Īngerona The protecting deity of ancient Rome and a goddess of secrecy and of the winter solstice. Anchises died before the trip was over, and was buried in Sicily. Anchises then accompanied Aeneas and the band of Trojan refugees who set sail for Italy, where it was prophesied that they would found the city of Rome. After the fall of Troy, Aeneas escaped from the burning ruins of the city, carrying his father and the household gods (see Lares and Penates) on his shoulders. But he was chiefly remembered because of the career of his son. Anchises was the owner of six remarkable horses, which he acquired by secretly mating his own mares with the divinely-bred stallions of Laomedon. He was loved by Venus, who bore him a son, Aeneas. He is symbolized a worm or serpent biting its own tail (similar to the Ouroboros) and by a phoenix rising from its ashes.Īfricus The Roman personification of the south-western wind.Īlbunea A Roman nymph of the sulfuric spring near Tibur (the current Tivoli).Īlemonia The Roman goddess who feeds the unborn child.Īnchises Anchises was the son of Capys, and a cousin of King Priam of Troy. Īdeona The Roman goddess who guides the child back home, after it has left the parental house for the first time.Īera Cura The Roman goddess of the infernal regions.Īeternitas The Roman personification of eternity.
Īchates A loyal friend and companion of Aeneas. He helped Aeneas when the latter arrived on Sicily after his wanderings.
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In a trial of skill Acested shot his arrow with such force that it took fire. In another version, Acca Larentia is the wife of the shepherd Faustulus who raised the twins Romulus and Remus.Īcestes A hero of Trojan origin, who founded Segesta on Sicily. In return, Rome celebrated the festival of the Larentalia (possible a feast of the dead in honor of the goddess Larentia) on December 23. She married the wealthy Tarutius and after his death she donated his money to the Roman people. After the Roman occupation of France, she remained in French folklore as Lady Hobunde.Īcca Larentia In Roman myth a loose woman and a mistress of Hercules. Her attribute is a cornucopia ("horn of plenty") with which she distributes grain and money. This is a directory of Roman gods and goddesses, their offspring and consorts, and other minor dieties: Ībundantia A minor Roman goddess of abundance, prosperity and good fortune. Jump to: navigation, search The Roman Pantheon
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