She is the mother of the god of war and god of fire, Mars. Also the goddess of marriage and childbirth, Juno connects the ideas of vitality, energy and eternal youthfulness. As the patron goddess of the Roman Empire, she was named “regina” or queen and was a member of the Capitolina...
the shepherd-god of northern Greece who shared the god's titles of Agreus (Hunter) and Nomios (Shepherd), the pipe-playing Phrygian satyr Marsyas who challenged Apollon to a musical contest, and Aigipan (Aegipan), the goat-fish god of the constellation Capricorn. Sometimes...
Juno Roman goddess of money and matrons The ancient Roman goddess Juno was an early Italic deity, associated with the cycles of the moon, of childbirth and of marriage. She is often portrayed breastfeeding a child. Her image slowly transformed from one of nurturing mother into one of a ster...
Diana is a Roman goddess considered a patroness of the countryside, hunters, crossroads, and the Moon. Click for Diana (Roman Goddess) facts and worksheets in PDF format!
Apollo God of music, archery, healing, poetry and truth Diana Goddess of hunting, archery, and animals Minerva Goddess of wisdom, learning, arts, and industry Ceres Goddess of agriculture, harvest, and the seasons Vulcan God of blacksmiths and volcanoes Vesta Sister of Jupiter; goddess of hearth...
Goddess of the hunt. In Roman art, Diana usually appears as a huntress with bow and arrow, along with a hunting dog or a stag. Both a virgin goddess and an earth goddess, she was identified with the Greek Artemis. She is praised for her strength, athletic grace, beauty and her ...
Selene– Titaness, Goddess of the Moon. Tyche– Goddess of luck. Names of Roman Goddesses As forRoman Mythology,two parts can be distinguished, a first stage in which indigenous myths and cults were represented, full of rituals. Another second part, somewhat later and that fuses the local rit...
Selene was the ancient Greek Titan goddess of the moon. She was depicted as a woman riding sidesaddle on a horse or driving a chariot drawn by a pair of winged steeds. Her lunar sphere or crescent was either a crown set upon her head or the fold of a rai
The Roman goddess of love was Venus, assisted by her son Cupid who’s arrows induced desire. Contrary to common belief, the Roman Venus was not a simple adaptation of the Greek Aphrodite.
Roman goddesses of the moon, and their Greek counterparts, were said to be formed in a triadic manner hence Luna was associated with two further goddesses, Diana and Hecate. Luna was the goddess in heaven and of the full moon (Greek counterpart being Selene), Diana was the goddess on earth...