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Pax, goddess of peace; equivalent of Greek Eirene. Aeneas and the Penates, from a 4th-century manuscript. Penates or Di Penates, household gods. Picumnus, minor god of fertility, agriculture, matrimony, infants and children. Picus, Italic woodpecker god with oracular powers. Pietas, goddess of duty; personification of the Roman virtue pietas.
Pax (Latin for Peace), more commonly known in English as Peace, was the Roman goddess of peace derived and adopted from the ancient Greek equivalent Eirene. [1] Pax was seen as the daughter of the Roman king god Jupiter and the goddess Justice .
Wenchang Wang, the god of literature and scholarship; Kui Xing, God of examinations; Zhuyu Xingjun, God of examination successes [citation needed] Guan Yu, God of military exams (General) Lu Dongbin, God of daoist inner alchemy knowledge (scholar and poet) Laozi, God of wisdom (philosopher) Bao Zheng, Star of literature (politician)
In Roman mythology, Tranquillitas was the personification of tranquility. [1] Tranquillitas seems to be related to Annona (the goddess of the corn harvest from Egypt) and Securitas, implying reference to the peaceful security of the Roman Empire. In the Roman context, the characteristics of Tranquilitas reflected the values at the heart of the ...
Victoria (or Nike) on a fresco from Pompeii, Neronian era. In ancient Roman religion Victoria was the deified personification of victory. She first appeared during the first Punic War, seemingly as a Romanised re-naming of Nike, the goddess of victory associated with Rome's Greek allies in the Greek mainland and in Magna Graecia.
Saturn (Latin: Sāturnus [saːˈtʊrnʊs]) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology. He was described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn's mythological reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace.
Mosaic of the Minerva of Peace in the Library of Congress. Minerva (/ m ə ˈ n ɜːr v ə /; Latin: [mɪˈnɛru̯ä]; Etruscan: Menrva) is the Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. She is also a goddess of warfare, though with a focus on strategic warfare, rather than the violence of gods ...
Bonus Eventus ("Good Outcome") was a divine personification in ancient Roman religion.The Late Republican scholar Varro lists him as one of the twelve deities who presided over agriculture, [1] paired with Lympha, the goddess who influenced the water supply.