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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Tellus, Terra or Tierra [a] ("Mother Earth") is the personification of the Earth.Although Tellus and Terra are hardly distinguishable during the Imperial era, [1] Tellus was the name of the original earth goddess in the religious practices of the Republic or earlier.
An Earth god or Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes. There are many different Earth goddesses and gods in many different cultures mythology. However, Earth is usually portrayed as a goddess. Earth goddesses are often associated with the chthonic deities of the underworld. [1]
The Roman deities most widely known today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts, integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes religious practices into Roman culture, including Latin literature, Roman art, and religious life as it was experienced throughout the Roman Empire. Many of the Romans' own gods remain obscure ...
Ops, goddess of fertility and the earth; Pilumnus, nature god who ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy; Pomona, goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards; Silvanus, tutelary spirit or deity of woods and fields and protector of forests; Terra, primeval goddess personifying the earth; equivalent to the Greek goddess Gaia
It seems that in an old religion the earth goddess was worshipped together with the sky-god (Zeus). [62] At Thebes there was cult of "Gaia Makaira Telesforos". Telesforos means "bringing fruits to perfection". [63] The earth goddess had powers over the ghosts and the dreams which come from the underworld, therefore she acquired oracular powers.
Roman and Greek authors maintained Janus was an exclusively Roman god. [251] This claim is excessive according to R. Schilling, [252] at least as far as iconography is concerned. A god with two faces appears repeatedly in Sumerian and Babylonian art. [253]
In Roman mythology, Uranus's counterpart was Caelus (Sky). Cicero says Caelus was the offspring of Aether and Dies (Day), [30] and that Caelus and Dies were the parents of Mercury . [31] Hyginus says that, in addition to Caelus, Aether and Dies were also the parents of Terra (Earth), and Mare (Sea). [32]
Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (1798) by Charles Meynier. Apollo [a] is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.