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Salacia, goddess of seawater, wife of Neptune. Salus, goddess of the public welfare of the Roman people; came to be equated with the Greek Hygieia. Sancus, god of loyalty, honesty, and oaths. Saturn, a titan, god of harvest and agriculture, the father of Jupiter, Neptune, Juno, and Pluto.
Contents. List of Roman birth and childhood deities. "Paventia", "Cunina", and "Nundina" redirect here. For the genus of moth, see Paventia (moth). For the siphonophore genus, see Cunina (genus). For the market days of the Roman calendar, see Nundinae. In ancient Roman religion, birth and childhood deities were thought to care for every aspect ...
e. Roman mythologyis the body of mythsof ancient Romeas represented in the literatureand visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore. "Roman mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures in any period.
Christianity was eventually the most successful of these beliefs, and in 380 became the official state religion. For ordinary Romans, religion was a part of daily life. [ 1 ] Each home had a household shrine at which prayers and libations to the family's domestic deities were offered.
Ancient Greece portal. Myths portal. v. t. e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. [2] They were called Olympians because ...
See also Wikipedia's categories of Greek goddesses, Greek gods, and Roman gods. For a list of Goddesses with brief descriptions, see List of Roman Goddesses.
Hercules Magusanus. Hercules(/ˈhɜːrkjʊˌliːz/, US: /-kjə-/)[2]is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divineheroHeracles, son of Jupiterand the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
v. t. This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. List of deities by classification. Lists of deities by cultural sphere. List of fictional deities. List of people who have been considered deities; see also Apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king.