A list of Roman gods and goddesses names
Here you'll find a list of Roman gods and goddesses names (with the name of the corresponding Greek god in brackets). When you click on an entry (provided it is a link), you can find out more about that god or goddess.
Acca Larentia - a woman who became a goddess, adoptive mother of Romulus and Remus
Aesculapius (Asclepius) - the god of health and medicine.
Apollo (Apollo) - the god of light and classical order
Aurora (Eos) - the goddess of the dawn
Bacchus (Dionysus) - god of wine.
Bellona - goddess of war.
Bona Dea - the goddess of fertility and women.
Caelus or Coelus (Uranus) - a god of the skies
Ceres (Demeter) - the goddess of agriculture
Concordia - goddess of harmony and understanding
Cupidon or Cupid (Eros) - the god of love
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Cybele - a goddess who was also called “the Great Mother”
Diana (Artemis) - the goddess of nature and hunt.
Discordia (Eris) - the goddess of discord.
Fama - goddess of fame.
Fauna - goddess of vegetation.
Faunus - the god of the forests and plains
Felicitas - goddess of good luck
Flora - goddess of the vegetation
Fortuna (Tyche) - goddess of fortune and good luck.
Glycon - a snake god.
Gratiae - i.e. the Graces.
Hercules - the god of strength.
Invidia - the goddess of envy.
Janus - the god of the beginnings and of transitions
Juno (Hera) - goddess of marriage and women
Jupiter (Zeus)- the ruler of all gods
Justitia - the goddess of Justice.
Juventus (Hebe) - the goddess of youth.
No Roman god names that start with a K.
Lares - gods who protected the place where they were.
Liber - a gos assimilated with Bacchus.
Lucina - the goddess of childbirth.
Luna (Selene)- the goddess of the moon
Lympha - goddess of the fresh water.
Manes - gods who represented the souls of the dead.
Mars (Ares) - the god of war
Mercury (Hermes) - the god of commerce
Minerva (Athena) - the goddess of wisdom, crafts, medicine, commerce
Necessitas - the goddess of destiny.
Neptune (Poseidon)- god of the sea
Nox (Nyx)- goddess of the night
Parcae - the goddesses who decided the destiny
Pax (Eirene) - the goddess of peace.
Penates - domestic gods, who protected the house and the family.
Pluto (Hades) - god of the underworld.
Pomona - goddess of the orchards and gardens
Proserpina (Persephone) - queen of the Dead.
Saturn (often identified with Cronus) - the god of agriculture and harvest.
Silvanus - a god who protected the woods and fields.
Sol - the god of the sun.
Somnus (Hypnos)- the god of sleep.
Terra or Tellus (also called Terra Mater, “mother earth”) - a goddess who was the personification of the earth.
Tiberinus - the god of the Tiber river.
Venus (Aphrodite) - the goddess of love.
Veritas - goddess of truth
Vertumnus or Vortumnus - god of seasons, gardens and fruit trees.
Vesta (Hestia) - goddess of the hearth and family.
Victoria - goddess of victory.
Vulcanus (Hephaestus) - god of the fire and a blacksmith.
