| Roman Name |
Greek Name |
Area of responsibility (Roman view) |
| Coelus (Heaven) |
Uranus |
God of the sky, and father of the Titans. |
| Terra or Tellus |
Gaia |
Mother of all things, including Uranus her mate. |
| Jupiter (Jove) |
Zeus |
Ruler of the gods and defender of the state. |
| Juno |
Hera |
Wife of Jupiter and goddess of motherhood and childbearing. |
| Saturn |
Cronus |
Father of Jupiter. The Saturnalia, a time of gift-giving and license,
was held in his honor. |
| Mars |
Ares |
Son of Juno. Highly respected god of war but was also an agricultural
deity. Represented the two main Roman preoccupations, farming and fighting. |
| Vesta |
Hestia |
Goddess of the hearth and sacrificial fire. |
| Ceres |
Demeter |
Goddess of grain. |
| Minerva |
Athena |
Warrior goddess who also presided over commerce. |
| Neptune |
Poseidon |
Lord of the sea. |
| Dis (Pluto, Orcus) |
Hades |
Ruled the underworld. |
| Mercury |
Hermes |
God of commerce and messages. |
| Venus |
Aphrodite |
Deity of love, particularly sexual love. |
| Cupid |
Eros |
Son of Venus. Was god of erotic attraction. |
| Vulcan (Mulciber) |
Hephaestus |
God of fire and warmth, the forge, and volcanic eruptions. |
| Bacchus (Liber) |
Dionysus |
God of wine and drunkenness. |
| Diana |
Artemis |
Sometimes regarded as a moon-goddess, she was depicted as a huntress,
and was goddess of hunting and the woodlands. |
| Apollo (Phoebus) |
Apollo |
God of truth and light, as in Greek mythology. |
| Proserpina |
Persephone |
Goddess of spring. Wife of Pluto and daughter of Ceres. |
| Aesculapius |
Asclepius |
God of medicine. |
| Somnus |
Hypnos |
God of sleep |
| Ops (Cybele) |
Rhea |
Mother goddess. Wife of Saturn. |
| Lucina |
Eileithyia |
Goddess of childbirth. |
| Aurora |
Eos |
Goddess of the dawn. |
| Furies |
Erinyes (Eumenides) |
Avengers, punishing violations of the natural order. |
| Discordia |
Eris |
Goddess of discord. |
| Juventus |
Hebe |
Cupbearer to the gods. |
| Trivia |
Hecate |
The goddess of ghosts and witchcraft. |
| Latona |
Leto |
A Titaness, mother (by Zeus) of Apollo and Artemis. |
| Victoria |
Nike |
Goddess of victory. |
| Fortuna |
Tyche |
Goddess of good fortune. |
| Hercules |
Heracles (Herakles) |
The greatest of the Greek/Roman heroes. |
| Parcae (Fates) |
Moerae |
Controllers of individual human destinies. |
| Faunus (Inuus) |
Pan |
God of herds and flocks, of the rustic and pastoral. |
| Diana |
Selene |
Goddess of the moon |
| Ulysses |
Odysseus |
The most cunning of the super-heroes. |
| God/Goddess |
Area of responsibility |
| Numina (Numen) |
The collective name of the earliest Roman gods. Vague, protective
powers of nature, they presided over daily human activities. While only
some of them were extremely important (i.e. Janus) to the extent that they
had rites dedicted to them, others are merely names, with little (or limited)
function even in Roman times. |
| Janus |
God of beginnings (hence January). Usually pictured as having two
faces. Also god of doorways, gates, departures and returns. |
| Lares |
Gods of the family. Lar was a protective ancestral spirit. |
| Penates |
Gods of the family. Guardians of hearth and storerooms. |
Sylvanus
Faunus |
Rustic gods of the forest. |
| Flora |
Goddess of flowers, fruits, and springtime. |
| Manes |
Benevolent spirits of the dead (good souls). |
| Lemurs |
Evil spirits of the dead. |
