Roman Gods and Goddesses
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Apollo: Sun God, prophecy, music, healing, medicine, oracles, reason, inspiration, the art, magic.
Bacchus: God of wine, good times, ecstasy, fertility, wild nature.
Bona Dea: Fertility goddess.
Ceres: Goddess of crops, initiation, civilization, lawgiver, Protectress of women, motherhood, marriage.
Cupid: God of love.
Diana: Goddess of the wildwood, mountains, woods, the hunt, women, childbirth.
Faunas: Horned God, protector of flocks and agriculture, bee-keeping, fishing, orchards, gardens, animals, fertility, nature woodlands.
Fortuna: Goddess of Fate, oracles, chance, protectress of women married only once.
Hecate: The Crone, snake goddess, Goddess of Witchcraft, patroness of dark magic, priestesses, charms and spells, vengeance, expiations, riches, enchantments, victory, wisdom, purification, prosperity, ends, destruction, choices.
Janus: God of good beginnings, doorways, journeys, public gates, departure and return, harbors, communication, navigation, endings, success, the seasons.
Juno: Protectress of marriage, the home, childbirth, renewal, purification, death, pain, punishment.
Jupiter: Warrior god, protector of youth, the laws, justice, the weak. Lord of clouds, rain, wind, thunder, mountain tops, lightening, the elements, agriculture, honors, riches, health, luck, friendship.
Luna: Goddess of enchantments, love spells.
Maia: Goddess of fertility.
Mars: God of war and agriculture, spring, terror, anger, revenge, courage.
Mercury: God of transport, thievery, cunning, success, magic, travel, profits, gambling, mischief, crossroads, athletes, eloquence, merchants, messages.
Minerva: Patroness of craftsmen, protection, writing, music, the sciences, sculptors, potters, architects, wisdom, renewal, prudence, wise counsel, peace, medicine, war, and schools.
Neptune: God of the Sea, storm god.
Pluto: God of death and the underworld.
Saturn: God of abundance and agriculture, earth's riches, prosperity, vines.
Venus: Goddess of love, beauty, and the joy of physical love, fertility, renewal, herb magic.
Vesta: Goddess of the hearth and fire. Her priestesses were the virgins who kept the sacred fire of Rome always burning. Goddess of domestic and ceremonial fires.
Vulcan: God of the sun, thunderbolts, fire, battles, blacksmiths, thunder, volcanoes, jewelry making.