You are here:About>Education>Ancient / Classical History> Myth / Beliefs> Greek Mythology & Heroes> Roman Gods> Gregory Flood - Foreign Gods and Goddesses
About.comAncient / Classical History
Gregory Flood's Roman Gods and Goddesses
Foreign Gods and Goddesses

 Related Resources
• Myth Index
 
 Elsewhere on the Web
• Nova Roma Roman Gods and Goddesses
• Roman God Name Evolution
 

See
Roman Gods and Goddesses
Foreign Gods and Goddesses
Punic Names for Roman Gods
Some Etruscan Gods and Their Roman Counterparts
Gods and Goddesses of Agriculture
Gods and Goddesses of Children and Childbirth
Gods and Goddesses of Virtues and Personifications
Genres of Spiritual Entities
Imperial Divi

This table of gods and goddesses of the indigenous Latin religion is something that developed over the years as part of a fiction writing project I was involved with. It occurs to me now that it is far more complete than any other such listing I have ever encountered. So, I offer it to you, for whatever use you can put it to.

–Gregory Flood

 

Foreign Gods and Goddesses

 

Nationality

Sphere of Operation

Name

M/F

Misc. Data

African

Vague

Opheles

M

Benevolent daimon of Cyrene

African (Berber)

City

Frugifer

M

Tutelary god of Thugga in Africa

Egyptian

City

Agathodaimon-Aion

Serpent god credited with the founding of Alexandria

Etruscan

Healing

Nortia

F

  

Etruscan

Divination

Tages

M

  

Illyrian

Healing

Reitia

F

  

Illyrian

Vague

Louzera

F

Companion to Bacchus-like god

Illyrian

Water: the ocean

Messapos

M

Imported to Republican Rome

Middle East

Fertility

Attis

M

Castrated consort of Cybele

Minturnae

Vague

Marica

F

Minturnian goddess who aided Marius; mother of Latinus by Faunus

This resource page is copyright © 2002 N.S. Gill.

New posts to the Ancient/Classical History forums:

(Joss Whedon) Angel CharactersTranslation: "Love God. Raise Hell."source

Subscribe to the Newsletter
Name
 Email
From N.S. Gill,
Your Guide to Ancient / Classical History.
FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now!
 All Topics | Email Article | Print this Page | |
Advertising Info | News & Events | Work at About | SiteMap | Reprints | HelpOur Story | Be a Guide
User Agreement | Ethics Policy | Patent Info. | Privacy Policy©2008 About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.