Roman Goddesses
Abeona: The goddess who protects children when they leave the parental house for the first time.
Abunadantia: A minor goddess of abundance, prosperity and good fortune. Her attribute is a cornucopia ("horn of plenty") with which she distributes grain and money. After the Roman occupation of France, she remained in French folklore as Lady Hobunde.
Adeona: The goddess who guides the child back home, after it has left the parental house for the first time.
Aera Cura: The goddess of the infernal regions.
Alemonia: The goddess who feeds the unborn child.
Angerona: The protecting deity of ancient Rome and a goddess of secrecy and of the winter solstice. Angerona is shown with a bandaged mouth with a finger to her lips commanding silence. Her feast—the Divalia or Angeronalia—was celebrated on December 21.
Angita: An early goddess of healing and witchcraft.
Angitia: A snake goddess who was especially worshipped by the Marsi, a tribe in central Italy.
Anna Perenna: The goddess of the New Year. Her festival was celebrated on March 15.
Antevorte: The goddess of the future.
Appiades: The five Roman goddesses who had a temple near the Appian aqueducts. They are Concordia, Minerva, Pax, Venus, and Vesta.
Aradia: An Italian (Tuscany) witch goddess, surviving there into this century. She is the daughter of Diana and Diana's brother Lucifer (i.e. of the Moon and Sun), and came to earth to teach the witches of her mother's magic.
Aurora: The goddess of the dawn.
Averna: The queen of the dead.
Bellona: The goddess of war.
Bona Dea: ("the Good Goddess") is a fertility goddess, especially worshipped by Roman matrons. She presided over both virginity and fertility in women. She is the daughter of the god Faunus and she herself is often called Fauna. Her festival was observed on May 1. She was also a healing goddess and the sick were tended in her temple garden with medicinal herbs. Bona Dea was portrayed sitting on a throne, holding a cornucopia. The snake is her attribute, a symbol of healing.
Bubona: The goddess of horses and cattle.
Caca: The goddess of the hearth and the sister of the fire-breathing giant Cacus.
Camenae: Originally ancient goddesses of wells and springs. Later they were identified with the Greek Muses.
Candelifera: The goddess of birth.
Cardea: The goddess of thresholds and especially door-pivots (cardo "door-pivot"). Just as Carna she is also a goddess of health. Cardea is the protectress of little children against the attacks of vampire-witches. Ovid says of Cardea, apparently quoting a religious formula: "Her power is to open what is shut; to shut what is open."
Carmenta: The goddess of childbirth and prophecy, one of the Camenae. Her festival, the Carmentalia, took place on 11 and 15 January, and was mostly celebrated by women. She is the mother of Euander.
Ceres: The goddess of agriculture, grain, and the love a mother bears for her child. She is the daughter of Saturn and the mother of Proserpina. Her festival, the Cerealia, was celebrated on April 19. Ceres is portrayed with a scepter, a basket with flowers or fruits, and a garland made of the ears of corn. Another festival was the Ambarvalia, held in May.
Cinxia: The goddess of marriage.
Clementia: The goddess of mercy and clemency.
Cloacina: The goddess who presides of the system of sewers (from the Latin cloaca, "sewer") which drained the refuse of the city of Rome.
Concordia: The goddess of concord. Concordia is portrayed sitting, wearing a long cloak and holding a sacrificial bowl in her left hand and a cornucopia in her right. Sometimes she can be seen standing between two members of the Royal House who clasp hands.
Consentes Dii: The twelve major gods of the Roman pantheon, identified by the Romans with the Greek Olympians. There are six male and six female deities. They are Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Venus, Vulcan, Vesta, Mercury, and Ceres.
Copia: The goddess of wealth and plenty, usually seen carrying a cornucopia.
Cuba: The goddess who protects the infants in their cribs and sends them to sleep.
Cunina: A goddess of infants.
Cura: A goddess who first fashioned humans from clay.
Dea Dia: A goddess of growth, identified with Ceres. Her priests were the Fratres Arvales who honored her in the feast of the Ambarvalia, held in May.
Dea Tacita: The "silent goddess." She was a goddess of the dead.
Decima: A goddess of childbirth. Together with Nona and Morta she forms the Parcae (the Roman goddesses of Fate).
Devera: The goddess that rules the brooms used to purify ritual sites.
Deverra: The goddess who protects women in labor, and patroness of midwives.
Diana: The goddess of nature, fertility and childbirth. She is also a moon goddess. Her festival coincided with the idus (13th) of August.
Disciplina: The goddess of discipline.
Discordia: The goddess of strife and discord.
Domiduca: The goddess who escorts the child safely back home.
Edusa: The goddess with whose help small children learn to eat.
Egeria: The goddess who inspired and guided Numa Pompilius, the successor of Romulus in the kingship of Rome. She is also regarded as his wife. They used to meet in a sacred grove in the midst of which a spring gushed forth and there she taught him wise legislation and the forms of public worship. Egeria is one of the Camenae and was also worshipped as a goddess of birth.
Egestes: The personification of poverty.
Empanda: This goddess personified the idea of openness and generosity.
Fama: The goddess of fame and popular rumor. What she heard she repeated first in a whisper to few, then louder and louder until she communicated it to all heaven and earth. Mentioned as a daughter of Tellus. Not truly a goddess, she was more of a literary conceit. She had as many eyes, ears, and tongues as she had feathers.
Fames: The personification of hunger.
Faustitas: The goddess who protects herds.
Febris: ("Fever") The goddess who protects against fever.
Felicitas: The personification of success.
Ferentina: The goddess of the mountain city of Ferentinum in Latium. She was protector of the Latin commonwealth.
Feronia: The goddess who was invoked to secure a bountiful harvest. Slaves worshipped her as the goddess of freedom, for it was believed that those who sat on a holy stone in her sanctuary were set free. Her festival took place on November 15.
Fides: The goddess of good faith and faithfulness.
Flora: The goddess of blossoming flowers of spring. Her festival, Floralia, was celebrated on April 28 -May 1.
Fornax: ("Oven") is the goddess of the baking of bread.
Fortuna: The personification of good fortune, originally a goddess of blessing and fertility and in that capacity she was especially worshipped by mothers. She is portrayed standing, wearing a rich dress. The cornucopia, rudder, ball, and blindfold are her attributes.
Fulgora: The goddess of lighting.
The Furies: The goddesses of vengeance. The Furies, who are usually characterized as three sisters (Alecto, Tisiphone, and Magaera) are the children of Gaia and Uranus. They resulted from a drop of Uranus' blood falling onto the earth. Virgil placed them in the Underworld and it is there that they reside, tormenting evildoers and sinners. The Furies are cruel, but are also renowned for being very fair.
Furina: The goddess of theives.
Hippona: The goddess of horses.
Indigites Dii: The group of original, native Roman gods, in contrast to the Novensiles Dii, gods imported from elsewhere. The Indigites Dii were only invoked in special situations. They are the protectors of homes, stables, barns, fields, meadows, etc.
Indivia: The goddess of jeaulousy.
Jana: A minor goddess. She is the wife of the god Janus.
Juno: Protector and special counselor of the Roman state and queen of the gods. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister (but also the wife) of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars, and Vulcan. As the patron goddess of Rome and the Roman Empire she was called Regina ("queen") and, together with Jupiter and Minerva, was worshipped as a triad on the Capitol (Juno Capitolina) in Rome.
Justitia: The goddess of justice, portrayed as a woman holding a cornucopia and scales. Later she is portrayed with a blindfold, holding scales and a sword (or scepter).
Juturna: The goddess of wells and springs, sister of Turnus (the king of Rutuli).
Juventas: ("Youth") An early goddess of youth.
Laverna: The goddess of unlawfully obtained profits and therefore a goddess of thieves, imposters and frauds.
Levana: ("Lifter") is the protector of newborn babes. The father recognized his child by lifting it from the ground, where the mother placed it.
Libera: The wife of Liber. She is later equated with Proserpina.
Libertas: The goddess of freedom. Originally as goddess of personal freedom, she later became the goddess of the Roman commonwealth.
Libitina: The goddess of corpses and the funeral, her name often being a synonym for death itself. In her temple all the necessary equipment for burial was kept. Later she was equated with Proserpina.
Lima: The goddess of thresholds.
Lua: The goddess to whom the Romans offered captured weapons by ritually burning them.
Lucina: The goddess of childbirth, who eased the pain and made sure all went well. Lucina became later a epithet of Juno, as "she who brings children into the light"
Luna: The goddess of the moon. Later she is identified with Diana and Hecate.
Maia: The goddess of whom the month of May is probably named after.
Maiesta: The goddess of honor and reverence, and the wife of the god Vulcan. Some sources say that the month of May is named after her. Others say she is the goddess Maia.