Guest Author - Elizabeth Bissette

Agrarian Dieties

Ceres Goddess of agriculture and the harvest, and Divine source of Life energy.

Horta Etruscan Goddess of agriculture.

Imporcitor The God who watches over the plowing of the fields and the drawing of the furrow.

Insitor The God who watches over the sowing of seed.

Lactanus The God of crop vitality and growth.

Mellonia Goddess of bee-keeping.

Messor The God of reaping and harvesting.

Neptunus The earliest version of Neptune, God of Irrigation and canals.

Nodotus God of grain crops, specifically assigned to guard the health of the stalks. He has patronage over straw and similar products.

Obarator The God of fertilization and seed production.

Ops Goddess of the harvest, growth of plants from seed to maturity. Spouse of Saturn.

Pales A pastoral Goddess guardian and nurturer of the flocks and herds.

Pomona Goddess of orchards and fruit-bearing trees.

Promitor God of fruition.

Puta The Goddess of pruning and trimming.

Redarator God of the ploughing-under.

Sarritor God of the gathering of the harvest; Patron of the carts hauling the harvest to the mills.

Spiniensis God of briar patches and thorn bushes; Patron of the uprooting of same. Aspect of bringing the wild to order.

Stercullus The God of fertilization of the crops.

Ubertas Patron of agrarian wealth and plenty.

Tellus An ancient Grain Goddess, often called Terra Mater (Earth-Mother), responsible for crop growth and fertility. She has authority over the Dead and in that Aspect Her name was used to curse enemies; opponent armies were her legitimate sacrifice.

Vertumnus Based on an earlier Etruscan diety he is the consort of Pomona, Patron of gardeners and cultivated ground; a general authority over orderly change, as in the progress of the seasons. Based on an earlier Etruscan Deity.

Birth and Childhood

Abeona and Adeona Abeona guides children leaving a room or condition, and Adeona performs the same office for children entering or beginning.

Alemona Goddess who protects the health and safety of unborn children.

Candelifera and Carmentia Candelifera guides an unborn infant to Lucina and the childs first sight. Carmentia is an oracular Goddess who pronounces a newborn's destiny based on the first thing they lay eyes upon.

Cunina Goddess of the cradle and the nursery.

Decima and Nona Goddesses of the nine months of gestation.

Deverra and Intercidona Goddesses who defend newborns against malignant influence, especially magical or spiritual.

Edusa Goddess of nourishment, especially for infants.

Fabulinus A God who governs the first words uttered.

Lucina An Aspect of Diana, Goddess of midwivery as the Source of the first light seen by a newborn, Goddess of Moonlight and bringer of visions and phantasms.

Partula Goddess of parturition

Pilumnus Guardian God of an infant at the moment of birth.

Potina Goddess of nourishment, specifically healthy liquids and drinks, in infants.

Rumina Goddess of breast-feeding.

Vagitanus The God ruling an infant's first sound after birth.

Volumna Guardian and teacher of infancy and the nursery.

Conceptual Deities

Abundantia Goddess of plenty and wealth.

Aequitas Goddess of honesty and fairness in contracts and negotiations.

Clementia Goddess of mildness and mercy.

Disciplina Goddess of martial order and soldierly conduct.

Discordia Goddess of confusion, lack of reason and panic.

Faustitas Goddess of benificence and fertility.

Fecunditas Goddess of growth and fertility

Felicitas Goddess of prosperity.
Fides God of trust, faith, and loyalty.

Fortuna Goddess of luck and chance.

Fraus Goddess of treachery and betrayals.

Honus God of military honor.

Justicia Goddess of balanced agreement and justice.

Liberalitas Goddess of generosity and social virtue.

Libertas Goddess of freedom.

Moneta Goddess of wealth and fortune. An Aspect of Juno, her temple was the mint.

Pietas Goddess of filial devotion and duty.

Providentia Goddess of forethought.

Securita Goddess of safety and stability.

Spes Goddess of hope.

Tacita Goddess of silence.

Victoria Goddess of victory.

Virtus Goddess of Virtue and integrity.

Voluptas Goddess of satisfaction, pleasure, and delight