Cupid
Cupid, is the one who we thank most. We find our love coming from him.... Cuipd is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection.This is known in Latin also as Amor ("Love") also with his name meaning "desire". During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow. They say that this represents his source of power: if a person, or even a deity, gets shot by Cupid's arrow, their filled with uncontrollable desire. Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. In many art galleries, Cupid often appears in diffeent paintings as the Amores. Cupid was a very popular figure in tthe Middle Ages, when influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love. His festival is held on Feburary 14, other wise known as Valentine's Day.
Cupid, is the one who we thank most. We find our love coming from him.... Cuipd is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection.This is known in Latin also as Amor ("Love") also with his name meaning "desire". During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow. They say that this represents his source of power: if a person, or even a deity, gets shot by Cupid's arrow, their filled with uncontrollable desire. Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. In many art galleries, Cupid often appears in diffeent paintings as the Amores. Cupid was a very popular figure in tthe Middle Ages, when influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love. His festival is held on Feburary 14, other wise known as Valentine's Day.
Diana
Diana was the Goddess of the hunt and wild animals. She then became Goddess of the moon, taking the responsibility of the firtile and child birth. Originally, she was the Queen of the open sky and was a possiblity, a sun Goddess. In addition, to being a moon Goddess as her name means light. Lots of men fought to their death for the honour of becoming at least one of her priests. The Pagan tradition also said she had a daughter name Aradia, who eventually became queen of the witches. Her strengths are independence and physical strength. Her weaknesses is that she dislikes men.
Diana was the Goddess of the hunt and wild animals. She then became Goddess of the moon, taking the responsibility of the firtile and child birth. Originally, she was the Queen of the open sky and was a possiblity, a sun Goddess. In addition, to being a moon Goddess as her name means light. Lots of men fought to their death for the honour of becoming at least one of her priests. The Pagan tradition also said she had a daughter name Aradia, who eventually became queen of the witches. Her strengths are independence and physical strength. Her weaknesses is that she dislikes men.
Fides
In Roman tradition, Fides was the goddess of trust. Her temple on the Roman Capital was where the Roman Senate signed and kept the state treaties with other foreign countries, and its where Fides protected them. She was also worshipped under the name "Fides Publica Populi Romani " which means "Trust of the Roman People". Fides was represented as a young woman crowned with an olive branch, also with a cup, or with the military ensigned in hand. Wearing a white viel, her preists wore white cloths, to show thier connection with thier goddess. Roman's second king Numa Pompillius held a tradition festival devoted to Fides, and he also established that the major priests be born to her temple into a arched chariot drawn by two horses. There, they would conduct her services by covering their heads and had their right hands wrapped up to the fingers, just to indicate absolute devotion to her and to symbolise trust.
In Roman tradition, Fides was the goddess of trust. Her temple on the Roman Capital was where the Roman Senate signed and kept the state treaties with other foreign countries, and its where Fides protected them. She was also worshipped under the name "Fides Publica Populi Romani " which means "Trust of the Roman People". Fides was represented as a young woman crowned with an olive branch, also with a cup, or with the military ensigned in hand. Wearing a white viel, her preists wore white cloths, to show thier connection with thier goddess. Roman's second king Numa Pompillius held a tradition festival devoted to Fides, and he also established that the major priests be born to her temple into a arched chariot drawn by two horses. There, they would conduct her services by covering their heads and had their right hands wrapped up to the fingers, just to indicate absolute devotion to her and to symbolise trust.
Flora
Inside Roman mythology, Flora was the goddess of the flowers and the season of Spring. She was otherwise a relatively minor figure, being the one among the several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her the most importance at the upcoming of the springtime. She was given a fastival called the Floralia, was held between April 28 and May 3. Another festival was held in her honor on May 23. This showed the symbolization of the renewal of the cycle of life, drinking, and flowers. She was equivalent to Chloris, who was not a goddess but a nymph. Flora achieved more prominence in the neo-pagan revival of Antiquity among Renaissance humanists than she had ever enjoyed in ancient Rome.
Inside Roman mythology, Flora was the goddess of the flowers and the season of Spring. She was otherwise a relatively minor figure, being the one among the several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her the most importance at the upcoming of the springtime. She was given a fastival called the Floralia, was held between April 28 and May 3. Another festival was held in her honor on May 23. This showed the symbolization of the renewal of the cycle of life, drinking, and flowers. She was equivalent to Chloris, who was not a goddess but a nymph. Flora achieved more prominence in the neo-pagan revival of Antiquity among Renaissance humanists than she had ever enjoyed in ancient Rome.
Lares
Lares guarded homes, crossroads, and the city from the dead. Every family in Roman, had its own guardian just to protect the household. To ensure that the family-line didn't die out, also known as the "Lar familiaris". Each morning, Romans prayed and made offerings to a statue of Lares and it was kept in a family shrine. Lares was to believed to observe, protect and influence to all that happened inside the boundaries of their location or function. At diner time there was a statue placed at the center of the table. It's presence, cult and blessing just seem to have been required at all the important family events. Because of these associations, Lares is sometimes categorised as household god, but some had much broader domains. Everything was under the protection the protection of their particular Lar or Lare. Some of those who protected local neighbourhoods were placed in housed in the crossroad shrines, which served as the focus for the religious, social and political life. This included freedmen and slaves, otherwise excluded by status or property qualification. All of this is compared to Roman's major dieties, Lares had put limitations scope and potency, but archaeological and literary evidence attests to their central role in Roman identity and religious life.
Lares guarded homes, crossroads, and the city from the dead. Every family in Roman, had its own guardian just to protect the household. To ensure that the family-line didn't die out, also known as the "Lar familiaris". Each morning, Romans prayed and made offerings to a statue of Lares and it was kept in a family shrine. Lares was to believed to observe, protect and influence to all that happened inside the boundaries of their location or function. At diner time there was a statue placed at the center of the table. It's presence, cult and blessing just seem to have been required at all the important family events. Because of these associations, Lares is sometimes categorised as household god, but some had much broader domains. Everything was under the protection the protection of their particular Lar or Lare. Some of those who protected local neighbourhoods were placed in housed in the crossroad shrines, which served as the focus for the religious, social and political life. This included freedmen and slaves, otherwise excluded by status or property qualification. All of this is compared to Roman's major dieties, Lares had put limitations scope and potency, but archaeological and literary evidence attests to their central role in Roman identity and religious life.
Larunda
Larunda was the Roman goddess of beauty and loquacity. Her lover was Mercury, who made love to her, but it intended to be raped. She became a mother of two and hidden in a cottage in the woods so that Jupiter would not find her. Her themes are earth, home and ghosts. She had symbols of stoves or ovens, soil and clay.She is also the goddess of the home. She is also the mother and guardian to ghosts, or lares, who reside in the hearth and protect the family. Traditionally, there is a festival day, Larentalia. To invoke both Larunda’s and the lares blessing on home, it is said to leave a small jar of soil somewhere near your oven, microwave, toaster or heater, and say this little chant:‘Larunda, lares, this house bless, with your warmth and gentleness.’
Whenever you have tensions in the house, or reach a reach a boiling point, just take a pinch of the soil outside and dispose of it. t When you do this, you will see that this releases the magic and symbolically gets rid of the problems. It is said to not look back.
In Rome, on the 23rd of december, this day was a time to say all your prayers for the dead and for the nation, also for people to bring joy to one’s home.
In keeping with this tradition, convey like these to Larunda:
‘Larunda, hear my words
Bless the spirits of those who have gone on before me
and grant them serenity
Bless also my nation
that it may know peace and prosperity
this year and always
Finally, bless my home with your happiness,
prosperity and love
Let all who visit or dwell within
feel your presence and protection surrounding them
Thank you for these blessings
Amen.’
Larunda was the Roman goddess of beauty and loquacity. Her lover was Mercury, who made love to her, but it intended to be raped. She became a mother of two and hidden in a cottage in the woods so that Jupiter would not find her. Her themes are earth, home and ghosts. She had symbols of stoves or ovens, soil and clay.She is also the goddess of the home. She is also the mother and guardian to ghosts, or lares, who reside in the hearth and protect the family. Traditionally, there is a festival day, Larentalia. To invoke both Larunda’s and the lares blessing on home, it is said to leave a small jar of soil somewhere near your oven, microwave, toaster or heater, and say this little chant:‘Larunda, lares, this house bless, with your warmth and gentleness.’
Whenever you have tensions in the house, or reach a reach a boiling point, just take a pinch of the soil outside and dispose of it. t When you do this, you will see that this releases the magic and symbolically gets rid of the problems. It is said to not look back.
In Rome, on the 23rd of december, this day was a time to say all your prayers for the dead and for the nation, also for people to bring joy to one’s home.
In keeping with this tradition, convey like these to Larunda:
‘Larunda, hear my words
Bless the spirits of those who have gone on before me
and grant them serenity
Bless also my nation
that it may know peace and prosperity
this year and always
Finally, bless my home with your happiness,
prosperity and love
Let all who visit or dwell within
feel your presence and protection surrounding them
Thank you for these blessings
Amen.’
Lucina
The Roman Goddess of Light, also a Moon-Goddess named Lucina, who is a Birth-Goddess. For when a baby is born, it is brought into the light of the world for the very first time. It could also be used as an epithet of Hecate as the Moon-Goddess. The name is probably came from the Latin lux, which means "light" or "daylight. From this we get the words like lucid, luminous, the name Lucifer, means "Bringer of Light" is in used of the planet Venus as the morning star. As the Goddess of Childbirth, Lucina was suppose to protected pregnant women and the newborn child. She was to help those women who were having difficult times conceiving and who wanted children. It is said that Lucina wore her hair in tight stylized braids with a tiny cresent moon engraved in her forehead that made it look like apart of her hair.
The Roman Goddess of Light, also a Moon-Goddess named Lucina, who is a Birth-Goddess. For when a baby is born, it is brought into the light of the world for the very first time. It could also be used as an epithet of Hecate as the Moon-Goddess. The name is probably came from the Latin lux, which means "light" or "daylight. From this we get the words like lucid, luminous, the name Lucifer, means "Bringer of Light" is in used of the planet Venus as the morning star. As the Goddess of Childbirth, Lucina was suppose to protected pregnant women and the newborn child. She was to help those women who were having difficult times conceiving and who wanted children. It is said that Lucina wore her hair in tight stylized braids with a tiny cresent moon engraved in her forehead that made it look like apart of her hair.
Minerva
Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts, science and trade, but also of war, was Minerva. As the goddess of medicine, she is the patroness of physicians and of all medicine. She is said to be the virgin goddess of the warriors, of all poetry, medicine, wisdom and truth, commerce, and the inventor of music. In the temple on the Capitoline Hill, she was worshipped, with whom she formed a powerful triad of gods. Another temple of her's was on the Aventine Hill. Every year from March 19 - 23, the Quinquatria was held. The primary Minerva-festival was held during this time. This festival was mainly celebrated by artisans but also by many students.
Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts, science and trade, but also of war, was Minerva. As the goddess of medicine, she is the patroness of physicians and of all medicine. She is said to be the virgin goddess of the warriors, of all poetry, medicine, wisdom and truth, commerce, and the inventor of music. In the temple on the Capitoline Hill, she was worshipped, with whom she formed a powerful triad of gods. Another temple of her's was on the Aventine Hill. Every year from March 19 - 23, the Quinquatria was held. The primary Minerva-festival was held during this time. This festival was mainly celebrated by artisans but also by many students.
Nona
Nona, the Goddess of the spinner of the thread of life and the Goddess of pregnancy, was one of the three Parcae, with Decima and Morta, who were the personifications of destiny. She would spin the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle.Women would call upon her during their nineth month of pregnancy. She embody the fertile nature of the earth itself, these among female are also usually mothers of other deities. Their seen as patrons of motherhood.
She is as the various aspects of the mother.
Nona, the Goddess of the spinner of the thread of life and the Goddess of pregnancy, was one of the three Parcae, with Decima and Morta, who were the personifications of destiny. She would spin the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle.Women would call upon her during their nineth month of pregnancy. She embody the fertile nature of the earth itself, these among female are also usually mothers of other deities. Their seen as patrons of motherhood.
She is as the various aspects of the mother.
Saturn
Saturn was a god of agriculture, liberation, and time. He was depicted as the Golden Age of abundance and peace. He was thus a god of wealth. December is where his festival is held; date unknown. A time of feasting, role reversals, free speech, gift-giving and revelry. Both Saturn the planet and Saturday are named after the god. The position of Saturn's festival in the Roman calendar led to his association with concepts of time, especially the temporal transition of the New Year. The remains of Saturn's temple in Roman the eight columns of the pronoans, still dominate the west end of the Forum at the foot of the Civus Capitolinus.
Saturn was a god of agriculture, liberation, and time. He was depicted as the Golden Age of abundance and peace. He was thus a god of wealth. December is where his festival is held; date unknown. A time of feasting, role reversals, free speech, gift-giving and revelry. Both Saturn the planet and Saturday are named after the god. The position of Saturn's festival in the Roman calendar led to his association with concepts of time, especially the temporal transition of the New Year. The remains of Saturn's temple in Roman the eight columns of the pronoans, still dominate the west end of the Forum at the foot of the Civus Capitolinus.
Terminus
Terminus was the Roman God, who protected boundary markers. His name was the Latin word for such a marker. There were sacrifices performed to sanctify each of the boundary stone, and landowners would celebrated with a festival called the "Terminalia" in his honor each year in the month of February, on the 23rd day. There was a Temple for Jupiter Optimus Maximus right on the Capitoline Hill. They say that this temple was thought to have been built over a shrinebuilt for Terminus. He was occasionally identified as the aspect of Jupiter under the name of "Jupiter Terminalis".
Terminus was the Roman God, who protected boundary markers. His name was the Latin word for such a marker. There were sacrifices performed to sanctify each of the boundary stone, and landowners would celebrated with a festival called the "Terminalia" in his honor each year in the month of February, on the 23rd day. There was a Temple for Jupiter Optimus Maximus right on the Capitoline Hill. They say that this temple was thought to have been built over a shrinebuilt for Terminus. He was occasionally identified as the aspect of Jupiter under the name of "Jupiter Terminalis".
Vediovis
Vejovis was believed to be one of the first gods to ever be born. He was a god of the healing. He became associated with the Greek Asclepius. He was mostly worshipped in the city of Rome and Bovillae in Latium. On the Hill of Capitoline and on the Island of Tiber, temples have been built in his honor. Goats were a sacrificed to avert plagues. Vejovis was portrayed as a young man, holding a bunch of arrows in his hand, and was accompanied by a goat.
Sacrifices
Wheh Vejovis received the sacrifice of a female goat, this obscure phrase could either mean "after the manner of a human sacrifice" or "in the manner of a burial."
Vejovis was believed to be one of the first gods to ever be born. He was a god of the healing. He became associated with the Greek Asclepius. He was mostly worshipped in the city of Rome and Bovillae in Latium. On the Hill of Capitoline and on the Island of Tiber, temples have been built in his honor. Goats were a sacrificed to avert plagues. Vejovis was portrayed as a young man, holding a bunch of arrows in his hand, and was accompanied by a goat.
Sacrifices
Wheh Vejovis received the sacrifice of a female goat, this obscure phrase could either mean "after the manner of a human sacrifice" or "in the manner of a burial."
Venus
Venus, was the Roman Goddess with the functions of love, beauty, sex, fertility and prosperity. Through her son, Aeneas, she was the mother who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. In Julius Ceasar's time, he claimed her as his ancestor. The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite through Roman art and Latin literature. Venus had no worship, in Rome in the early times, attesting that she could find no mention of her own name in the old records. She was charged with the protection of chastity of women and children ( mostly females).
Venus, was the Roman Goddess with the functions of love, beauty, sex, fertility and prosperity. Through her son, Aeneas, she was the mother who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. In Julius Ceasar's time, he claimed her as his ancestor. The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite through Roman art and Latin literature. Venus had no worship, in Rome in the early times, attesting that she could find no mention of her own name in the old records. She was charged with the protection of chastity of women and children ( mostly females).
Vertumnus
Vertumnus is the god of the four seasons, change the plant growth, as well as the gardens and the fruit trees. His form could change at will ; he tricked Pomona into talking to him by disguising himself as the old woman and gaining the entry to her orchard. He then used a narrative warning of the dangers of rejecting a suitor to seduce her. Vortumnus's festival was called the Vertumnalia and it was held on the 13th of August.
Vertumnus is the god of the four seasons, change the plant growth, as well as the gardens and the fruit trees. His form could change at will ; he tricked Pomona into talking to him by disguising himself as the old woman and gaining the entry to her orchard. He then used a narrative warning of the dangers of rejecting a suitor to seduce her. Vortumnus's festival was called the Vertumnalia and it was held on the 13th of August.
Vulcan
Vulcan was the god of fire, including the fire of volcanoes. Vulcan is often worked with the blacksmith's hammer. The Vulcanalia was the annual festival that was held in the month of August, on the 23rd day in his honor. His Greek counterpart was Hephaepstus, the Greek God of fire and smithery. He has the power to rule over the land with the volcanoes. He belongs to the most ancient part of Roman religion: Varro, who was the ancient Roman scholar and writer, recalls that King Titus Tatius, dedicated the altars to a series of deities among which Vulcan is mentioned.
Vulcan was the god of fire, including the fire of volcanoes. Vulcan is often worked with the blacksmith's hammer. The Vulcanalia was the annual festival that was held in the month of August, on the 23rd day in his honor. His Greek counterpart was Hephaepstus, the Greek God of fire and smithery. He has the power to rule over the land with the volcanoes. He belongs to the most ancient part of Roman religion: Varro, who was the ancient Roman scholar and writer, recalls that King Titus Tatius, dedicated the altars to a series of deities among which Vulcan is mentioned.
