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The Roman Gods and Goddesses
LESSON 2
Saturn
Father of the gods.
God of Agriculture and Harvest.
Jupiter
Ruler of the gods and god of the sky and of lightening and thunder.
Son of Saturn and husband of Juno.
Juno
Queen of the gods.Wife of JupiterDaughter of SaturnMother of Minerva, Mars and
VulconGoddess of marriagePatron goddess of Rome and
the Roman Empire (called Regina or Queen by the Romans.)
The month June is named for her.
Minerva
Daughter of Juno and Jupiter.
Sprang fully grown from the head of Jupiter.
goddess of wisdom
Origins from Greek Goddess Athena and Etruscan goddess Menrva.
Mars
God of war
Volcan
God of fire
A blacksmith
Venus
goddess of love and beauty.
Daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
Born out of the sea foam.
Diana
Goddess of the hunt and wild animals.
Also the goddess of Moon and of women.
Ceres
Also said to be a goddess of women, especially mothers.
Goddess of agriculture and civilization.
Mother of Perserpine. Daughter of Saturn and his wife Ops.
Neptune
God of the sea and water and of horses.Brother of Jupitor and Pluto.
Pluto
God of death and the underworld.
Son of Saturn.
Ruler of the underworld.
Kidnapped and married Ceres’ daughter Perserpine.
Mercury
The messenger god.
God of trade and commerce.
Son of Jupiter and Ops.
Wore winged shoes.
Vesta
Goddess of hearth home and family.
Girls selected as vestal virgins served her at her temple and kept her fire burning all the time.
Apollo
God of the sun
God of music
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