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| Ancient Roman Mythology and Legends The history, myths and legends that feature in Roman Mythology of gods, goddesses, heroes & supernatural creatures Roman Mythology Discover the legends, history and myths surrounding the Roman gods and goddesses, heroes and the legendary monsters and terrible creatures who are referred to in the stories of Roman Mythology. This article provides an overview of facts and interesting information about Roman Mythology, history and legends. A fast overview and dictionary of Roman mythology, a who's-who of the characters and names of legendary stories that feature in the world of Roman mythology including the heroes and demigods of myth stories and legends. For detailed facts and information about gods and goddesses refer to the following: Gods and Deities Roman Gods and Goddesses Myths & Stories | Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses |
Ancient Roman Mythology This article provides a fast overview and dictionary Roman mythology detailing the names of the gods, goddesses, heroes and legendary creatures stories that feature in the world of Roman mythology and legends of history. The Romans habitually adopted different ideas, culture, mythology and religions from other cultures and civilisations. This included the assimilation of the gods and goddesses that were worshipped by other nations, especially those from ancient Greek mythology. The Romans identified their own gods and goddesses with those of the Greeks, adapting the myths, legends and stories told about them and importing them into their own culture. The Roman gods and goddesses not adopted from other religions were called di indigetes. Picture of the head of Medusa, the Gorgon, who was slain by the hero Perseus Ancient Roman Mythology The stories found in Roman mythology are therefore similar to many found in ancient Greek mythology but more emphasis is placed on the political development of the Roman government and the Roman state religion with particular focus on the moral expectations of the Romans. Roman mythology contains their creation myth and the story of the birth of Romulus and Remus and the founding of the city of Rome. The following charts provides an A - Z of Famous Gods, mythical Creatures & Names featured in Roman Mythology and Roman history. Roman Mythology Who were the creatures and gods who featured in the stories of Roman Mythology? The following chart provides a description and definition of the different gods, goddesses, heroes and mythical creatures of Roman mythology. A - Z of Famous Gods, Creatures & Names from Roman Mythology | Roman Mythology A | Achilles | Achilles was a demigod and the son of Thetis, a minor sea-goddess and Peleus, the king of Myrmidons | Aeneid | The Aeneid is an epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans | Abundantia | Abundantia, the Roman goddess of abundance and prosperity | Aeacus | Aeacus was a demigod and the son of a son of Jupiter and Aegina who was the daughter of a river god in Mythology. He was the father of Telamon and Peleus and grandfather of Ajax and Achilles | Aesculapius | Aesculapius, the god of healing and medicine | Aeneas | Aeneas was a demigod and the son of the goddess Venus and Prince Anchises | Amphion | Amphion was a demigod and a son of Jupiter and Antiope | Arcas | Arcas was a demigod in Mythology and a son of Jupiter and Callisto a nymph and minor goddess associated with Venus | Apollo | Apollo, god of poetry, music, and oracles | Aurora | Aurora, goddess of the dawn | Appias | Appias was one of the Crinaeae and a naiad who lived in the Appian Well outside the temple to Venus Genitrix in the Roman Forum | Roman Mythology B | Blemmyae | The Blemmyae was a tribe which became fictionalized as a race of creatures believed to be headless monsters who had eyes and mouths on their chest | Bacchus | Bacchus, god of wine | Bellona | Bellona war goddess | Roman Mythology C | Caucasian Eagle | The Caucasian Eagle was an eagle that every day ate the liver of Prometheus in Mytholog | Cacus | Cacus was a fire-breathing giant and the son of Vulcan who was killed by Hercules after terrorizing the Palatine Hill before the founding of Rome | Clymene | Clymene was a demigod and the daughter of the Titan gods Oceanus and Tethys | Ceres | Ceres, goddess of the harvest and mother of Proserpina | Cerberus | Cerberus was the many-headed dog which guarded the gates of Hades in Mythology | Charon | Charon, the ferryman | Centaur | In Mythology a centaur was a creature, part human and part horse | Crommyonian Sow | Crommyonian Sow was a wild pig killed by Theseus | Cupid | Cupid, god of love and the son of Venus | Colchian Dragon | The Colchian Dragon guarded the Golden Fleece in Mythology | Cybele | Cybele, goddess of fertility in Roman Mythology | Coriolanus | Coriolanus, a story of Roman story of politics and morality | Chimera | The Chimera was a fire breathing beast that was part lion, part goat, and had a snake-headed | Roman Mythology D | Dardanus | Dardanus was a demigod and a son of Jupiter and Electra who was the daughter of Atlas | Discordia | Discordia was the Goddess of Strife and Discord | Diana | Diana, goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity | Roman Mythology E | Epaphus | Epaphus was a demigod and a son of Jupiter and Io, a priestess of the goddess Juno in Roman Mythology | Echidna | Echidna was the mother by Typhon and of many monstrous offspring | Roman Mythology F | Faun | The faun was a rustic forest god, half human–half goat, of Roman mythology | Fauna | Fauna, goddess of nature and animals | Faunus | Faunus, god of flocks | Flora | Flora, goddess of flowers | Fortuna | Fortuna, goddess of fortune | Roman Mythology G | Gorgons | The Gorgons were three winged sister monsters, and Medusa, who had live snakes for hair in Roman Mythology | Gratiae | Gratiae, Roman term for the Charites or Graces | The Graeae | The Graeae were three gray witches in Mythology who possessed on one eye between them, consulted by the hero Perseus | Roman Mythology H | Helen of Troy | Helen of Troy was a demigod and a daughter of Jupiter and Leda who was queen of Sparta | Hekate | Hekate, goddess of Magic and the moon in Roman Mythology | Harmonia | Harmonia was a demigod and a daughter of Jupiter and Electra | Hercules | Hercules (Heracles in Greek) was a demigod and a son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene | Horatius | The story of Horatius at the bridge related the importance of individual valor to Romans | Hyperion | Hyperion, Titan Lord of light | Hydra | In Mythology the Hydra was the many-headed sea monster which when one of its heads was cut off grew two more | Roman Mythology I | Iasus | Iasus was a demigod and a son of Jupiter and Electra (one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione). He was the brother of Dardanus | Roman Mythology J | Janus | Janus, double-faced or two-headed god of beginnings and endings and of doors in Roman Mythology | Juventus | Juventas, goddess of Youth | Juno | Juno, Queen of the Gods and goddess of matrimony, and one of the Dii Consentes | Jupiter | Jupiter, King of the Gods and the storm, air, and sky god | Roman Mythology L | Lernaean Hydra | In Mythology the Lernaean Hydra was the many-headed sea monster which when one of its heads was cut off grew two more | Luna | Luna, goddess of the moon | Lucretia | Lucretia, whose self-sacrifice prompted the overthrow of the early Roman monarchy and led to the establishment of the Republic | Lares | Lares, household gods | Latona | Latona goddess of motherhood and modesty | Ladon | In Mythology Ladon was the dragon which guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides | A - Z of Famous Gods, Creatures & Names from Roman Mythology |
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Ancient Roman Mythology The following chart provides a description and definition of the different gods, goddesses, heroes and mythical creatures of Roman mythology. A - Z of Famous Gods, Creatures & Names from Roman Mythology | Roman Mythology M | Mater Matuta | Mater Matuta was an indigenous Roman goddess in Roman Mythology, whom the Romans eventually made equivalent to the dawn goddess Aurora | Mars | Mars the God of War | Memnon | Memnon was a demigod in Mythology and the son of Tithonus and Eos who was a Titan goddess of the dawn | Mercury | Mercury, messenger of the gods and bearer of souls to the underworld | Metamorphoses | Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poet Ovid | Mucius Scaevola | Mucius Scaevola, who thrust his right hand into the fire to prove his loyalty to Rome | Minerva | Minerva, goddess of wisdom, war, the arts in Roman Mythology | Medusa | Medusa was one of the Gorgons in Mythology, a winged monster who had live snakes for hair who could turn men to stone, slain by the hero Perseus | Mithras | Mithras, god of soldiers, light, truth, and honor | Marcus Curtius | Marcus Curtius was a mythological young Roman who sacrificed himself to the Underworld gods of Hades | Roman Mythology N | Nemean lion | The Nemean lion was an enormous lion in Mythology who was strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors. | Neptune | Neptune, god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses | Numa Pompilius | Numa Pompilius was the Sabine second king of Rome who consorted with the nymph Egeria and established many of Rome's legal and religious institutions | Roman Mythology O | Orion | Orion was a demigod and a son of the sea god Neptune and Euryale in Mythology | Orpheus | Orpheus was a demigod and a son of Calliope and the god Apollo in Roman Mythology | Ovid | Ovid was a Roman poet who told stories of Roman mythology | Orthrus | Orthrus was the two-headed dog which guarded the Cattle of Geryon in Mythology | Roman Mythology P | Perseus | Perseus was a demigod in Mythology and a son of Jupiter and Danae | Proserpina | Proserpina, Queen of the Dead and a grain-goddess | Parcae | The Parcae (Roman equivalent of the Moirai, the Fates) | Penates | Penates or Di Penates, household gods | Pyramus & Thisbe | Pyramus and Thisbe are two characters of Roman mythology, whose love story is told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses | Pluto | Pluto, god of the Underworld | Pollux | Pollux was a demigod and a son of Jupiter and the mortal Leda. He was the twin brother of Castor | Roman Mythology Q | Quirinus | In Roman mythology and religion, Quirinus was an early god of the Roman state | Roman Mythology R | Roma | Roma, personification of the Roman state | Romulus and Remus | Romulus and Remus were the twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth. | Rhea Silvia | Rhea Silvia was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome. | Roman Mythology S | Scylla | Scylla was a female sea monster who devoured sailors when they tried to navigate the narrow channel between her cave and the whirlpool Charybdis | Sabine women | The Rape of the Sabine women was the story that explained the importance of the Sabines in the formation of Roman culture, and the growth of Rome through conflict and alliance | Saturnus | Saturnus, the god of time, harvest and agriculture in Roman Mythology | Servius Tullius | Servius Tullius was the sixth king of Rome, whose mysterious origins were freely mythologized and said to have been the lover of the goddess Fortuna | Sibylline Books | The Sibylline Books (Libri Sibyllini) were a collection of a collection of prophecies from an Oracle named the Sibyl of Cumae, bearing upon Roman religion and the welfare of Romans and the Roman state | Roman Mythology T | Theseus | Theseus was a demigod and a son of Neptune and Aethra | Teumessian fox | The Teumessian fox was destined never to be caught. It was sometimes called the Cadmean vixen | Trivia | Trivia, goddess of crossroads | Tityos | Tityos was a demigod and a son of Jupiter and Elara | Tarpeian Rock | The Tarpeian Rock was used for the execution of traitors to Rome | Roman Mythology U | Uranus | Uranus, Primordial god of the sky before Jupiter | Roman Mythology V | Venus | Venus, goddess of love, beauty, sexuality, and gardens | Vesta | Vesta, goddess of the hearth, the Roman state, and the sacred fire | Victoria | Victoria, goddess of victory | Vulcan | Vulcan, god of the forge, fire, and blacksmiths | Roman Mythology XYZ | Zethes | Zethes was a demigod and a son of Boreas (the Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter) and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. His brother was Calais in Roman Mythology | A - Z of Famous Gods, Creatures & Names from Roman Mythology |
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