Entities
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- entity_id
- {'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
- canonical_name
- {'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
- greek_name
- {'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
- tradition
- {'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
- entity_class
- {'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
- entity_type
- {'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
- category
- {'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
- primary_domains
- {'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
- evidence_confidence
- {'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
- chthonic_flag
- {'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
- serpent_flag
- {'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
- short_note
- {'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}
123 rows where tradition = "Roman"
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entity_class 3
- deity 117
- collective 5
- spirit 1
tradition 1
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| entity_id ▼ | canonical_name | greek_name | tradition | entity_type | category | primary_domains | tags | cult_scope | primary_period | evidence_confidence | review_status | inclusion_basis | earth_association_score | chthonic_flag | serpent_flag | short_note | entity_class |
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| ENT_ROM_ABEONA | Abeona | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Abeona; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over children departing and going away, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_ADEONA | Adeona | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Adeona; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over children approaching and coming, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_AESCULAPIUS | Aesculapius | Roman | Healing god | Healing Figure | medicine; healing; the sacred serpent; the Tiber Island temple | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Livy 10.47; Livy Per. 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Roman reception of Greek Asclepius, fetched from Epidaurus by Senate decree after the plague of 293 BCE (Livy 10.47); his serpent chose the Tiber Island, where his temple stood from 291 BCE. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_AGENORIA | Agenoria | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Agenoria; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over action and industry, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_ANGERONA | Angerona | Roman | Goddess | Goddess of the solstice | the winter solstice; relief from anguish | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Macrobius 1.10.7-8; Pliny NH 3.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of the winter solstice and of release from anguish (angor); her statue had a bound and sealed mouth. Divalia/Angeronalia (Dec 21). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_ANNA_PERENNA | Anna Perenna | Roman | Goddess | Goddess of the year-cycle | the year and its renewal | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Ovid Fasti 3.523-696 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of the circuit and renewal of the year, feasted (Mar 15) at her grove by the Tiber. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_APOLLO | Apollo | Roman | God | Solar Deity | prophecy; healing; music; sun | Roman/Greek reception | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman adopted deity | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apollo as received into Roman religion. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_ATTIS | Attis | Roman | God | Consort of the Great Mother | death and rebirth; vegetation; the galli | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Cult of the Magna Mater | 1 | 0 | 0 | The youthful consort of the Magna Mater, whose self-castration and death the galli reenact. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_BACCHUS | Bacchus/Liber | Roman | Wine/ecstatic god | Mystery Deity | wine; liberation; ecstasy; fertility | Roman/Greek reception | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 3 | 0 | 0 | Roman Bacchus/Liber associated with wine, fertility, and ecstatic cult. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_BELLONA | Bellona | Roman | Goddess | War deity | war; martial frenzy | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman war cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of war, before whose temple foreign envoys and war-declarations were received. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_BUBONA | Bubona | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Bubona; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over oxen and cattle, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_CARDEA | Cardea | Roman | Functional deity | Threshold deity | the door-hinge | domestic | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.8, 6.7 (Varro) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of the door-hinge (cardo), one of the doorway triad (with Forculus and Limentinus); protects thresholds against night-spirits. The name is attested in Varro via Augustine (CD 4.8, 6.7); Ovid Fasti 6.101ff actually concerns Carna/Cranae, whom Ovid and Macrobius conflate with Cardea. Distinct from Carna. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_CARNA | Carna | Roman | Functional deity | Tutelary deity | the vital organs; bodily health | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Macrobius 1.12.31-33; Tertullian | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess guarding the heart and inward (vital) organs; her festival (June 1, Kalendae Fabariae) ate beans and bacon (Macrobius 1.12; Ovid Fasti 6.101-168). Ovid/Macrobius conflate her with Cardea, the door-hinge goddess. Distinct from Cardea. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_CERES | Ceres | Roman | Agrarian goddess | Agrarian Deity | grain; agriculture; fertility; plebeian cult | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 5 | 0 | 0 | Roman goddess of grain and agriculture. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_CLOACINA | Cloacina | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Cloacina; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over the sewers and drains, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_CONCORDIA | Concordia | Roman | Goddess | Personified virtue | civic harmony; agreement | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman state cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of concord and civic harmony, with a temple in the Forum. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_CONDITOR | Conditor | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | storing the grain | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of storing the grain (condere), not a "founder". | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_CONSUS | Consus | Roman | God | God of stored grain | the storehouse; counsel | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Varro LL 6.20-21; Livy 1.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | God of the grain-store and of counsel, with a subterranean altar in the Circus Maximus; the Consualia (Aug 21, Dec 15). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_CONVECTOR | Convector | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | carting in the crop | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of carrying in the harvest. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_CUNINA | Cunina | Roman | Functional deity | Life-stage indigitamentum | the infant in the cradle | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.8, 4.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess who protects the infant in its cradle (cunae). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_CUPID | Cupid | Roman | God | Love deity | desire; love; the arrows of passion | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman love-god | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cupid (Amor), the boy-god of desire, son of Venus and lover of Psyche. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_DEA_CAELESTIS | Dea Caelestis | Roman | Celestial sovereign goddess | deity | Sky/heaven, fertility, sovereignty, fortune | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The 'Celestial Goddess', Roman reception and official form of Carthaginian Tanit ('Tanit face of Baal'), often styled Juno Caelestis. After 146 BCE her cult was Romanized; she became the leading deity of Roman Africa (great temple at Carthage) and was promoted at Rome (notably under Septimius Severus, of African origin, and his dynasty). Associated with the moon, sovereignty, and fertility, sometimes shown riding a lion. This is the Roman cult-form; the underlying deity is the existing ENT_PHO_TANIT, to which it is wired. Discussed by Beard/North/Price. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_DEA_DIA | Dea Dia | Roman | Goddess | Agrarian goddess | the growth of crops | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Acta Fratrum Arvalium | 3 | 0 | 0 | The agrarian goddess of the Arval Brethren, honoured each May with the archaic Carmen Arvale. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_DEA_SYRIA | Dea Syria | Roman | Great goddess (mystery cult) | deity | Fertility, love, sovereignty, prophecy | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The 'Syrian Goddess' as a cult within Roman religion: the Roman reception of Atargatis of Hierapolis-Bambyce. Her itinerant galli-style priests, ecstatic rites, sacred fish and lions, and processions are described by Lucian (De Dea Syria) and satirized by Apuleius (Metamorphoses 8). Spread through Syrian merchant and slave communities; a temple stood on the Janiculum at Rome. This entity is the Roman cult-form; the underlying deity is the existing ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS, to which it is wired. Beard/North/Price treat Dea Syria among the oriental cults. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_DIANA | Diana | Roman | Goddess | Moon Deity | moon; hunt; childbirth; wild places | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roman goddess of the hunt, moon, and childbirth. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_DIVUS_AUGUSTUS | Divus Augustus | Roman | Deified emperor | Imperial cult | the deified Augustus; the genius of the princeps | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Imperial cult (deified human) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The deified Augustus, founder of the imperial cult observed across the empire. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_DIVUS_JULIUS | Divus Julius | Roman | Deified emperor | Imperial cult | the deified Caesar; the comet-soul; state divinity | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Imperial cult (deified human) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The deified Julius Caesar, whose soul was seen as the sidus Iulium (the comet). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_DOMIDUCUS | Domiducus | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Domiducus; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over leading the bride to her home, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_EASTERN_CULTS | Eastern Cults of Roman Religion | Roman | collective / cult grouping | cult grouping | Eastern mystery and solar cults | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | NEW HUB (collective). Grouping for the Near-Eastern mystery and solar deities that entered the Roman empire in Roman civic/military dress during the imperial period (1st-4th c. CE): Jupiter Dolichenus, the Heliopolitan triad, Dea Syria, Dea Caelestis, and Sol Invictus Elagabal. Not a single attested deity but an analytic cult-cluster following Beard/North/Price's treatment of the 'oriental cults'; created to wire these interpretatio-heavy figures together. | collective | |||
| ENT_ROM_EDUCA | Educa | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Educa; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over teaching children to eat, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_EDUSA | Edusa | Roman | Functional deity | Life-stage indigitamentum | the child learning to eat | priestly | B | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.11; Varro via Donatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess who enables the weaned child to eat (edere); also Educa/Edulia. Paired with Potina. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_FEBRIS | Febris | Roman | Goddess | Goddess of fever | fever, propitiated to avert it | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Cicero ND 3.63; Pliny NH 2.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of fever, propitiated to ward off malaria; she had three shrines in Rome. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_FERONIA | Feronia | Roman | Goddess | Italic nature goddess | wild nature; fertility; manumission of slaves | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Livy 1.30, 26.11; Varro LL 5.74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | An Italic goddess of wild places, fertility, and the freeing of slaves, with famous groves at Capena and Terracina. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_FESSONIA | Fessonia | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Fessonia; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over relief from weariness, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_FIDES | Fides | Roman | Goddess | Personified virtue | good faith; oaths; sworn fidelity | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Ancient Roman cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of good faith and the sanctity of oaths, one of the oldest Roman cults. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_FONS | Fons | Roman | God | God of springs | springs and fountains | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Varro LL 6.22; Cicero ND 3.52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | God of springs and flowing water, son of Janus; the Fontinalia (Oct 13). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_FORCULUS | Forculus | Roman | Functional deity | Threshold deity | the door-leaves | domestic | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.8, 6.7; Tertullian | 0 | 0 | 0 | God of the leaves of the door (fores), one of the doorway triad with Cardea and Limentinus. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_FORTUNA | Fortuna | Roman | Goddess | Personified virtue | fortune; chance; the destiny of persons and the state | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Major Roman cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of fortune and chance, with many cults (Fors Fortuna, Fortuna Primigenia). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_FURRINA | Furrina | Roman | Goddess | Spring goddess | springs (her function later obscure) | public | B | candidate_verified_name | Varro LL 6.19; Cicero ND 3.46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | An archaic goddess (probably of springs) with her own flamen and a grove on the Janiculum; the Furrinalia (Jul 25). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_GENIUS | Genius | Roman | Personal/divine spirit | Spirit Collective | personal spirit; generativity; household; protection | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman spirit category | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roman personal or generative tutelary spirit. | spirit | |||
| ENT_ROM_IMPORCITOR | Imporcitor | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | ploughing into ridges | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of ploughing in broad furrows (porcae). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_INDIGITAMENTA | The Indigitamenta | Roman | Divine collective | Minor functional deities | the lists of specialized minor gods invoked for single acts/moments | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Varro via Augustine | 2 | 0 | 0 | The pontifical lists of minor "naming" gods, each presiding over one precise act, moment, or stage of life or agriculture; recorded by Varro and preserved (mockingly) by the Church Fathers. | collective | |||
| ENT_ROM_INSITOR | Insitor | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | sowing | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of sowing/setting in the seed. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_JANUS | Janus | Roman | Threshold god | Liminal Deity | beginnings; gates; transitions; time | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman god of beginnings, gates, and transitions. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_JUGATINUS | Jugatinus | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Jugatinus; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over the joining of spouses in marriage, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_JUNO | Juno | Roman | Goddess | High Deity | marriage; queenship; women; state protection | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Major Roman goddess associated with marriage, women, and sovereignty. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_JUPITER | Jupiter | Roman | High god | High Deity | sky; sovereignty; thunder; oath; kingship | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chief Roman sky and sovereignty god. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_JUPITER_DOLICHENUS | Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolichenus | Roman | Military/storm god | deity | Sky, war, military protection, iron/metal | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roman imperial cult of the Baal of Doliche (a city in Commagene, eastern Anatolia), assimilated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Depicted standing on a bull, wearing a Phrygian cap, holding a double-axe and thunderbolt. A markedly military god whose cult spread along the limes via the army from the late 1st to mid-3rd c. CE (declining after the sack of Doliche c.253). Underlying figure is the Anatolian/Commagenian storm-god (a Baal-Hadad type) in interpretatio Romana. Attested by dolichena (sanctuaries) and dedications across the Danube, Rhine, and Britain; Beard/North/Price treat it among the oriental cults. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS | Jupiter Heliopolitanus | Roman | Solar/storm god | deity | Sky, sun, fertility, oracular power | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chief god of the Heliopolitan triad at Baalbek (Heliopolis, Lebanon): the Romanized Baal/Hadad of Heliopolis assimilated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Depicted as a stiff, frontal, cuirassed figure flanked by bulls, holding a whip and ears of grain, with a calathos and busts of the planetary gods. Centre of one of the largest temple complexes of the Roman world. The triad's two other members are Venus Heliopolitana and Mercury Heliopolitanus. Attested epigraphically at Baalbek and in dedications across the empire; Beard/North/Price discuss the Heliopolitan cult. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_LARES | Lares | Roman | Household spirit collective | Protective Deity | household; ancestors; crossroads; protection | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman household spirits | 3 | 1 | 0 | Roman protective household and local spirits. | collective | |||
| ENT_ROM_LATONA | Latona | Roman | Goddess | Mother of gods | motherhood of Apollo and Diana | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Latin form of Greek Leto (the name entered Latin early, via Etruscan Letun); mother of Apollo and Diana in Roman cult and letters. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_LAVERNA | Laverna | Roman | Deity | Goddess of thieves | thieves; fraud; the underworld | public | B | candidate_verified_name | Horace Epist. 1.16.60; Varro LL 5.163 | 0 | 1 | 0 | The goddess of thieves and the dishonest, with an altar at the Porta Lavernalis. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_LEVANA | Levana | Roman | Functional deity | Life-stage indigitamentum | the acknowledgement of the newborn | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess who presides over the father lifting the newborn from the ground (levare) to acknowledge it. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_LIBERTAS | Libertas | Roman | Goddess | Personified virtue | liberty; civic freedom | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of liberty and civic freedom, with a temple on the Aventine. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_LIMENTINUS | Limentinus | Roman | Functional deity | Threshold deity | the threshold | domestic | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.8, 6.7; Tertullian | 0 | 0 | 0 | God of the threshold (limen), one of the doorway triad. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_LUNA | Luna | Roman | Goddess | Astral Deity | the moon; the months; light | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roman moon-goddess (temple on the Aventine), the Latin counterpart of Greek Selene; Cicero derives her name a lucendo, "from shining." | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_MAGNA_MATER | Magna Mater | Roman | Mother goddess | Great Mother | the mountains; wild nature; the protection of Rome | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | State cult (from 204 BCE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | The Great Mother (Cybele), brought to Rome in 204 BCE and served by the galli. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_MANES | Manes | Roman | Dead/ancestral collective | Ancestral Collective | dead; ancestors; underworld; family rites | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman ancestral dead collective | 5 | 1 | 0 | Roman spirits of the dead or ancestral dead. | collective | |||
| ENT_ROM_MARS | Mars | Roman | War/agriculture god | War Deity | war; agriculture; fatherhood; Roman people | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 3 | 0 | 0 | Roman god of war and agriculture. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_MEFITIS | Mefitis | Roman | Goddess | Goddess of noxious vapours | sulphurous and swamp gases | public | B | candidate_verified_name | Pliny NH 2.208; Servius ad Aen. 7.563 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of the noxious sulphurous exhalations of the earth, worshipped at Ampsanctus and on the Esquiline. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_MELLONA | Mellona | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Mellona; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over bees and honey, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_MERCURY | Mercury | Roman | Messenger/trade god | Messenger Deity | commerce; travel; messages; boundaries; psychopomp | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roman god of commerce, travel, and mediation. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_MERCURY_HELIOPOLITANUS | Mercury Heliopolitanus | Roman | Youthful/messenger god | deity | Trade, mediation, youthful divine son | devotional | C | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Third member of the Heliopolitan triad of Baalbek, a youthful god (often read as the divine son of the triad) assimilated to Mercury. Underlying figure is a local Syrian youth-god. Attested epigraphically alongside Jupiter and Venus Heliopolitanus at Baalbek and in scattered dedications; the least independently documented of the triad. Treated within the Heliopolitan cult by Beard/North/Price. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_MESSOR | Messor | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | reaping | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of the harvest/reaping. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_MINERVA | Minerva | Roman | Goddess | Wisdom Deity | wisdom; craft; strategy; arts | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman goddess of wisdom, craft, and strategic skill. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_MUTUNUS | Mutunus Tutunus | Roman | Fertility deity | Phallic marriage god | marriage; fertility; sexual potency | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Festus 154L; Augustine CD 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A phallic marriage and fertility god on whose image brides were seated; an old Roman counterpart of Priapus. Attested at the sacellum Mutini Titini (Festus 154L) and among Varro's nuptial deities (Augustine CD 6.9); Lactantius Div. Inst. 1.20. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_NEPTUNE | Neptune | Roman | Sea god | Sea Deity | sea; waters; horses | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roman god of sea and waters. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_NUMERIA | Numeria | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Numeria; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over the ability to count and number, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_NUNDINA | Nundina | Roman | Functional deity | Life-stage indigitamentum | the naming-day of a child | priestly | B | candidate_verified_name | Macrobius 1.16.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess of the dies lustricus, the purification-and-naming day of the newborn (the ninth/eighth day). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_OBARATOR | Obarator | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | ploughing over the sown seed | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of ploughing over the sown seed. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_OCCATOR | Occator | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | harrowing | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of harrowing. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_ORBONA | Orbona | Roman | Goddess | Goddess of bereavement | parents bereft of children | public | B | candidate_verified_name | Cicero ND 3.63; Arnobius 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess invoked by parents who had lost their children (orbus), with an altar by the temple of the Lares. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PALES | Pales | Roman | Deity | Pastoral deity | shepherds and flocks | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Ovid Fasti 4.721-806 | 3 | 0 | 0 | The pastoral deity of shepherds and flocks; the Parilia (Apr 21), Rome's birthday festival, was sacred to Pales. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PAX | Pax | Roman | Goddess | Personified virtue | peace; the peace of the empire | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustan state cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of peace, honoured at the Ara Pacis Augustae. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PELLONIA | Pellonia | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Pellonia; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over driving away enemies, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_PENATES | Penates | Roman | Household deity collective | Protective Deity | household stores; family; domestic protection; state continuity | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman household deities | 3 | 0 | 0 | Roman household gods associated with stores and domestic continuity. | collective | |||
| ENT_ROM_PERTUNDA | Pertunda | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Pertunda; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over the consummation of marriage, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_PICUMNUS | Picumnus | Roman | God | God of infants and fields | marriage, infancy, manuring | public | B | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Aen. 9.4; Augustine CD 6.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | An Italic god of marriage, infants, and the fertilising of fields, paired with his brother Pilumnus. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PIETAS | Pietas | Roman | Goddess | Personified virtue | dutiful devotion to gods, family and state | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of pietas, dutiful devotion to the gods, the family and the fatherland. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PILUMNUS | Pilumnus | Roman | God | God of infants | the protection of newborns | public | B | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Aen. 9.4; Augustine CD 6.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | An Italic god who, with his brother Picumnus, wards the newborn child from the woodland spirit Silvanus (the three-men-at-the-threshold rite, Augustine CD 6.9 via Varro; Servius ad Aen. 9.4). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PLUTO | Pluto/Dis Pater | Roman | Underworld god | Underworld Deity | underworld; wealth; dead; chthonic sovereignty | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 5 | 1 | 0 | Roman underworld and wealth god. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_POMONA | Pomona | Roman | Goddess | Orchard deity | fruit trees; orchards; the harvest of fruit | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Old Italic cult | 2 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of fruit trees and orchards, wooed by Vertumnus. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PORTUNUS | Portunus | Roman | God | God of harbours | harbours, doors, and keys | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Varro LL 6.19; Festus | 1 | 0 | 0 | God of harbours, gates, and keys, with his own flamen; the Portunalia (Aug 17). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_POTINA | Potina | Roman | Functional deity | Life-stage indigitamentum | the child learning to drink | priestly | B | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.11; Tertullian | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess who enables the child to drink (potare). Paired with Edusa. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PROMITOR | Promitor | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | bringing out stored grain | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of bringing out and distributing stored grain. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_PROSERPINA | Proserpina | Roman | Underworld goddess | Underworld Deity | underworld; spring; queen of dead; mystery cult | Roman/Greek reception | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 5 | 1 | 0 | Roman underworld goddess identified with Persephone. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_QUIRINUS | Quirinus | Roman | Civic god | Civic Deity | Roman people; civic identity; deified Romulus traditions | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roman civic god associated with the Roman people. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_REPARATOR | Reparator | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | the second ploughing | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of the re-ploughing. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_ROBIGUS | Robigus | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural deity | averting wheat-rust/mildew | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Ovid Fasti 4.901-942; Varro RR 1.1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | God (also Robigo, goddess) who averts wheat-rust; the Robigalia (Apr 25) sacrificed a red dog to him. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_ROMA | Roma | Roman | Goddess | Deified city | the city and empire of Rome personified | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Imperial state cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dea Roma, the personified and deified city of Rome, central to the imperial cult. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_RUMINA | Rumina | Roman | Functional deity | Life-stage indigitamentum | the breastfeeding of infants | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.11, 7.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goddess who presides over the suckling of infants (ruma = breast); her shrine stood by the Ficus Ruminalis. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_RUNCINA | Runcina | Roman | Functional deity | Indigitamentum | Runcina; indigitamenta; Roman functional deity | Roman | Roman Republic/Empire | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine City of God primary attestation (from Varro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roman functional minor deity (indigitamentum) presiding over the weeding of crops, named by Augustine from Varro. | deity | ||
| ENT_ROM_SALUS | Salus | Roman | Goddess | Personified virtue | health; welfare; the safety of the state | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman state cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The goddess of health and the welfare of the Roman state. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_SARRITOR | Sarritor | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | hoeing and raking | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Servius ad Georg. 1.21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | One of the twelve Fabius Pictor farming gods: god of hoeing/weeding the soil. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_SATURN | Saturn | Roman | Agrarian/time god | Agrarian Deity | sowing; agriculture; golden age; time | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Roman core deity | 4 | 0 | 0 | Roman god of sowing, agriculture, and golden-age memory. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_SEGETIA | Segetia | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | the standing crop | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.8; Pliny NH 18.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Goddess who protects the standing crop above ground (seges); attested in Varro via Augustine (CD 4.8) and as Segesta with a statue in the Circus (Pliny NH 18.8). | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_SEIA | Seia | Roman | Functional deity | Agricultural indigitamentum | the seed-corn underground | priestly | A | candidate_verified_name | Augustine CD 4.8; Pliny NH 18.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Goddess who protects the sown seed while it lies underground (sata); statue in the Circus Maximus. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_SEMO_SANCUS | Semo Sancus | Roman | God | God of oaths | oaths; good faith; treaties | public | A | candidate_verified_name | Ovid Fasti 6.213-218; Livy 8.20; Varro LL 5.66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | A Sabine-Roman god of oaths, faith, and treaties, identified with Dius Fidius (Varro LL 5.66), with a temple on the Quirinal. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS | Sol Invictus | Roman | Solar deity | Imperial sun god | the unconquered sun; imperial victory | Roman | A | candidate_verified_name | Late imperial state cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Unconquered Sun, made a chief god of the state by Aurelian in 274 CE. | deity | |||
| ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS_ELAGABAL | Sol Invictus Elagabal | Roman | Solar god (imperial cult) | deity | Sun, sovereignty, imperial divine patronage | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Emesene sun-god Elagabal in imperial Roman dress as 'Deus Sol Invictus Elagabal'. The emperor Elagabalus (Varius Avitus, r.218-222 CE), hereditary priest of the conical black baetyl of Emesa, brought the stone to Rome, built the Elagaballium on the Palatine, and tried to make Elagabal supreme over the traditional gods; the cult was abolished and the stone returned to Emesa after his murder. This is the short-lived Roman state cult-form; the underlying Syrian deity is the existing ENT_ARA_ELAGABAL (Elagabal of Emesa), and it is distinct from but a precursor to Aurelian's later ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS. Attested on coinage and by Herodian and the Historia Augusta; Beard/North/Price discuss the episode. | deity |
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[canonical_name] TEXT,
[greek_name] TEXT,
[tradition] TEXT,
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[category] TEXT,
[primary_domains] TEXT,
[tags] TEXT,
[cult_scope] TEXT,
[primary_period] TEXT,
[evidence_confidence] TEXT,
[review_status] TEXT,
[inclusion_basis] TEXT,
[earth_association_score] INTEGER,
[chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
[serpent_flag] INTEGER,
[short_note] TEXT,
[entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
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