List of Roman Deities
Deities of the Religio Romana by: M. Horatius Piscinus – Even before the founding of Rome, the Latins were influenced by different cultures from within Italy and from Greece and Phoenicia. During the historical period we learn of the Romans adopting deities from other cultures, such as the Phrygian Magna Mater, Kybele, and Venus Erycina […]
The Cup Bearer of Heaven, the Greek Goddess Hebe, and Roman Juventas
Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – I came across Hebe today from my friend who recently moved and has a beautiful statue of Hebe, surrounded by beautiful yellow roses. The image is quite beautiful and obviously shows this goddesses power of healing our past. She is know to heal and restore our youth, especially if […]
Roman Goddesses of Health, Hope, Faith and Luck
Compilation and contributions by Phoenix the Elder – Who doesn’t need a little hope, luck, or faith? Everyone does and always has since we materialized on this physical plane from the non-physical planes of Earth. I am not a follower of hope very much, and actually, let that go when I was very young, I […]
Animals, Birds & Oceanids Signs and Planets
By Phoenix the Elder – As human beings, we’ve always had our Myth, Legends, and Folk Mythology, which are a little different lineage than the University, Philosophy, and Scribe History of men and their patriarchal glory, heroism, and supreme god and gods. The older cultures which were more shamanic based were oral traditions, about both […]
Goddess Vesta’s Enigmatic Thyrsus
By Phoenix the Elder – Vesta is the Roman Goddess of the Hearth Fire and one of the most ancient of the Roman deities, and her cult goes back to the 7th century BCE. The tradition of the cult was instituted by Numa Pompilius. The cult of Vesta was in the hands of the Vesta […]
The Reflective Myrrh of our Past
Compilation and additions by Phoenix the Elder – Many times you can only extract mythology of woman’s stories through images, and snippets of tales, stories, or artwork about the ancient goddess. I am not a University Professor so I do not have any access to university archives of such matters or information. The reflection of […]
Magic of the Goddess Minerva Athena
By Phoenix the Elder – Gemini and Sagittarius Moons rule over magic, so we highlight a few Goddesses of Magic that might not really be seen as magical. The Roman Goddess Minerva (Greek Athena) whose ancient Temple is now St Francis of Assisi’s Church, carried some magical traits. She was at first, an Etruscan goddess […]
Virgo the Weaver and Mysterious Ceres
Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – I find the Virgo Archetype, her Myths, and the association with healing under several Goddess names, her animals, and the earth, all as a very fascinating course of her story over eons. She is very deep in her many mysteries and if Zeus is the greatest impersonal Greek God […]
Asterope : Nature Deity, Celestial Sky, Lightning, The Golden Apples, Oceanid, Hesperide, Nereid, Nymph
By Phoenix the Elder – After I wrote my Arethusa article, I noticed in my astrology chart that the Hesperide Asterope was conjunct my Arethusa (Spirit of springs and rivers). I wasn’t surprised. Asterope falls under many mythology and deity categories and by that alone, makes her a more ancient goddess. Below are her definitions […]
Portunus, Keeper of Time and No-Time
By Phoenix the Elder – When things drop in my lap, my soul tends to fly with them because they fulfill a personal need on my path to stay within awareness and keep the continium moving. That is the nature of walking a symbolic and syncronistic path. I wanted to share the God Portunus with […]