Book of Shadows

Amor 
Roman god of love.
Angerona 
Roman goddess of secrecy. During the ancient times, names were considered very powerful, and often people's name and the names of communities were not real at all. It is because of this that it is considered likely that the cult of Angerona protected the secret name of Rome.
Annona 
Roman goddess of the cycle of the year, harvest, commerce, markets, good crops.
Anteros 
Italian-Roman god of love and passion. He was, specifically, the god of mutual love and would punish those who did not return love.
Attis 
A roman vegetation god.
Bacchus 
Roman god of fertility, mirth, merriment, revelry, wine, wisdom, and inspiration.
Bacchus was born of Zeus and Semele's union against the will of Hera, Zeus' wife. When the jealous Hera learned of Semele's pregnancy by Zeus she angrily plotted against them. She disguised herself and came to Semele, telling her she should ask that Zeus appear before her in all his glory as the god of thunder. Zeus swore to grant whatever wish Semele might have. Forced to abide by his oath, he appeared to Semele as a display of lightening and thunder, which killed her. As Semele died, she gave birth to Bacchus, who died as well. Zeus restored life to him and sent the child to be raised by the nymphs, out of Hera's jealous eye.
As the god of spring, he is Bacchus is said to be in terrible pain during winter when the flowering plants and vines wither and die.

His followers were called bacchants. After reveling and overindulging in wine, they danced around in a craze often trampling and tearing people and animals to pieces. Bacchanalia was a festival held which involved excessive drinking and drunken orgies. Also known as Dionysus [Greek].

Blessed are the disciples who become prophets, the gnostics
who hold the holy wand of god.
Blessed are those who wear the ivy crown of the Conquering One--
Blessed, blessed are they,
Bacchus is our god!

-Bacchae Euripides, circa 400 BCE

Bellona 
Roman war goddess.
Bona Dea
 Roman earth goddess of fertility. She was only worshipped by women; even statues of men were covered during her rites.
Ceres 
Roman Goddess of agriculture and fertility. See also Demeter.

Grant us the wisdom to see thy ways in all living things,
Grant us thy fruitful protection!
Grant us the power to heal the land,
Grant us thy fruitful protection!
O beautiful Ceres and Great Mother Isis are One!
Grant us thy fruitful protection!

-"Invokation to Ceres", Psyche in Apuleisus

Concordia 
Roman goddess of peace and harmony. The opposite of Discordia, the Roman goddess of strife.
Cupid 
The Roman god of love. See also Eros.
Discordia 
Roman goddess of discord and strife, known as Eris to the Greeks. The other gods employed her to stir up feuds and rivalry amongst men. Root of Erisian/Discordian beliefs. Mother of Enyo.
Faunus 
Roman and Italian god of woodlands. Symbolizes love. Also known as Pan [Greek].
Feronia 
Roman protector of freedom.
Fides 
Roman goddess of faithfulness.
Flora
 Roman goddess of blossoming and flowering plants. She is the wife of Zephyrus who gave her eternal youth. Also known as Chloris [Greek]
Fornax 
Roman goddess of bread baking.
Fulgora 
Roman goddess who protected houses against lightning and terrible storms.
Furina
 Roman goddess of robbers and thieves.
Genius 
Roman god who protected people and households.
Graces 
Three roman goddesses of loveliness and charm. They were supposed to be invited to every feast.
Helios 
Greek god of the sun. His roman counterpart was Sol.
Janus 
Roman god of doorways, exits, beginnings, and entrances. He was depicted as having two faces so as to see forward and behind simultaneously. The month "January" was named after him.
Jove
 Italian-Roman sky god.
Juno 
Roman goddess of the home and motherhood/women, wife of Jupiter. Watched and protected all women. Her festival is Matronalia, where people asked Juno to bless their marriages and provide a safe childbirth and a healthy newborn. Juno restores peace to quarreling lovers. Also symbolizes the moon, the moon, love, fertility. See also Hera.
Jupiter
 Roman god of the sky and the father of all gods and men. He symbolizes the element air. Also known as Zeus [Greek]. See also Zeus.
Juventas 
Roman goddess of youth.
Lar 
Roman god of the house, cheerful youth.
Liber 
Roman god of wild nature, fertility, passionate lovemaking and wine. Also known as Libera. His counterparts are the Greek gods Dionysius and Bacchus. He symbolizes fertility and wild personalities.
Luna 
Roman moon and calendar goddess. Also known as Lunah.
Mars 
Roman god of war. Symbolizes protection, strength, health, energy. Also known as Ares [Greek].
Mediterina 
Roman goddess of health and medicines. Possibly also spelled Meditrina.
Mens 
Roman goddess of intelligence, knowledge, and judgement.
Mercury 
Roman god of communication and messages. Symbolizes the element of air, communication, health. See also Hermes.
Minerva
Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom. See also Athena.
Morpheus 
Roman god of sleep. The drug morphine is named after him.
Muta 
Roman goddess of quiet and silence.
Naenia 
Roman goddess of funerals. Her name means "dirge".
Oblivio 
Roman goddess of forgetfulness, daughter of Nox and Erubus.
Ops 
Roman goddess of agriculture, harvest, fertility, abundance, childbirth, human growth, and prosperity. She is invoked by touching the earth. Wife of Saturn.
Orcus 
A Roman name for Hades. See also Hades.
Pales 
Roman deity who was the guardian of flocks and sheep. Because the deity is worshipped as sometimes a god and sometimes a goddess, its true gender is unknown.
Panacea 
Roman goddess of health whose name means "heal-all". She is daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia.
Pax 
Roman goddess of peace. See also Eirene.
Pietas 
Roman goddess of pietry, respect, honor, and duty to the gods. Her symbol and totem animal is the stork.
Robigo 
Roman goddess of grain. Her name means "mildew", and she was especially worshipped to protect the wheat crops from mildew during damp seasons.
Roma 
Roman goddess of Rome itself.
Rumina 
Roman goddess of child and animal suckling.
Salacia 
Roman goddess of spring water. Called Amphitrite by the Greeks.
Saturn 
Roman god of agriculture and ruler of the golden age. Also known as Kronos, Chronos [Greek].
Tellus 
Roman goddess of the world, protector and developer of sown seeds.
Tellus Mater 
Ancient Roman earth goddess.
Vacuna 
Roman goddess of agriculture and leisure.
Venus 
Roman goddess of beauty and love. See also Aphrodite.
Vertumnus 
Roman-Italian god of fruits.
Vesta 
"The Shining One", Roman goddess of the household, the hearth, and domestic matters. She was served by the Vestal Virgins. To be a Vestal virgin was a high honor offered only to those of nobility. Vestal Virgins were imposed with a strict vow of chastity. Should they lose their virginity and break this vow, they would be walled up alive. Only 20 incidents of this punishment actually occurring within over a thousand years were recorded.
Victoria 
Roman winged goddess of victory. 
Virtus 
Roman deification of the virtues. Two temples were erected to the Virtus. The first was Virtue and the second was Honor. They were designed so that you had to first pass through Virtue before you could reach Honor. The pivotal virtues were prudence, temperament, justice, courage, mercy, health, tranquility, devotion, liberty, gaiety, honesty, and modesty.
Vulcan
 Roman god of fire and the forge.
Zephyrus 
Greek-Roman god of the west winds, the most pleasant and favored of the winds. Symbolizes the element air. Also known as Zephyrs, Zephyr.