| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Poeninus" | Roman / Celtic | The divinity of the Pennines, Britain. Roman / Celtic |
| God name "Poeninus" | Roman / Celtic / European | mountain god. Known locally from the alpine regions and generally thought to be åśśimilated with JUPITER.... |
"Pollux" | Roman | One of the Dioscuri. Castor was famous for his skill in taming and managing horses, and Pollux for his skill in boxing. Both had disappeared from the earth before the Greeks went against Troy. Roman |
"Pollux" | Roman | The horses of Castor and Pollux. Cyllaros and Harpagos. Seneca and Claudian give Cyllaros to Castor, but Virgil to Pollux. The two brothers mount it alternatively on their return from the infernal regions. Harpagos, the horse from Harpagium in Phrygia, was common to both brothers. Roman |
| God name "Pollux" | Roman | horse god. See also POLYDEUKES.... |
| God name "Polydeukes" | Greek | horse god. One of the Dioskouroi twins; the other is Kastor. According to tradition, they are together åśśociated with a Spartan cult whence they originated. The pair probably derive from the Indo-European model of the ASVINS in Vedic mythology. Kastor is mortal while Polydeukes is immortal. Thus, during battle, Kastor is mortally wounded but, even in death, the two brothers remain inseparable. They rescue individuals from distress and danger, particularly at sea, and are thought to be embodied in the electrical discharges known as St. Elmo's Fire. Also Castor and POLLUX (Roman).... |
"Pomona" | Roman | The Roman divinity of the fruit of trees, hence called Pomorum Patrona. Her name is evidently connected with Pomum. She is represented by the poets as having been beloved by several of the rustic divinities, such as Silvåñuś, Picus, Vertumnus, and others. Her worship must originally have been of considerable importance, as we learn from Varro that a special priest, under the name Pomonalis, was appointed to attend to her service. It is not impossible that Pomona may in reality be nothing but the personification of one of the attributes of Ops. |
| Goddess name "Pomona" | Roman | Goddess of orchards and gardens. Consort of VERTUMNUS generally represented by garden implements and offered fruits and flowers.... |
"Pope" | Greek | A priest who knocked on the head the ox offered in sacrifice, and cut it up, a very small part being burnt, and all the rest distributed to those concerned in the sacrifice. Wine was poured between the horns, but the priest first sipped it, and all those who åśśisted him. After the beast had been stunned it was stabbed, and the blood was caught in a vessel used for the purpose, for the shedding of blood was indispensable in every sacrifice. It was the duty of the pope to see that the victim to be sacrificed was without spot or blemish, and to ascertain that it had never been yoked to the plough. The head was crowned with a fillet, and the horns gift. Apparently the Roman soldiers of Pontius Pilate made a mockery imitation of these Roman and Greek sacrifices. |
| God name "Portunus" | Roman | This god of påśśage was responsible for guarding the entrance of the city & the house with a festival on August 17th. He sidelines as the guardian of the Tiber estuary |
| God name "Portunus" | Roman | God of påśśage. The deity responsible for guarding the entrance of the city and the house alike. He was celebrated in the Portunalia festival, held annually on August 17, when keys were thrown into a fire to bless them. He is also the guardian of the Tiber estuary, the main access by sea to the city of Rome.... |
| Goddess name "Postvorta" | Roman | Goddess of childbirth, midwives and the past Roman |
| Goddess name "Potina" | Roman | A goddess of children's of beverages & drinking |
| Goddess name "Potina" | Roman | Minor goddess. Associated with the safe drinking ability of infants.... |
| Goddess name "Praxadike" | Roman | A goddess of enterprise |
| God name "Priapos" | Greco - Roman / Phrygian | Fertility god. The son of DIONYSOS and APHRODITE, he was also a guardian of mariners. Priapos was not regarded as a significant deity in Greece until very late timesduring the Macedonian period, circa fourth to second century BCand was only locally popular during the Roman Empire period. He is particularly known from Phrygia and is depicted as a satyr-like creature with pronounced genitals.... |
| God name "Priapus" | Roman | God of the shade. A rural deity whose worship appears to have been restricted to the spéñïśs of the Hellespont and clearly derives from the god PRIAPOS.... |
| Goddess name "Promitor" | Roman | The goddess of growing plants, particularly cereals, and of motherly love. Roman |
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