| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Phosphoros" | Greek | God of the morning star. His mother is EOS, the dawn, and he is depicted as a naked youth running ahead of her, carrying a torch. In Roman culture he becomes Lucifer.... |
| God name "Picullus" | Roman / Prussia | will god that was taken over by the Christians as a their devil |
| God name "Picullus" | Roman / Celtic / Prussian | Chthonic underworld god. He becomes syncretized with the devil in Christian times.... |
| Goddess name "Pietas" | Roman | The goddess of duty to the state, gods and family and a personification of the Roman virtue of piety. Roman |
| God name "Pietas" | Roman | Minor god. A sanctuary dedicated to him circa 191 BC is still in existence in Rome. He became Pietas Augusta and is åśśociated with family solidarity and patriotism.... |
| God name "Pilumnus (staker)" | Roman | Minor guardian god. Concerned with the protection of an infant at birth. A ceremony to honor the deity involved driving a stake into the ground.... |
| God name "Pluto" | Roman | God of the underworld. Derived from the Greek model of HADES, he abducted the daughter of CERES, PROSERPINA, to reign as his queen. The three-headed dog Cerberus was set to guard the gate of Hades and through the kingdom flowed the two rivers of death, the Cocytus and the Acheron which could be crossed only by the ferryman Charon. According to Roman tradition, the entrance to the underworld was at Avernus in Rome where the Christian church of St. Maria del Inferno was built.See also HADES.... |
| God name "Poeninus" | Roman / Celtic / European | mountain god. Known locally from the alpine regions and generally thought to be åśśimilated with JUPITER.... |
| 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).... |
| Goddess name "Pomona" | Roman | Goddess of orchards and gardens. Consort of VERTUMNUS generally represented by garden implements and offered fruits and flowers.... |
| 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.... |
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