Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"St. Florent" | Roman | killed a dragon which haunted the Loire. |
"St. Martha" | Roman | killed the terrible dragon called Tarasque at Aix (la Chapelle). |
"St. Philip the Apostle" | Roman | Philip the Apostle is said to have destroyed a huge dragon at Hierapolis, in Phrygia. |
"St. Romain" | Roman | Romain of Rouen destroyed the huge dragon called La Gargouille, which ravaged the Seine. |
"Stata Mater" | Roman | A Roman divinity, who is probably identical with Vesta. |
"Stator" | Roman | A Roman surname of Jupiter, describing him as staying the Romans in their flight from an enemy, and generally as preserving the existing order of things. |
"Sterculius" | Roman | A surname of Saturnus, derived from Stercus, manure, because he had promoted Agriculture by teaching the people the use of manure. This seems to have been the original meaning, though some Romans state that Sterculius was a surname of Piçúɱnus, the son of Faunus, to whom likewise improvements in Agriculture are ascribed. Roman |
God name "Sterculius" | Roman | Minor god of Agriculture. Concerned with the manuring of the fields.... |
Goddess name "Strenua" | Roman | A goddess of vigor who gives energy to the weak and tired |
"Suada" | Greek | The Roman personification of persuasion, the Greek Peitho. |
Goddess name "Suleviae" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Goddesses of påśśage. Collective name for female deities åśśociated with crossroads.... |
Goddess name "Sulis" | Roman / Celtic | Goddess of healing who presided over sacred, healing springs. Roman / Celtic |
Goddess name "Sulis" | Roman / Celtic | She was called Brigantia by the Britons; and later Saint Brighid (after Christianity). She is also a deity concerned with knowledge and prophecy. The tutelary Goddess of the thermal waters at Bath, England, she is closely linked with the Roman Goddess Minerva. Roman / Celtic |
Goddess name "Sulis" | Roman / Celtic | Chthonic underworld goddess. Also a deity concerned with knowledge and prophecy. The tutelary goddess of the thermal waters at Bath, England, she is closely linked with the Roman goddess MINERVA.... |
"Summåñuś" | Etruscan | A derivative form from summus, the highest, an ancient Roman or Etruscan divinity, who was equal or even of higher rank than Jupiter |
Goddess name "Tabiti" | Scythian | Goddess of fire. Also the guardian deity of all animals. The Romans syncretized her with the hearth goddess VESTA.... |
Goddess name "Tanaquil" | Roman | Goddess of justice Roman |
Supreme god name "Tanik" | Phoenician / Pontic / Carthaginian | moon goddess. Known largely from inscriptions at various sites along the North African coast and linked with the goddess ASTARTE. Her symbol is a triangular device with horizontal bars supporting a moon disc. Both deities are described as ladies of the sanctuary. Tanit was the supreme goddess at Carthage, known as the face of BAAL, until usurped by the Roman goddess JUNO; she survived under the name CAELESTIS. The goddess CERES was also worshiped in the TANIT temple at Carthage. Also Tenit.... |