Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Supreme god name "Voltumna" | Etruscan | Tutelary god. Originally a vegetation deity who was elevated to the position of supreme god in the Etruscan pantheon and known in Roman culture as VERTUMNUS.... |
Goddess name "Volumna" | Roman | Nursery goddess. The guardian deity of the nursery and of infants.... |
"Volupia" | Roman | The personification of sensual pleasure among the Romans. She is also called Voluptas. |
Goddess name "Voluptas" | Roman | A goddess of sensual pleasure |
God name "Vosegus" | Roman / Celtic | mountain god. A local deity from the Vosges known only from inscriptions.... |
Deities name "Vossins" | Roman | Their three chief deities were Jupiter, Neptnne, and Pluto. |
God name "Vulcan" | Greek | The Roman smith god, identified with the Greek god Hephaestus. He was traditionally introduced to Rome by either Romulus or Titus Tatius. There were no specific legends concerning Vulcan but he played an important part in the success of various heroes by providing invincible armour for them. In Virgil's Aeneid, Vulcan made a superb suit of armour for Aeneas at Venus' request. He made a shield (called the Aegis) and thunderbolts for Jupiter and in return received Venus as his wife. |
God name "Vulcåñuś" | Roman | The Roman god of fire, whose name seems to be connected with fulgere, fulgur, and fulmen. |
God name "Vulturus" | Roman | God of the East wind. Roman |
"Web of Life" | Roman | The destiny of an individual from the cradle to the grave. The allusion is to the three Fates who, according to Roman mythology, spin the thread of life, the pattern being the events which are to occur. |
Spirit name "Will-O'-the-Wisp" | Roman | A spirit of the bogs, whose delight is to mislead belated travellers. |
King name "Zanclus" | Roman | A mythical king, and son of Gegenus, from whom the town of Zancle in Sicily derived its name. |
God name "Zephyrus" | Roman | God of the south winds. Announces the arrival of spring.... |