Ceres (Demeter) | goddess of agriculture and fertility

Diana (Artemis) | goddess of the hunt and protector of children

Juno (Hera) | goddess of marriage; consort of Jupiter

Minerva (Athena) | goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts

Venus (Aphrodite) | goddess of love and beauty

Bona Dea | this "good goddess" was worshipped by women only; in mythology she was identified with Fauna

Cardea | goddess who possessed power over doorways; however, in other respects, she is similar to the Greek goddess Artemis

Cloacina | goddess who watched over the construction and preservation of sewers (think Cloaca Maxima...)

Discordia | goddess of discord or strife; Roman version of the Greek goddess Eris

Felicitas | goddess of good luck

Fides | goddess of honesty

Flora | goddess of "all that flourishes"; revered especially by courtesans

Fortuna | goddess of chance; identified with the Greek goddess Tyche

Libitina | goddess who watched over funerals

Lucina | goddess of childbirth; similar to the Greek goddess Eileithyia

Ops | goddess of the harvest

Pales | goddess who watched over pastures

Pomona | goddess of fruits and fertility

Proserpina | goddess of the Underworld; Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Persephone

Tellus | goddess of the earth; identified with the Greek goddess Gaia

Vesta | goddess of home and hearth; similar to the Greek goddess Hestia

Victoria | goddess of Victory; counterpart to the Greek Nike

Artames (Diana) | goddess of the hunt

Menarva (Minerva) | goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts

Turan (Venus) | goddess of love and beauty

Uni (Juno) | goddess of marriage

Attis | male partner of the goddess Cybele; although human, he is included here because his myth forms a significant part of the cult of Cybele

Cybele | "great mother" goddess; originally from Phrygia

Isis | Egyptian goddess whose cult became popular in the Roman Empire

Greek Goddess

Aphrodite (Venus) | goddess of love and beauty

Artemis (Diana) | goddess of the hunt and protector of children

Athena (Minerva) | goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts; patron of Athens

Demeter (Ceres) | goddess of agriculture and fertility

Hera (Juno) | goddess of marriage; consort of Zeus

Hades (Pluto) | god of the Underworld and ruler of the dead; husband of Persephone

Hekate (Trivia) | goddess of magic; an alternate spelling of her name is Hecate

Persephone (Proserpina) | goddess of the Underworld and wife of Hades; also known as Kore (the maiden)

Gaia (Tellus) | Gaia was an Earth goddess; she is also the mother of the Titans

Leto (Latona) | the goddess Leto bore the Olympian deities Artemis and Apollo to Zeus

Mnemosyne | the name Mnemosyne means "memory"; she and Zeus together produced the Muses

Phoebe | goddess who conceived Leto and Asteria by the Titan Koios

Rheia (Rhea) | Rheia was a mother goddess who bore the deities Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus to Kronos

Tethys | the goddess Tethys gave birth to daughters who personified rivers; she was the consort of Okeanos

Theia | Theia was a goddess who mated with Hyperion and consequently bore Helios, Selene, and Eos

Themis | according to Hesiod, the goddess Themis was the second wife of Zeus, and she conceived by him the Seasons (Lawfulness, Justice, and Peace), and the Fates
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Coventina | goddess who personified a holy spring (that was reputed to have healing powers)

Cuda | mother goddess

Latis | goddess associated with water (and possibly beer as well)

Matres Domesticae | an aspect of the three mothers, who were considered goddesses of the homeland (Britain

Sulis | goddess of healing, she presided over hot springs in Aquae Sulis (modern Bath); often conflated with the Roman goddess Minerva

Abnoba | goddess of the hunt, similar to the Roman Diana

Andraste | goddess of victory

Damona | goddess of fertility and healing; her name translates as "divine cow"

Epona | goddess of horses

Nantosuelta | goddess of nature; the wife of Sucellus

Nehalennia | goddess of the sea

Rosmerta | goddess who was the native consort of the Roman god Mercury; her name signifies "great provider"

Sirona | goddess of healing

Aine | goddess of love

Banbha | one of the trio of goddesses who lent their name to Ireland

Boann | goddess of water and fertility; bore Oenghus to the Daghda

Brigit (Brighid) | goddess of fertility, healing, and poetry

Cliodna | goddess of beauty and the Otherworld

Danu | goddess who is a version of the Great Mother; mother of the Tuatha De Danaan

Eriu | another of the three goddesses after which Ireland was named

Fodla | third of the trinity of goddesses of Ireland

Macha | goddess of war and fertility; called "Macha the crow"

Morrigan | goddess of war and death; had a triple aspect; wife of the Daghda

Nemhain | goddess of war and battle

Arianrhod | goddess whose name means "silver wheel" (i.e., the moon)

Blodeuwedd | a maiden of flowers created to be the wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes

Branwen | the daughter of Llyr

Don | mother goddess; the Welsh equivalent of the Irish Danu

Modron | goddess whose name means "divine mother"

Rhiannon | the wife of Pwyll
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Greek Goddess
Amphitrite | sea goddess; wife of Poseidon

Dike (Iustitia) | goddess of justice

Eileithyia (Lucina) | goddess of childbirth

Eirene (Pax) | goddess who personified peace

Enyo (Bellona) | goddess of war

Eos (Aurora) | goddess of the dawn

Eris (Discordia) | goddess whose name means "discord" or "strife"

Eunomia | goddess who personified discipline or good government

Fates (Moirai in Greek, Parcae in Latin) | goddesses who supervised fate; the poet Hesiod names them Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos

Graces (Charites in Greek, Gratiae in Latin) | a trio of graceful goddesses associated with Aphrodite

Hebe (Juventas) | goddess who was a cup-bearer for the Olympian gods

Hestia (Vesta) | goddess of the home and hearth

Horae | a trio of goddesses of the Seasons

Hygeia | goddess of health

Iris | goddess of the rainbow; messenger of Hera

Muses | nine goddesses, each of whom embodied an aspect of the humanities and arts

Nemesis | goddess of retribution

Nike (Victoria) | goddess of victory

Nymphs | female nature spirits

Nyx | goddess who personifies night

Peitho | goddess who personifies persuasion; Peitho often accompanies Aphrodite in myth

Selene (Luna) | goddess of the moon

Tyche (Fortuna) | goddess of fortune
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