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Cross Reference:

Gods with Multiple Functions	Animal/Hunting Gods	Artisans
Death/Underword/Destruction	Destiny	Earth/Fertility
Evil	Good	Hearth
Healing	Judgment	Justice/Wisdom
Protective	Sea	Sky
Storms	Sun/Stars	Supreme
Trees/Forest	Tricksters/Messengers	War/Peace
Water	Wealth	Wind
Women/Children	Vegetation/Agriculture/Drought/Wine	The End

MythHome has adapted Gregory Flood's table of Roman god and Functions

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Animals/Hunting

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Bubona	Horses, Cattle
Hippona	Horses
Inuus (old Latin)	Herds
Mellonia	Bees
Pales	Flocks and Herds

Artisans

God Name(s)	Responsibiity
Arachne	Weaving
Fornax	Bread Making
Furina	Thieves
Hercules	Merchants and Traders
Muta	Silence
Suada	Persuasion
Tages (Estruscan)	Divination and Augury

Death/Underworld

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aera Cura	Underworld
Charontes (Etruscan)	Demons of death
Charun (Etruscan)	Demon of Underworld
Culsu (Etruscan)	Guards the entrance to the underworld
Dis Pater,Dis,Pluto	Underworld
Libitina	Death and Funerals
Mania	Dead
Mors	Death
Februus (Etruscan)	Underworld (Purification)
Laverna (Old Italic)	Underworld
Orcus	Underworld

Destiny

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Camenae,Kamenae	Oracular
Carmenta	Fate/Fortune
Fortuna,Fors Fortuna	Fate and Chance (earlier of Prosperity)
Necessitas	Destiny
Parcae	Fate
Nortia (Etruscan)	Fate and Fortune

Earth/Fertility

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Amor (Greek; Eros)	Lust
Bona Dea,Fauna	Fertility
Carna	Organs of Body (Especially Hearts)
Cinxia	Marriage
Cupid (Greek: Eros)	Lust
Aritimi (Estrucan, like Greek Artemis)	Fertility
Atunis (Estrucan like Adonis)	Earth
Fauna,Fatua, Bona Dea, Bona Mater	Nature, Fertility
Fecunditas	Fertility
Larunda (Sabine)	Earth
Maia (Anatolian)	Fertility
Mutinus,Mutunus	Fertility
Palici (Sicilian)	Pair of Geysers

Evil

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Angerona	Secrecy
Discordia	Strife
Febris	Fever
Fraus	Treachery
Lemures,Larvae	Malignant spirits or ghosts of the dead

Good

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Felicitas	Good Luck and Happiness
Liberalitas	Generosity
Fufluns (Etrucan)	Gaiety and Vitality

Healing

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aesculapius	Healing and Medicinal Arts
Meditrina	Healing
Mefitis	Sulfer Springs
Salus	Public Safety and welfare, health
Somnus,Somnos	Sleep

Hearth

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Caca	Hearth( later Vesta)
Cacus (Old Italic)	Fire
Cardea	Thresholds, and door-pivots
Lar	House
Lares Familiaris	Home, hearth(family)
Penates,Di Penates	Household
Portunus,Portumnus	Gates, Doors and Harbours
Vesta	Hearth
Vulcan,Vulcanus	Destructive Fire

Judgement

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Furies	Vengence
Poena	Punishment

Justice/Truth

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Clementia	Mercy and Clemency
Honos	Honor
Justitia,Iustitia	Justice
Providentia	Forethought
Pudicitia,Pudicita	Chastity
Veritas	Truth

Multiple Functions

God Name(s)	Responsibilities
Abundantia	Abundance, Prosperity and Good Fortune
Charites	Aglaia (splendour), Euphrosine (cheerfulness or festivity), and Thaleia (grace and beauty)
Alpan,Alpanu, Alpnu (Estrucean)	Lust and Underworld
Aplu (Etruscan)	Thunder and Lightning
Decima	Childbirth and Fate (with Nona and Morta)
Diana	Moon, fertility, childbirth, and woodlands
Dius Fidius	Sky (Savine), Oaths (Roman)
Egeria	Fountains and Protectress of Unborn Children
Fama	Rumor and Fame
Faunus	Crops, Herds and Fertility
Janus	Coming In and Going Out: Passages, Doorways, Archways, Beginnings and Endings. Change of the Old year to New, Gates, Harbours, Travel, Daybreak
Juno,Iuno	Women(Marriage), Talent(Female), Childbirth- Juno Lucina, Finance-Juno Moneta, and Protector of the Empire: Juno Regina
Jupiter,Iuppiter, Juppiter, Jove, Diespiter	Sky,Light (originally), Thunder (Jupiter Tonans), Lightning (Jupiter Fulgurator), Military: Jupiter Victor and Jupiter Stator, Oaths, Contracts and Treaties
Liber (Old Italic)	Fertility, Animal husbandry and Cultivation of crops
Libertas,Libera	Freedom and Constitutional Government
Liber Pater	Human and Agricultural fertility
Lupercus	Flocks and fertility, protector of domestic animals from wolves
Mars,Marspiter, Mamers, Marmar, Mavors	War and Agriculture(early Roman)
Mercury,Mercurius	Messenger, Merchants and Travellers
Minerva	War, Wisdom and Arts and Trades
Mithras	Soldiers, Loyalty and Truth
Morta	Death, one of the Fates
Feronia (Etruscan)	Fire and Fertility
Mater Matuta	Dawn (Old Italic), Women, Childbirth, Seafarers
Pietas	Respect and Fidelity to gods, country and relatives
Pilumnus	Guardian of Infants at Birth (Minor) and Agriculture (Minor)
Sethlans (Etruscan)	Fire and Blacksmiths
Silvanus,Selvans(Estrucean)	Woodlands and Countryside
Spes	Hope and Gardens
Strenua	Strength and Vigour
Tellus	Earth, Wheat, Dead
Terminus	Boundaries and Border markers
Turan (Etruscan)	Love and Fertility
Venus	Lust and Beauty, Vegetable Gardens(Orginally)
Vertumnus	Seasons, Gardens, Orchards

Protective

God Name(s)	Responsibilities
Abeona	Children
Genius	Individuals, clans, groups, and the State
Securitas	Security
Volumna	Nursery

Sea

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Neptune,Neptunus	Sea (Orginally Fresh Water)

Sky

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aeternitas	Eternity
Anna Perenna	Yearly sky cycle
Antevorta	Future
Aurora	Dawn
Ani (Etruscan)	Sky
Postverta,Postvorta (Etruscan)	Past
Thesan (Etruscan)	Dawn
Tin,Tinia (Etruscan)	Sky

Storms

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Fulgora	Lightning
Summanus,Summamus (Etruscan)	Lightning

Sun/Moon/Stars

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Cautha,Cath (Etruscan)	Sun
Lucifer	Morning Star
Luna	Moon
Sol	Sun

Supreme

God Name(s)

Voltumna,Vertumus (Etruscan)

Trees/Forests

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Feronia	Orchards and Woodland
Picus	Woodland
Pomona	Fruit Trees

Tricksters/Messengers

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Adeona,Alemona	Passage
Lares Compitales	Crossroads
Lares Viales	Travellers

War/Peace

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Bellona,Duellona	War
Concordia	Harmony and Peace
Juventas,Iuventas	Youth, particularly young men of military age
Laran (Etruscan)	Peace and associated with winter
Pax	Peace
Quirinus	War
Victoria	Victory
Virtus	Manly Courage and military Prowess

Water/Lake/Rain/River

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Acis	'Sicilian river
Clitunno	River
Cloacina	Sewers
Condatis	River(Britain)
Fontus	Springs
Juturna,Iuturna	Wells and Springs
Kamenae,Camenae (Old Italic)	Wells and Springs
Nethuns (Etruscan)	Water
Salacia	Springs
Tiberinus	Tiber River

Wealth

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aequitas	Fair Dealing
Bonus Eventus	Success in Enterprise
Consus	Good Counsel
Copia	Wealth and Plenty
Fides	Good Faith, Honesty and Oaths
Porus	Plenty

Wind

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aeolus	Winds
Aquilo	North Wind
Auster	Southwest Wind
Corus	NorthWest Wind
Favonus	West Wind

Women/Children

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Candelifera	Childbirth
Cunina	Infants
Deverra	Birth
Fabulinus	Infants
Lucina	Childbirth
Mena	Menstruation
Nona	Birth
Partula	Parturition
Potina	Children's potions or the safe drinking ability of children
Quiritis (Sabine)	Protecting Motherhood
Rumina	Nursing mothers and Suckling infants
Thalna	Childbirth

Vegetation/Agriculture/Wine

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Bacchus	Wine and Intoxication
Ceres	Wheat
Ceres Africana,Ceres Punica	Harvest (North African)
Dea,Dia	Fields
Flora	Fruitfulness and Flowers
Horta (Etruscan)	Summer
Lactans,Lactanus	Agriculture
Messor	Agriculture (Minor)
Ops	Proper Growing of Seeds
Robigo	Wheat
Robigus	Protected Wheat from Mildrew (Rust)
Saturn,Saturnus	-Sowing of Seed

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