Roman Deities Apollo (Apollo): god of the arts (esp. poetry and music) Bacchus (Dionysos): god of wine and mysteries 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 Jupiter (Zeus): god of the sky; ruler of the Roman pantheon Mars (Ares): god of war Mercury (Hermes): god of merchants; messenger of the gods Minerva (Athena): goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts Neptune (Poseidon): god of the sea and earthquakes Venus (Aphrodite): goddess of love and beauty Vulcan (Hephaistos): god of smiths and metal-workers Celtic Britain Belatucadrus: god whose name means �fair shining one� Cocidius: god associated either with forests and hunting (linked with the Roman god Silvanus), or war (equated with Mars) Condatis: god who personified the joining of two bodies of water in the Tyne-Tees area of North Britain; also conflated with the Roman god Mars 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) Mogons: god who was worshipped mainly in North Britain; his name means �great one� Nodens: god of healing; he is related to the Irish god Nuadu Sulis: goddess of healing, she presided over hot springs in Aquae Sulis (modern Bath); often conflated with the Roman goddess Minerva celtic gaul Abnoba: goddess of the hunt, similar to the Roman Diana Andraste: goddess of victory Belenus: god of light; his name means �shining one� Borvo: god of healing; his name is associated with the bubbling water of springs Cernunnos: god of fertility and animals; referred to as the �horned one� Damona: goddess of fertility and healing; her name translates as �divine cow� Dispater: Roman god of the underworld; his cult thrived in Gaul also Epona: goddess of horses Esus: god equated with the Roman deities Mars and Mercury Nantosuelta: goddess of nature; the wife of Sucellus Nehalennia: goddess of the sea Ogmios: gods of eloquence and knowledge; equated with Hercules Rosmerta: goddess who was the native consort of the Roman god Mercury; her name signifies �great provider� Sirona: goddess of healing Sucellus: god of agriculture and forests; also a hammer god (his name means �good striker�) Taranis: god whose name means �thunderer�; sometimes compared to the god Jupiter Teutates: god of war; roughly equivalent to the Roman god Mars celtic ireland 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 Creidhne: god of metalworking; one of the trio of craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan Daghda: god of the earth; leader of the Tuatha De Danaan Danu: goddess who is a version of the Great Mother; mother of the Tuatha De Danaan Dian Cecht: god of crafts and healing Donn: god of the dead; the �dark one� Eriu: another of the three goddesses after which Ireland was named Fodla: third of the trinity of goddesses of Ireland Goibhniu: god of the smith; one of three craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan Luchta: god of wrights; one of the triad of craft-gods of the Tuatha De Danaan Lugh: god whose name means �shining one� Macha: goddess of war and fertility; called �Macha the crow� Morrigan: godesses of war and death; had a triple aspect; wife of the Daghda Nechtan: water-god whose sacred well was a source of knowledge Nemhain: goddess of war and battle Nuada: of the kings of the Tuatha De Danaan Oenghus: god of youth and love Ogma: god of eloquence and language Tuatha De Danaan: the Irish race of gods who descended from the goddess Danu; patrons of magic and arts celtic wales Arianrhod: goddess whose name means �silver wheel� (i.e., the moon) Dewi: god who was represented by the Red Dragon, which has become the emblem of Wales Don: mother goddess; the Welsh equivalent of the Irish Danu Govannon: god of smiths and metalworkers Gwynn ap Nudd: god of the Underworld Lleu: god who is the Welsh equivalent of the Irish Lugh Llyr: god of the sea Math ap Mathonwy: god of sorcery Modron: goddess whose name means �divine mother�