agricultural gods
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Roman Agriculture was
critical to the success of ancient Rome. Growing crops
and herds to feed the people was essential not only to
individual health but, almost more importantly, the
success of a growing society.
The earliest cultures of central Italy recognized a
multitude of gods and goddesses who watched over
almost every aspect of growing plants and raising animals
to feed the growing communities. As they did with
their personal gods, these ancestors of the Romans
recognized forces beyond their control and gave these
forces names. They then performed rituals to either
ask for the deity's help for a good growing season, or to
implore the deity to not harm their fields or animals.
Gods and goddesses oversaw the food supply as
well. People asked them to keep the harvest safe from
storms, volcanoes, and bad workmanship, to help
turn grapes into wine and grain into bread, and to
bring crops to market.
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- indigetes (dii indigites) Roman Apparently, lesser gods of the many people who inhabited Central Italy in the seventh and early sixth centuries b.
- Iris Greek Messenger of the gods, especially of Zeus, and a devoted attendant of Hera.
- Janus (Ianus) Roman One of the principal Roman gods and one of the oldest.
- Rhea (Earth) Greek A Titan, the mother of the great ruling gods of Olympus.
- Neda Greek One of the oldest of the Oceanids, sea Nymph daughters of the Titan gods, Oceanus and Tethys; considered by many Greek writers to be a second-generation Titan.