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| | '''Ceres''' is the Roman equivalent to [[Demeter]].<ref>{{Nuttall|Ceres}}</ref> She was said to be the goddess of [[agriculture]] especially grains. | | '''Ceres''' is the Roman equivalent to [[Demeter]].<ref>{{Nuttall|Ceres}}</ref> She was said to be the goddess of [[agriculture]] especially grains. |
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| − | [[Image:Cupid.jpg|right|thumb|Drawing of Cupid by [[Adolphe William Bouguereau]], 1875]] '''Cupid''' is the messenger of love under [[Roman]] mythology. In [[Greek mythology]] he was known as [[Eros]]. He was the son of [[Mercury]] (the messenger god) and [[Venus]] (the goddess of love). Cupid is usually depicted as a winged baby boy, with a bow and two kinds of arrows to cause mischief. One would invoke [[love]], the other [[hate]]. Venus would use her son's power to gain revenge, as when she planned to have the beautiful [[Psyche]] (a mortal) fall in love with the ugliest man in the world. This backfired when Cupid pricked himself with his arrow. Because of this, Cupid fell in love with Psyche instead. Later she gained immortality when she married him and her job became sorting out family love problems. The myth of Cupid and Psyche was retold by [[C.S. Lewis]] in [[Till We Have Faces]]. | + | [[Image:Cupid.jpg|right|thumb|Drawing of Cupid by [[Adolphe William Bouguereau]], 1875]] '''Cupid''' is the messenger of love under [[Roman]] mythology. In [[Greek mythology]] he was known as Eros. He was the son of [[Mercury]] (the messenger god) and [[Venus]] (the goddess of love). Cupid is usually depicted as a winged baby boy, with a bow and two kinds of arrows to cause mischief. One would invoke [[love]], the other [[hate]]. Venus would use her son's power to gain revenge, as when she planned to have the beautiful [[Psyche]] (a mortal) fall in love with the ugliest man in the world. This backfired when Cupid pricked himself with his arrow. Because of this, Cupid fell in love with Psyche instead. Later she gained immortality when she married him and her job became sorting out family love problems. The myth of Cupid and Psyche was retold by [[C.S. Lewis]] in [[Till We Have Faces]]. |
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| | '''Flora''' was an early Roman goddess of the blossom of flowers and the spring.<ref>{{Nuttall|Flora}}</ref> | | '''Flora''' was an early Roman goddess of the blossom of flowers and the spring.<ref>{{Nuttall|Flora}}</ref> |
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| | '''Jupiter''' was the king of the [[Roman]] gods. He was the husband of [[Juno]]. The ruler of the deities in Greek culture was [[Zeus]]. The pantheons were mixed with the Roman conquest and absorption of Greece into the [[Roman Empire]] and Jupiter and Zeus were then loosely considered to be the same god. | | '''Jupiter''' was the king of the [[Roman]] gods. He was the husband of [[Juno]]. The ruler of the deities in Greek culture was [[Zeus]]. The pantheons were mixed with the Roman conquest and absorption of Greece into the [[Roman Empire]] and Jupiter and Zeus were then loosely considered to be the same god. |
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| − | '''Mars''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Ares]], a greek god, in Roman mythology he was the god of war. | + | '''Mars''' is the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Ares]], a Greek god, in Roman mythology he was the god of war. |
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| | '''Mercury''' was the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hermes]], in Roman mythology he was the messenger of the other deities. | | '''Mercury''' was the Roman Mythology equivalent to [[Hermes]], in Roman mythology he was the messenger of the other deities. |