Curated category
Roman goddesses
- Juno (mythology)The name Juno once appeared in ancient texts as Diuno and Diove, a form scholars linked to Iove or Jove. This connection suggested a shared root meaning…
- Venus (mythology)The Latin word Venus stems from a Proto-Italic form reconstructed as wenos, meaning desire. This root traces back to the Proto-Indo-European term wes-, which…
- Victoria (mythology)Victoria first appeared during the First Punic War as a Romanized renaming of Nike. This Greek goddess of victory was already familiar to the Roman military…
- IsisAn inscription from the reign of Nyuserre Ini during Egypt's Fifth Dynasty marks the first known mention of Isis by name.
- CybeleA corpulent female figure sits flanked by large felines on a stone slab from Çatalhöyük, dated to the 6th millennium BC.
- BritanniaThe Roman province of Britannia emerged in 43 AD following the conquest ordered by Emperor Claudius. A frieze discovered at Aphrodisias in 1980 depicts a…
- EponaThe name Epona means Great Mare in the Gaulish language. It derives from the Proto-Celtic word ek'os for horse. This root also gives rise to modern Welsh…