Deities

This article examines Mars, the Roman god of war, exploring his mythological family lineage, sacred symbolism, and ritual significance within both ancient Roman religion and contemporary magical practice. Readers will learn about Mars’s parentage, his role as the legendary father of Rome’s founders, and the animals, days, and symbols associated with his worship.

This article provides an overview of Janus (Ianus), the ancient Roman deity associated with beginnings, endings, transitions, doorways, and temporal passage. The text examines the god’s distinctive dual-faced iconography, his ritual function as an intermediary between mortals and the divine, and the etymological connections between his name and Latin terms for movement and doorways.

This article examines Persephone, the ancient Greek goddess of rebirth and queen of the underworld, exploring her mythological narrative, various epithets, and symbolic significance within Greek religious tradition. The text presents Persephone’s abduction by Hades and her cyclical journey between the underworld and the earthly realm as an explanatory framework for seasonal agricultural patterns in ancient Greek culture.

This article examines the Goddess Brigid as a multifaceted deity within Celtic mythology and contemporary NeoPagan practice, tracing her various manifestations across British, Gaulish, and Germanic traditions. The discussion explores the linguistic and cultural connections between related figures—including Brigantia, Brigindo, and Bricta—while analyzing Brigid’s primary associations with fire, healing, creativity, and agricultural fertility.