Cupid (Eros), her son, was the god of erotic attraction.
Vulcan, Mulciber (Hephaestus) was a god of fire and warmth, of the forge and of volcanic eruptions.
Liber, Bacchus (Dionysus) was the god of wine and drunkenness.
Diana (Artemis) was a huntress, goddess of the woods and moon.
Apollo was the god of truth and light, as in Greece.
Proserpina (Persephone), a goddess of spring, the daughter of Ceres and wife of Pluto.
The Numina were vague, protective powers that inhabited nature and presided over daily human activities, the earliest gods.
Janus was the god of beginnings, of doorways and public gates, of departures and returns. The statue of Janus in his temple had two faces, a young one that looked toward the rising sun and an old one that faced the setting sun. At his temple in Rome the doors were shut only in times of peace, which were extremely rare.
The Lares and Penates were mainly gods of the family. A Lar was a protective ancestral spirit, while the Penates were household gods, guardians of the hearth and storerooms. Each Roman family had its own special gods. However, Roman cities had public Lares and Penates to safeguard them.
Priapus, an ugly god with huge genitals, promoted fertility.
Sylvanus and Faunus were rustic gods of the forest and possessed goat-shanks, like Pan. Fauns were woodland goat-men, and have often been confused with Satyrs, who had horses' haunches.
Flora was a goddess of flowers, fruits, and springtime.
The Manes were benevolent spirits of the dead, good souls, as opposed to the Lemurs (also Larvae), which were evil discarnates.
