| Aids in Childbirth | Opigena | F | |
| Aids in Childbirth | Natio | F | Rival of Juno |
| Aids in Childbirth | Lucina | F | |
| Aids in Childbirth | Virbius | M | Deified Hippolytus; depicted as an old man |
| Assures the crying of the newborn | Vaticanus | M | |
| Baby food | Educa | F | |
| Breast feeding | Rumina | F | |
| Brings forth the birth | Diespiter | M | |
| Children' medicine | Potina | F | |
| Determined proper date of birth | Nona | F | One of the Fates |
| Gives life to the fetus | Vitumnus | M | |
| Gives sensation to the fetus | Sentinus | M | |
| Guardian of the cradle | Cunina | F | |
| Hardened the bones of the infant | Ossipaga | F | |
| Helps the newborn to walk | Statulinus | M | |
| The hope that the newborn brings | Venilia | F | |
| Labor | Lucina | F | |
| Naming of the infant | Nondina | F | Nine days after birth for boys, eight for girls, asperged with water, like a baptism |
| Orphans | Orbona | F | |
| Predicted future of newborns | Carmentis or Carmenta | F | Prophecies in verse; a Camena |
| Presided over delivery and placed the binder | Partula | F | |
| Promises strong children; protects married women | Curitis | F | |
| Protectors of infants and pregnant women | Picumnus and Pilumnus | M | Brothers |
| Protectors of infants and pregnant women | Intercedona and Deverra | F | Allies of Picumnus and Pilumnus |
| Protects infants and birthing mothers from Sylvanus | Averruncus | F | Generally, a god of averting |
| Protects the child when lifted up; sees that the father accepts the new child | Levana | F | "Light" |
| Taught child to speak | Locutius | M | |
| Terror of the infant | Paventia | F |
Monday, 23 May 2011
Roman gods of Childbirth
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