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This category contains all Roman deities considered among the primagenera, which are listed at the bottom of the page.


The Primagenera (Greek: Protogenoi) referred to the original or primordial deities in Roman mythology. They often represented a a specific force of nature, and had dominion over it.

Primagenera and their personifications[]

  • Janus (entrances, beginnings, sun)
  • Diana (exits, ends, magic, moon)
  • Chaos (the void, creation, destruction, air)
  • Caligo (primordial mist)
  • Nox (night)
  • Dies (day)
  • Erebus (darkness)
  • Ether (upper air, light)
  • Terra (the Earth)
  • Caelus (the sky)
  • Mare (the sea)
  • Oceanus (river Oceanus, and fresh water)
  • Tartarus (the Netherworld)
  • Pontus (the sea)
  • Saturn (time)
  • Necessitas (necessity)
  • Natura (nature)
  • Amor (procreation)
  • Phanes (procreation, life)-(usually equated with Amor)
  • Hydros (Personification of Water)
  • Thesis (Hydros' consort, repsresents motherly nature of the sea)

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