Roman and Aaseevagam Pantheons

Comparison of ancient Roman deities with ancient Thamizh deities of Aaseevagam Pantheon:

Roman deity	Characteristics or Epithets	Symbols and Root words	Matching Traits, Symbols in Thamizh Culture or other Cultures	Aaseevagam deity – corresponding
Annona	mother corn, grain, means of subsistence	cornucopia	Annam = Food Annai = Mother	Pachaiamma
Bacchus	Agriculture , grapes and wine, fertility arrives from the east or south, as an Asiatic foreigner, the god that comes, Son of Zeus and Semele (Mother Earth) or Persephone	Pinecone topped Staff	Greek Dionysus	Indran
Ceres	goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships		Greek Demeter	Pachaiamma + Lakkumi
Consus	protector of grains	Grain seed Festival Consualia -Aug and Dec (autumn and winter)		Murugan
Cupid	love, desire, Latin “Cupido”	Bow and arrow	Kuppidu > to beckon, to call the lover > Cupid Greek Eros	Murugan
Diana	hunt, moon, nature			Kaali + Neelambigai + Pachaiamma
Jupiter	sky and thunder, Holder of the Goat,  sender of rain, war, agricultural plenty, human fertility and wealth	Ram/goat sacrifice, eagle, oak tree	Greek Zeus Jupiter Ammon, Jupiter equated with the Egyptian deity Amun	Indran
Libera	Fertility, wine, freedom, Daughter of grain and agricultural goddess Ceres, Wife of Liber			Pachaiamma
Mars	god of war, agricultural guardian, earlier god of fertility and vegetation, martial arts, martial law, Consort - Venus	Spear, bearded and mature, or young and clean - shaven	Marudham = farmland Babylon’s Marduk Greek Ares	Murugan
Mercury	god of abundance financial gain, commerce, eloquence, communication divination, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery guide of souls to the underworld	Caduceus, winged sandals, winged hat, traveller, tortoise, ram, rooster		Murugan
Minerva	music, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, war strategy	Serpent, spear		Saraswati + Kaali's war aspect
Neptune	Freshwater, seas		Greek Poseidon	Murugan
Ops or Opis	fertility deity and earth goddess of Sabine origin Latin: "Plenty", Consort of Saturn	Sceptre, grains, cornucopia		Pachaiamma
Picumnus	god of fertility, agriculture, matrimony, infants and children			Pachaiamma + Lakkumi
Pluto	Underworld, judge of the dead, giver of gold, silver	Three-headed dog	Greek Hades	Sivan as Kaala Bhairavar, Yaman and Uruthiran
Proserpina or Proserpine	Grain and agriculture, fertility Same as Libera		Greek Perseponne	Pachaiamma
Salacia	Seas and saltwater, Consort of Neptune		Salam = Water	Meenatchi, of the seas
Saturn	Agriculture, generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, periodic renewal (seasons) and liberation, time, civilization and morality	Sickle, scythe, statue filled with oil, Festival Saturnalia – harvests and sowing	Saneeswaran or God of Saturn, crow (useful to find lands in sea voyages), IndhiraVizha - Ancient Tamil farming festival for God Indran	Ravanan with some aspects of Murugan, the oil seed cultivator
Venus	Love, fertility, beauty, desire, sex, prosperity and victory	Friday	Ven,Vellai = White Velli = Venus, whitest, brightest Planet	Neelambigai + Pachaiamma aspects
Vulcan	fire, volcanos, metalworks, agrarian activities	Blacksmith’s hammer Festival Vulcanalia - Bonfires, Sacrifice of fish and livestock	Agni Devan	Murugan