Gods of childbirth

**Gods of childbirth** are deities associated with pregnancy, childbirth, labor, and children.

## Gods of childbirth

### Greek Mythology

* **Artemis:** the Greek goddess of childbirth.
* **Eileithyia:** the Greek goddess of childbirth, midwives, and labor pains.
* **Hera:** a Greek goddess of childbirth.

### Roman Mythology

* **Abeona:** a Roman goddess who helps a child learn to walk.
* **Adeona:** a Roman goddess who helps a child learn to walk.
* **Agenoria:** the Roman goddess of activity who endows children with the capacity to lead active lives.
* **Alemona:** the Roman goddess who fed embryos and nourished growth.
* **Antevorta:** a Roman goddess of childbirth.
* **Candelifera:** the Roman goddess who provides light for childbirth that occurs at night.
* **Carmenta:** a Roman goddess of childbirth, a protector of mothers and children, and the patron goddess of midwives.
* **Catius Pater:** a Roman god who helps to sharpen the minds of children.
* **Cuba:** the Roman goddess who helps children transition from cradles to beds.
* **Cunina:** the Roman goddess who protects cradles from malevolent magic.
* **Deverra:** the Roman goddess who presided over the broom used in a ritual to protect infants against evil influences.
* **Diana:** the Roman goddess of childbirth who protected women in labor.
* **Domiduca:** a Roman goddess who protects children when they leave the house.
* **Egeria:** a Roman nymph of childbirth.
* **Fabulinus:** a Roman god who helps children speak their first words.
* **Farinus:** a Roman god who enables children to speak.
* **Fluonia:** the Roman goddess who retains blood in the womb for the developing child.
* **Intercidona:** the Roman goddess of the axe which was used in a neonatal ritual.
* **Interduca:** a Roman goddess who protects children when they leave the house.
* **Juno:** the Roman goddess of childbirth.
* **Levana:** the Roman goddess who presided over a childbirth ritual in which the baby would be lifted from the earth.
* **Locutius:** a Roman god who helps children form sentences with their words.
* **Lucina:** the Roman goddess of childbirth who protected women in labor.
* **Mana Genita:** the Roman goddess who decided whether a child was born dead or alive.
* **Mater Matuta:** a Roman goddess of childbirth.
* **Mena:** the Roman goddess who redirected menstrual blood to the developing child in the womb.
* **Mens:** a Roman god who gifts children intelligence.
* **Nascio:** a Roman goddess of childbirth and the protector of infants.
* **Numeria:** a Roman goddess who helps children learn to count.
* **Nundina:** a Roman goddess who presided over giving children their name.
* **Orbona:** the Roman goddess of orphans.
* **Paventia:** a Roman goddess who averts fear from children.
* **Peta:** a Roman goddess who attends to a child's "first wants".
* **Picumnus:** the Roman god of infants and children.
* **Pilumnus:** the Roman god who ensured proper growth and health of children.
* **Postverta:** a Roman goddess of childbirth.
* **Potina:** a Roman goddess who enables children to drink.
* **Sentinus:** the Roman god who gives the power of perception to newborns.
* **Statina:** a Roman goddess who gives fitness to babies.
* **Vagitanus:** the Roman goddess who opened a child's mouth for its first cry.
* **Vitumnus:** the Roman god who endowed the fetus with life.
* **Volumnus:** a Roman god who gives children the will to do good.