Caelus

Caelus is the sky, and almost nothing else. He stands at the head of the Roman divine genealogy — husband of Tellus, father of Saturn, Ops and Janus — which is to say he is a figure the theologians needed rather than one the city worshipped: he notably had no cult in Rome. That absence is itself worth recording, because it marks the difference between the Roman gods who received sacrifice and the Roman gods who existed to make the family tree work.

Parentage

• parent: AetherThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
• parent: DiesThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)

Domains

• sky

Relations

• spouse: TellusHusband of Tellus, sky over earth.Reference treatment of Caelus as husband of Tellus. (secondary)
• father of: SaturnFather of Saturn.Reference treatment naming Caelus father of Saturn, Ops and Janus. (secondary)
• father of: OpsFather of Ops.Reference treatment naming Caelus father of Saturn, Ops and Janus. (secondary)
• father of: JanusFather of Janus.Reference treatment naming Caelus father of Saturn, Ops and Janus. (secondary)
• parent: AetherThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
• parent: DiesThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)

Sources

• Caelus is the Roman personification of the sky, husband of Tellus and father of Saturn, Ops and Janus, who notably had no cult of his own at Rome.: Reference treatment of Caelus, his family and the absence of a Roman cult. (secondary)