Vertumnus
Roman · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Roman shape-shifting god of seasons and change, husband of Pomona.
Domains
- seasons and change
- gardens and orchards
Powers
- Transforms his shape into any form he pleases
- Turns the year and ripens the orchard's fruit through the seasons
Epithets
- Vertumnus god of the turning year and of change, with a statue in the Vicus Tuscus and a temple on the AventinePropertius 4.2 (primary)
Relations
- spouse: PomonaReciprocal of roman_pomona.spouse — Wood-nymph orchard goddess won by the shape-shifter Vertumnus.Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.623-771 (Vertumnus woos and wins Pomona) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.641; Propertius 4.2 (primary)