Venus
Venus is mentioned as one of the spirits that serve Inti’s court, acting as a celestial attendant. It is considered a minor celestial spirit in Inca mythology.
↻ synthesized from 44 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Temple built on Montserrat in pre-Christian times.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Manco Cápac, Willaq Umu, Pachacuti, Madonna, Azovka, Kaltes-Ekwa, Great Serpent, Ares, Rhea Silvia, Divus Iulius, Augustus, Hades, Dís, Parcae, Thor, Merlin, Wōden, Freya, Cold Genius, Arethusa, Vesta, Fortuna, Juno Regina, Latona, Saturnus, Great Mother of the gods, Roma, Hermaphroditus, Sol, Luna, God, the Father, Atargatis, Aphrodite, Shaitan, Astaroth, Astarte, Al-lāt, Inanna, Derceto, Dione, Lakshmi, Ištar, Cetus, Nereids, Triton, Pan, Chloris, Boreas, Jove, Amor, Hymen, Jealousy, Auster, Napaeae, Neptune, Muses, Urania, Anacréon, Endymion, Phoebus, Cynthia, Pluto, Proserpina, Diana, Ganymede, Flora, Bacchus, Ariadne, Hebe, Aurora, Aquilon, Zéphyr, Cybele, Ēostre, Fauns, Dryads, Naiads, Silvanus, Napaean Nymphs, Pales, Zeus, Hermes, Hera, Poseidon, Orion, Side, Hercules, Saturn, Hesperus, Heracles, Cronus, Phaethon, Eos, Phosphorus, Pyroeis, Phaenon, Stilbon, Adonis, Cupid, Jupiter, nymphs, Artemis, Mercury, Zephyrus, Three Graces, centaur, Persephone, Pallas Athena, Primavera, Archangel Gabriel, Saint Laurence, Apollo, Ceres, Aeolus, Inti, Mama Ocllo, Mama Quilla, Viracocha, Rainbow, Pleiades, Umay
- syncretized with
- Mistress of the Copper Mountain, Albina, Moon, Tanit, Astarte, Turan, Pompeii Lakshmi, Sri-Lakshmi, Juno, Isis, Magna Mater, Aphrodite, Virgin Mary, The Appiades, Belti, Cloacina, Vesper
- serves
- Jupiter
- consort of
- Hephaestus, Anchises, Mars, Adonis, Vulcan
- allied with
- Roma, Cupid, Persephone, Adonis, Three Graces, Libitina, angels, Minerva, Voluptas, Castitas, Pulchritudo
- enemy of
- Propoetides, Apollo, Artemis
- manifests as
- Morning Star, Evening Star, planet Venus
- child of
- Uranus
Mentioned by
- Inti
- Mama Ocllo
- Mama Quilla
- Viracocha
- Rainbow
- Pleiades
- Umay
- The Appiades
- Belti
- Cloacina
- Vesper
- Libitina
- angels
- Minerva
- Voluptas
- Castitas
and 4 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Their court is served by the Rainbow, the Pleiades, Venus, and others.”
#923 · extracted by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
“when the Romans built a temple to honor the Roman goddess Venus.”
#1905 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The mountain of Montserrat has been of religious significance since pre-Christian times, when the Romans built a temple to honor the Roman goddess Venus.”
#1938 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“There is also a hypothesis that she represents the Roman goddess Venus, as local copper from the Polevskoy Copper Smelting Plant was branded with the Venus symbol (♀) for tens of years in the 18th century”
#7009 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Mars was cast as the ancestor of Romulus and Venus as the ancestor of Aeneas...Venus was in legend associated with the Julii family, to which Augustus belonged”
#10157 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5