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Vertumnus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Vortumnus, Vertimnus
thumb|279px|Vertumnus and Pomona (c. 1618) by Peter Paul Rubens
Key facts
- Deity.symbols
- gardening tools
- Deity.image
- Vertumne MBA.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Statue of the 1st or 2nd centuries AD.
- Deity.type
- Roman
- Deity.deity_of
- God of seasons, change, gardens, fruit trees, and plant growth
- Deity.consort
- Pomona
- Deity.Etruscan_equivalent
- Voltumna
- Deity.festivals
- Vertumnalia
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- Neo-classical tradition
- Modern interpretations
- Gallery
- References
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thumb|279px|Vertumnus and Pomona (c. 1618) by Peter Paul Rubens
In Roman mythology, Vertumnus (; also Vortumnus or Vertimnus) is the god of seasons, change and plant growth, as well as gardens and fruit trees. He could change his form at will; using this power, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses (xiv), he tricked Pomona into talking to him by disguising himself as an old woman and gaining entry to her orchard, then using a narrative warning of the dangers of rejecting a suitor (the embedded tale of Iphis and Anaxarete) to seduce her. The tale of Vertumnus and Pomona has been called "the first exclusively Latin tale."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vertumnus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.