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Vertumnus
Sign in to savethumb|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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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."