Gods of childbirth

Gods of childbirth are deities associated with pregnancy, childbirth, labor, and children.

Greek Mythology

 * Artemis: the Greek goddess of childbirth.
 * Eileithyia: the Greek goddess of childbirth, midwives, and labor pains.
 * Hera: a Greek goddess of childbirth.

Roman Mythology

 * Abeona: a Roman goddess who helps a child learn to walk.
 * Adeona: a Roman goddess who helps a child learn to walk.
 * Agenoria: the Roman goddess of activity who endows children with the capacity to lead active lives.
 * Alemona: the Roman goddess who fed embryos and nourished growth.
 * Antevorta: a Roman goddess of childbirth.
 * Candelifera: the Roman goddess who provides light for childbirth that occurs at night.
 * Carmenta: a Roman goddess of childbirth, a protector of mothers and children, and the patron goddess of midwives.
 * Catius Pater: a Roman god who helps to sharpen the minds of children.
 * Cuba: the Roman goddess who helps children transition from cradles to beds.
 * Cunina: the Roman goddess who protects cradles from malevolent magic.
 * Deverra: the Roman goddess who presided over the broom used in a ritual to protect infants against evil influences.
 * Diana: the Roman goddess of childbirth who protected women in labor.
 * Domiduca: a Roman goddess who protects children when they leave the house.
 * Egeria: a Roman nymph of childbirth.
 * Fabulinus: a Roman god who helps children speak their first words.
 * Farinus: a Roman god who enables children to speak.
 * Fluonia: the Roman goddess who retains blood in the womb for the developing child.
 * Intercidona: the Roman goddess of the axe which was used in a neonatal ritual.
 * Interduca: a Roman goddess who protects children when they leave the house.
 * Juno: the Roman goddess of childbirth.
 * Levana: the Roman goddess who presided over a childbirth ritual in which the baby would be lifted from the earth.
 * Locutius: a Roman god who helps children form sentences with their words.
 * Lucina: the Roman goddess of childbirth who protected women in labor.
 * Mana Genita: the Roman goddess who decided whether a child was born dead or alive.
 * Mater Matuta: a Roman goddess of childbirth.
 * Mena: the Roman goddess who redirected menstrual blood to the developing child in the womb.
 * Mens: a Roman god who gifts children intelligence.
 * Nascio: a Roman goddess of childbirth and the protector of infants.
 * Numeria: a Roman goddess who helps children learn to count.
 * Nundina: a Roman goddess who presided over giving children their name.
 * Orbona: the Roman goddess of orphans.
 * Paventia: a Roman goddess who averts fear from children.
 * Peta: a Roman goddess who attends to a child's "first wants".
 * Picumnus: the Roman god of infants and children.
 * Pilumnus: the Roman god who ensured proper growth and health of children.
 * Postverta: a Roman goddess of childbirth.
 * Potina: a Roman goddess who enables children to drink.
 * Sentinus: the Roman god who gives the power of perception to newborns.
 * Statina: a Roman goddess who gives fitness to babies.
 * Vagitanus: the Roman goddess who opened a child's mouth for its first cry.
 * Vitumnus: the Roman god who endowed the fetus with life.
 * Volumnus: a Roman god who gives children the will to do good.