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Caelus

Pater Caelus · Caelus Aeternus · Sky Father

01Identity

Caelus in Roman tradition

Above Tellus, Caelus takes divine form as the Roman personification of the heavens. He is also recorded under the name Coelus and is equated with the Greek Uranus and the Phoenician Baal-Samin. No parentage, birth account, or separate sphere of action is recorded beyond his nature as the personified sky.

Caelus is joined with Tellus, the earth, as her consort. This pairing places sky and earth together in the structure of Roman myth. He has no independent story in which he acts as the main figure. His identity and place are defined through this cosmic pairing and through his correspondence with comparable sky gods in Greek and Phoenician traditions.

Top questions

The quick answers

  • Who is Caelus?

    Caelus is a Roman deity associated with the sky and heavens, the celestial order, cosmic generation, fatherhood of divine beings.
    Source

    Source

    • Dictionary of Mythology
    • The Masks Of God - Primitive Mythology
    • Classical Mythology a to Z
    • Roman Mythology
    • Belief and Cult

  • What is Caelus the god of?

    the sky and heavens, the celestial order, cosmic generation, fatherhood of divine beings
    Source

    Source

    • Dictionary of Mythology
    • The Masks Of God - Primitive Mythology
    • Classical Mythology a to Z
    • Roman Mythology

  • What family links are recorded for Caelus?

    Father: Aether, Mother: Dies, Spouse: Terra, 3 children.
02Family

Caelus’s family, at a glance

Parents above, children below, and the figure’s consorts named in between, the same family data as the fact box, laid out as a chart instead of a field list.

AetherDies
Caelus

with Terra

JanusOpsSaturn
03The names

The names Caelus answers to

Caelus Pater

Father Sky

SourceRoman Mythology

Caelus Aeternus

Eternal Sky

SourceBelief and Cult

Coelus

A variant spelling of Caelus

SourceRoman Mythology

Caelum

The sky or heaven, used as Caelus's Latin name

SourceDictionary of Mythology

04Who it is

Caelus, and where the myths place it

Appears in

The myths across MythSource where Caelus features, each on that figure’s page.

The film

The Underdrawing video on Caelus embeds here once it publishes.