Di indigetes
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The di indigetes ("indigenous gods") were a group of Roman gods, goddesses and spirits not adopted from other mythologies, as opposed to the di novensides ("newcomer gods") in Georg Wissowa's terminology.
Most of these are very minor gods, little more than personifications of an abstract quality. Ops, Janus and Quirinus are among the few important di indigetes. Additionally, as most Latin words for abstractions and concepts were feminine, the vast majority of di indigetes are female, and Roman mythology in general has an abundance of goddesses.
