Pomona and Vertumnus were deities of these people, who also held as sacred a deified version of their kingdom's founder who rode to Heaven on a lightning bolt, as well as a two-faced god of doorways.
Straw men were thrown into a river every May 27th to appease one major deity of these people. In one story from their myth system, the deity Picus is snubbed by a fertility goddess who is later tricked into allowing a god associated with the seasons into her sacred garden because he's disguised as an old woman. Pomona and Vertumnus were deities of these people, who also held as sacred a deified version of their kingdom's founder who rode to Heaven on a lightning bolt, as well as a two-faced god of doorways. For 10 points, Janus was a deity to what people, who also venerated Quirinus, a deified version of their namesake city's founder, Romulus.
Straw men were thrown into a river every May 27th to appease one major deity of these people.
Romans [accept Rome]