Latis

No mythic origin story for Latis is preserved in the surviving evidence. The deity is known only from two Latinized votive inscriptions from Roman Britain: one naming Dea Latis (Birdoswald Roman Fort) and one naming Deus Latis (an altar at Aballava, Burgh-by-Sands). The inscriptions indicate local cult veneration during the Roman period but do not provide genealogical or cosmogonic narratives.

No direct iconography or physical description of Latis is preserved in the sources. Archaeological context notes that the altar to Deus Latis was found near an image of a horned god and a dedication to Belatucadros; the Dea Latis stone (inscribed "DIE LATI") is held in Carlisle Museum. Aside from these contextual associations and the suggestion that Dea Latis "may have been associated with the nearby rivers," there is no attested appearance.

The inscriptions provide no description of powers, functions, or mythic deeds for Latis. Linguistic proposals have connected the name to Proto-Celtic roots (*lati- 'liquor', *lat- 'day', *lāto- 'lust'), but these etymologies are conjectural and not confirmed by the votive texts; they may hint at possible associations (e.g., with liquids/rivers or other concepts) but do not constitute evidence of specific abilities.