Numen (disambiguation)

Numen, plur. numina, is a Latin word typically borrowed by modern languages without alteration. It may mean:

Divinity

Numen, a divine spirit in ancient Roman religion
- Numen, a divine spirit investing the parents at the festival of Parentalia
- Numen of Africa, a supernatural being seen by Curtius Rufus
- Numen, name applied to Robigalia, personification of agricultural disease
- Numen praesens, the divine spirit of the emperor in the Imperial cult (ancient Rome)
- Numen, a divine aspect of Jupiter Tonans
- Numen, the divinity Aius Locutius, harbinger of a Gallic attack on Rome
- Numina, creators of the 27 shrines of the Argei
Numen, a divine spirit in other religions
- Numen, a classification of Borr in Norse mythology by Finnur Magnusson
- Numen, translation of Ling (Chinese religion)
- Nine Numina, a group to which Xi Wangmu belonged
- Numina, applies to the strungma who offer chinlabs, a type of Adhiṣṭhāna in Tibetan and Shingon Buddhism

The Philosophy of the Numen, a book by David Myatt
Numen (journal), International Review for the History of Religion
Numen, a nation elevated to a divine spirit in the philosophy of National mysticism
Numenism, another name for Animism
Numina, rejected as impure spirits by St. Augustine in debates with Cornelius Labeo

Numen, Old Men, a book by Joseph Gelfer
Numina, characters in Century Sonny, a Chinese animation series
Numina, a class of character in The Culture, a fictional civilization of Iain M. Banks

Numen International, television production company of Clarissa Burt
Numina, imaginary powers of a sin-eater in the desktop role-playing game Geist: The Sin-Eaters
Numen (journal), bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of religions