The Facts About Cedar Shake Roofing. 1  26 December 2012. 2  Cedar shakes can be a poor choice in humid climates which can cause the shingles to age prematurely. 3  Because cedar shakes are made out of essentially the same material used in a campfire, your insurance company may charge a premium for this type of roofing since it is not fire retardant.
When her son Aeneas fled Troy and founded the Roman race, Venus became known as the divine ancestor of the Roman people (the Venus Genetrix) and was treated with special honor. at the Goddess Shop! Venus had many identities before she came to Rome - Inanna, Ishtar/Astarte, and the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. She was the Roman counterpart to the Greek Aphrodite. However, Roman Venus had many abilities beyond the Greek Aphrodite; she was a goddess of victory, fertility, and even prostitution. According to Hesiod 's Theogony, Aphrodite was born of the foam from the sea after Saturn (Greek Cronus) castrated his father Uranus (Ouranus) and his blood fell to the sea.