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*[[Eingana]] - Creator goddess and the mother of all water, animals, and humans
*[[Eingana]] - Creator goddess and the mother of all water, animals, and humans
*[[Galeru]] - A rainbow snake who swallowed the Djanggawul
*[[Galeru]] - A rainbow snake who swallowed the Djanggawul
*[[Gnowee]] - A solar goddess who lived on Earth before there was a sun
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This list of deities aims to give information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is sorted alphabetically.

There are also lists of deities by type; see the articles death deity, household deity, lunar deity, solar deity, and knowledge deity, List of Love Deities.

See also: List of fictional deities, List of people considered to be deities

Related articles include Deva (Hinduism), Demigod, Divinity, God, God (male deity), Goddess, Mythology, Religion, Scripture, Rhys.

African

  • Jeebo
  • Jengu - God of Water Spirits
  • Mami Wata - Goddess of Beauty (one of the water spirits); Accompanied by a snake and wealth.
  • Waaq - Single supreme and universal deity (creator of day and night)
  • Amlak (Ethiopian)
  • Jah - A name for God (Rastafari)
  • Ngai - Supreme god, lives on the holy mountain Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya). (Maasai)
  • Mwari - (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
  • Nyadenga - (Shona people of Zimbabwe)
  • Musikavanhu - "The Creator" (Shona people of Zimbabwe)

Anglo-Saxon

  • Eostre, Goddess of spring
  • Fríge, counterpart to the Norse Frigg. Friday comes from her name.
  • Ingui Fréa, counterpart to the Norse Frey
  • Seaxnéat, the founder of the Saxon race
  • Thor, the same god as the Norse deity of the same name. Thursday comes from his name.
  • Tiw, counterpart to the Norse Tyr. Tuesday comes from the name of this god.
  • Wéland, counterpart to the Norse Volundr
  • Wóden, counterpart to the Norse Odin. Wednesday comes from the name of this god.

Akan

Ashanti

  • Anansi - Depicted in numerous forms: a spider, a human or combinations thereof. Known as a trickster.
  • Asase Ya - Earth goddess of fertility
  • Bia - Personification of violence
  • Nyame - Means "God" in the ashanti language.

Australian Aboriginal

Ayyavazhi

Aztec

(See the much longer list at Aztec mythology)

Bahá'í

Baltic

Celtic

(See the much more complete lists at Celtic mythology and Celtic polytheism.}

  • Abellio - god of apple trees
  • Agrona - a British Goddess of strife and war
  • Alaunus/Fin - god of the sun, healing, and prophecy
  • Ambisagrus - god of thunder and lightning
  • Ancamna - a Gaelic-Roman water Goddess
  • Andarta - a Gaelic warrior Goddess
  • Andraste - a Celtic Goddess thanked by Boudica for victories against the Romans
  • Anextiomarus - a British equivalent of Apollo
  • Artio - Goddess of the bear
  • Aveta - Goddess of female-fertility, childbirth and midwives, also associated with all fresh water.
  • Belatu-Cadros - a British war god
  • Belenus - "Shining One", associated with fire and healing
  • Belisama - goddess connected with lakes and rivers, fire, crafts and light, consort of Belenus
  • Borvo - deity was associated with mineral springs, hot springs and healing
  • Brigit
  • Brigantia
  • Camma - hunting goddess
  • Camulus - god of war
  • Cernunos - horned nature god associated with produce and fertility
  • Cissonius - equivalent of mercury, probably a god of trade and protector of travellers
  • Cocidus - god of war, hunting, forests, groves and wild fields
  • Condatis - associated with rivers and healing
  • Coventina - Goddess of wells and springs
  • Dagda - supreme god of Irish mythology (always referred to as "the Dagda")
  • Damara - British fertility Goddess
  • Danu - the mother of the gods, other spellings are Dana, Ana, Anu
  • Dewi - an old Welsh God
  • Dylan Ail Don - Welsh sea God, brother of Lleu
  • Epona - Goddess of horses, donkeys and mules
  • Esus
  • Fagus - god of beech trees
  • Glanis - a Gaelic healing god
  • Grannus - god of the sun, healing and mineral springs
  • Gwydion
  • Loucetios - a war and thunder god
  • Lugh
  • Lyr
  • Manannan mac Lir
  • Maponos - god of youth
  • Morrigan - war Goddess (always referred to as "the Morrigan")
  • Nantosuelta - Goddess of fire and fertility
  • Nemain - war Goddess
  • Nemetona - Goddess of temples and sacred groves
  • Nodens
  • Nuadha
  • Ogma - god of scholars, education, writing and eloquence
  • Rhiannon - Goddess of the moon
  • Robur - god of oak trees
  • Rosmerta - Goddess of fertility and abundance
  • Rudianos - Gaelic war god
  • Segomo - Gaelic war god
  • Sirona - healing deity, associated with healing springs
  • Smertios - Gaelic war god
  • Sucellus - Gaelic god of agriculture, forests, and alcoholic drinks
  • Sulis - Goddess of spring water
  • Tamesis - Goddess of water
  • Taranis - god of thunder
  • Toutatis

Chinese

Malaysian Chinese

List of Malaysian Chinese Gods:

Christian

Dacian

Dahomey

Efik

Egyptian (Pharaonic)

. See also List of Egyptian gods

  • Amun - creator deity
  • Amunet - goddess of mystery
  • Anubis - divine embalmer and tomb-caretaker who watches over the dead
  • Apep - Serpent of the Underworld, enemy of Ra
  • The Aten - the embodiment of the Sun's rays in a brief, monotheistic interlude
  • Atum - a creator deity, and the setting sun
  • Bast, protector of the pharaoh, cat-bodied or cat-headed
  • Bes - dwarfed semigod associated with protection of the household, particularly childbirth, and entertainment
  • The four sons of Horus
  • Geb - god of the Earth and first ruler of Egypt
  • Hapy - god embodied by the Nile, and who represents life and fertility
  • Hathor - Goddess of Love and Music
  • Heget Goddess of Childbirth
  • Horus the falcon-headed god, God of Pharaohs and Upper Egypt
  • Imhotep God of wisdom, medicine and magic
  • Isis - Goddess of Magic, sister of Nephthys
  • Khepry - the scarab beetle, the embodiment of the dawn
  • Khnum - a creator deity, god of the innundation
  • Maahes - god of war
  • Ma'at - personified concept of truth, balance, justice, and order
  • Menhit - Goddess of war
  • Mont - god of war
  • Naunet - the primal waters
  • Neith - goddess of war, then great mother goddess
  • Nephthys - mother of Anubis
  • Nut - goddess of heaven and the sky
  • Osiris - god of the underworld, fertility and agricultural, possible father of Anubis
  • Ptah - a creator deity, also god of crafts, possibly Men-Nefer (Memphis)
  • Ra - the sun, possible father of Anubis, also a creator deity
  • Sekhmet - goddess of destruction, particularly against demons of sickness
  • Sobek - Crocodile God
  • Set - god of storms, possible father of Anubis; later became god of evil, desert, also Lower Egypt
  • Shu - embodiment of wind or air
  • Taweret - goddess of pregnant women and protector at childbirth
  • Tefnut - embodiment of rain, dew, clouds, and water-weather
  • Thoth - god of the moon, drawing, writing, geometry, wisdom, medicine, music, astronomy, and magic
  • Wepwawet

Estonian

  • Peko - god of fertility, crops and brewing
  • Pikne (lightning) - god of thunder
  • Tharapita - god of war, also known as Taara
  • Vanemuine (the ancient one) - god of music (possibly a spurious later development)
  • Uku - superior god
  • Ilmarine - smithgod

Etruscan

Finnish

There are very few written documents about old Finnish religions; also the names of deities and practices of worship changed from place to place. The following is a summary of the most important and most widely worshipped deities.

  • Ahti (or Ahto) - god of streams, lakes and sea
  • Jumala - a physical idol (the name was later used for the Christian God)
  • Loviatar - One of Tuoni's daughters. Goddess of pain.
  • Mielikki - Tapio's wife, the Goddess of forests
  • Otso - son of a god, king of the forest, whose carnal form is the bear
  • Pekko (or Peko) - God/dess (the actual gender is obscure) of fields and agriculture
  • Perkele - the devil (originally a Lithuanian deity of thunder, Perkunas; adopted into Finnish tradition at a late date)
  • Rauni - Ukko's wife, Goddess of fertility
  • Tapio - god of forest and wild animals
  • Tuonetar - The wife of Tuoni
  • Tuoni - god of the underworld
  • Ukko - god of heaven and thunder

Ancient Greek

(For a longer list see List of Greek mythological figures)

    • First Generation: the Cronides
      • Hestia- virgin goddess of the hearth and home; the eldest yet the youngest child of Cronos
      • Demeter- the motherly goddess of grain and of the corn; mother of Persephone
      • Hera- the Queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and childbirth; the sister and wife of Zeus
      • Hades (Pluto)- he was alloted the underworld and the King of the Dead; he abducted and made Queen of the Underworld the beloved daughter of Demeter, Persephone
      • Poseidon- the ,Earth Shaker, Ruler of the Sea, and the creator of horses; was married to Amphitrite, and the father of Triton
      • Zeus- the King of the Gods, god of thunder, lightning, laws and order, and the leader of the Fates
    • Second Generation
      • Aphrodite- the goddess of love and beauty, in-charge with tender passions
      • Apollo- the god of prophecy, music and light; leader of the Muses
      • Ares- the god of war; Defense of Olympus
      • Artemis- the goddess of the hunt and protectress of the wilderness
      • Athena- the Mind of the Gods, goddess of wisdom, warriors, crafts and prudent intelligence; one of the Three Virgin Goddesses of Olympus, together with the great goddess Hestia and the chaste Artemis
      • Dionysus- the god of the vine and its cultivation; he has the heart of Zeus' heir Zagreus.
      • Hebe- is youth and cupbearer of the gods
      • Hephaestus- Smith of Heaven, one who tames fire, and bound Prometheus to chains
      • Hermes- the god of thieves and commerce; Messenger of gods, together with Iris (Rainbow), and one who leads the souls to Hades
      • Persephone- the goddess of vegetation and death, and Queen of the Underworld

Gnostic

Guarani

Hindu

Vaishnavism

Shaivism

Smartism

  • Brahman, the one and only (formless) supreme aspect of God. The Universe in Potential Static Energy.
  • Adi - Shakti, the Female aspect of the Supreme Divine in Kinetic Dynamic Form.
  • The Three Maha Shaktis (Super Powers) of the Universe or the Super Goddesses In Hinduism.
    • MahaSaraswati (Great Saraswati) - Universal Force of Creation
    • MahaLakshmi (Great Lakshmi) - Universal Force of Preservation
    • MahaKali (Great Kali) - Universal Force of Dissolution
  • The Hindu Tridevi - Triple Goddess, the consorts of the Trinity
    • Saraswati - Hindu Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom, Wife of Brahma
    • Lakshmi - Hindu Goddess of Wealth and Fertility, Wife of Vishnu
    • Parvati - Hindu Goddess of Power and Might, Wife of Shiva
  • Vishnu
    • Avatars (Incarnations) of Vishnu
      • Matsya Avatar - Fish Incarnation
      • Kurma Avatar - Tortoise Incarnation
      • Varah Avatar - Boar Incarnation
      • Vaman Avatar - Dwarf Incarnation
      • Narasimha Avatar - Man-Lion Incarnation
      • Rama Avatar - Incarnation as the Epic King in Ramayana
      • Krishna Avatar - Incarnation as the Epic Prince in Maha Bharata
      • Buddha Avatar - Incarnation as Gautama Buddha, Founder of Buddhism
      • Kalki Avatar - The Avatar yet to come on the onset of Apocalypse
    • Other Deties Associated with Vishnu
      • Garuda- The Eagle Headed Deity who is the vehicle of Vishnu
      • Ananta or Shesha- The Infinite Serpent which is the Bed of Vishnu
      • Narada- The Divine Messenger of the Gods
      • Dattatreya - Shown with Three Heads, representing the Oneness with Brahma, Vishnu and Siva (Shiva) - He is Guru and God, worshipped by all sects
      • Hayagriva - He is shown with the head of a horse and is worshipped as the repository of all wisdom and knowledge
  • Shiva
    • The Manifestations of Shiva
      • Nataraja - The Lord of Dance
      • Dakshinamurti - The Lord of the South - The Preceptor and Guru
      • Mahadeva - The Great God
      • Hanuman - Personified as a Monkey Headed Deity, God of Service and Devotion
      • Ardhanarishwar - The Androgynous God (Half Man and Half Woman)
    • Other Deties Associated with Shiva
      • Ganesh - Oldest Son of Shiva and the God of Prosperity, shown with an elephant head
      • Kartik or Skanda - The Second Son of Shiva, The God of War, Youth and Purity
      • Veer Bhadra - The Deity who Guards the Abode of Shiva
      • Nandi - The Bull which is the vehicle of Shiva
      • Ayyappa - Also called Manikantha, Sasta - son of Siva and Mohini, the feminine form of Vishnu
  • Lakshmi
    • The Eight Forms of Lakshmi
      • Adi-Lakshmi
      • Vijay-Lakshmi
      • Vidya-Lakshmi
      • Dhana-Lakshmi
      • Dhanya-Lakshmi
      • Santan-Lakshmi
      • Dhairya-Lakshmi
  • Parvati
    • The Passive/Peaceful Manifestations of Parvati
      • Sati- Goddess of Marriage and Wedlock
      • Shashti - Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth
      • Annapurna - Goddess of Food and Nourishment
      • Lalita - Goddess of Beauty
    • The Warrior Manifestations of Parvati
      • Kali - The Goddess of Time and Death
        • The Ten Great Wisdom Manifestations of Kali
          • Kali - The Goddess as Time
          • Tara - The Goddess as Space
          • Chinnamasta - The Goddess as The Cycle of Life and Death
          • Bhuvaneshvari - The Goddess as Perfection
          • Tripura Sundari - The Goddess as the Most beautiful
          • Bhairavi - The Goddess as the Most frightful
          • Bagalamukhi - The Crane headed Goddess as upholder of Universal Order
          • Dhumavati - The Widowed Goddess as Chaos and Misery
          • Matangi - The Goddess as Leftovers and Salvage
          • Kamala - The Goddess as Perfection
      • Durga - The Goddess of Power and War
        • The Nine Manifestations of Durga
          • Shailaputri
          • Brahmacharini
          • Kushmanda
          • Skanda Mata
          • Katyani
          • Chandraghanta
          • Siddhi Dhatri
          • Maha Gauri
          • Kaal Ratri
      • Maya - The Goddess of Illusion and Mystery

Some of the most important Devas:

Other :

Igbo

Incan

Islamic

Isoko

Jehovah's Witnesses

Judaic

Khoikhoi

Korean

  • Dangun - the grandson of the god of heaven.
  • Hwanin - the grandson of Hwang-gung, one of the Four Men of Heaven and considered a direct ancestor of the Korean people.

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Lotuko

Latvian

Lugbara

Lusitani

Lydian

Maori

Maya

(See the much longer list at List of Maya gods and supernatural beings)

Mesopotamian

Template:Mesopotamian myth (50)

  • Anshar - father of heaven
  • Anu - the god of the highest heaven
  • Apsu - the ruler of gods and underworld oceans
  • Ashur - national god of the Assyrians, thought by the Assyrians to be king of the gods
  • Damkina - Earth mother Goddess
  • Ea - god of wisdom
  • Enlil - god of weather and storms
  • Ereshkigal - Goddess of Darkness, Death, and Gloom
  • Hadad - weather god
  • Ishtar - Goddess of love and one of the highest-ranking deities in Mesopotamian myth
  • Kingu - husband of Tiamat
  • Kishar - father of the earth
  • Marduk - national god of the Babylonians, later thought to be king of the gods
  • Mummu - god of mists
  • Nabu - god of the scribal arts
  • Nintu - mother of all God/desses
  • Ninurta - god of war
  • Nergal - god of war, disease, death and destruction; ruler of the underworld
  • Shamash - god of the sun and of justice (Shapash in Ugaritic, Shamsa in Sumerian)
  • Sin - moon god (Nana in Sumerian)
  • Tiamat - dragon Goddess slain by Marduk

Mormonism

Native American

Abenaki

Algonquian

Haida

Ho-Chunk

Hopi

See also: kachina.

Huron

Inuit

  • Igaluk - lunar deity
  • Nanook - master of bears
  • Nerrivik - sea mother and food provider
  • Pinga - Goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine
  • Sedna - sea Goddess, ruler of the underworld
  • Torngasoak - sky god

Iroquois

Kwakiutl

Lakota

Mi'kmaq

Navajo

Pawnee

Salish

Seneca

Norse

See also List of Norse gods and Goddesses

  • Balder - god of beauty and light, slain by the trickery of Loki
  • Bragi - god of bardic poetry
  • Freyja - Goddess of fertility
  • Freyr - the brother of Freyja and a fertility god
  • Frigg - Goddess of marriage, household management, and love, Queen of Heaven, and wife of Odin
  • Heimdall - god of the rainbow, a bridge to heaven. His job is to blow his horn if danger approaches.
  • Hel - daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrboda, Queen of the Dead
  • Hodur - brother of Balder and tricked by Loki to kill him
  • Idunn - guardianess of the Apples of Youth that kept the gods young
  • Loki - trickster-god, giant, blood-brother of Odin, will eventually lead the forces of evil against the gods in Ragnarok
  • Niord - god of sailors and fertile seaside land
  • Odin - king of the gods, god of wisdom and runes
  • Sif - the wife of Thor
  • Thor - god of war and storms, famous for his hammer, Mjolnir
  • Tyr - god of justice, war and glory

Persian

Philippine

  • Amanikable - God of Hunters.
  • Amihan - North Wind.
  • Anitan - Guardian of lightning.
  • Anitun Tabu (Anitong Tao) - Goddess of wind and rain.
  • Apolake - God of war, guardian of the sun.
  • Bakonawa - Celestial Serpent, devourer of sun and moon.
  • Bathala - Supreme god of the ancient Tagalogs.
  • Dian Masalanta - Goddess of love.
  • Hukluban - Goddess of death.
  • Idianale - Goddess of agriculture and husbandry.
  • Ikapati/Lakan Pati - Goddess of fields, fertility, and lands.
  • Kalinga - God of Thunder.
  • Kan-Laon - Ancient Visayan god, king of time.
  • Lalahon - Goddess which resides in Mt. Kanlaon. Bringer of famine if unappeased.
  • Manggagaway - Goddess of sickness.
  • Mangkukulam - God of fire.
  • Manisilat - God of broken homes.
  • Maria Makiling - Protector of Mt. Makiling.
  • Mayari/Bulan - Lunar goddess.
  • Magwayen - Ferryman of the dead.
  • Tala - God/Goddess of the stars.
  • Mandangan- God of War
  • Mabuyan/ Bai Bulan - Goddess of the underworld.

Polynesian

Hawaiian

See also: Menehune.

Māori

Rapanui

Prussian

  • Ukapirmas - the chief god, creator of the world
  • Perkūns / Perkuno - the god of thunder
  • Pikullos (Pikuls; Pickollo) - god of war and death (in Christian times, he was vilified as the devil)
  • Kaūks - a deity
  • Swāikstiks / Suaixtix / Swaixtix - a deity
  • Dēiwas - a god (in Christian times, the name was applied to the Christian god), compare to Tiwaz and Tyr, proto-Germanic gods of the same name
  • Zempat - god of the earth and of cattle

Pygmy

Roman

  • Acis - river god near the Etna, son of Faunus and the nymph Symaethis
  • Aesculapius - god of health and medicine
  • Aestas - goddess of Summer
  • Apollo - god of the sun, poetry, music, and oracles, and an Olympian
  • Aurora - goddess of the dawn
  • Bacchus - god of wine and sensual pleasures, not considered an Olympian by the Romans
  • Bellona - war goddess
  • Caelus - god of the sky
  • Carmenta - goddess of childbirth and prophecy, and assigned a Flamen Minore
  • Ceres - goddess of the harvest and mother of Proserpina, and an Olympian, and assigned a Flamen Minore
  • Cupid - god of love and son of Mars and Venus
  • Cybele - earth mother
  • Diana - goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo and an Olympian
  • Discordia - goddess of discord
  • Fama - goddess of fame and rumor
  • Faunus - god of flocks
  • Febris - goddess who prevented fever and malaria
  • Flora - goddess of flowers, and assigned a Flamen Minore
  • Fortuna - goddess of fortune
  • Hercules - demi-god of strength
  • Hespera - goddess of dusk
  • Hora - Quirinus' wife
  • Janus - two-headed god of beginnings and endings and of doors
  • Juno - Queen of the Gods and goddess of matrimony, and an Olympian
  • Jupiter - King of the Gods and the storm, air, and sky god, and an Olympian, and assigned a Flamen Majore
  • Juturna- goddess of springs
  • Juventas - god of youth
  • Kojji - the god of kings, father of Jupiter
  • Libitina - goddess of the underworld
  • Lucina - goddess of childbirth
  • Luna- moon goddess
  • Lupercus - god of shepherds
  • Mars - god of war and father of Romulus, the founder of Rome, and an Olympian, and assigned a Flamen Majore
  • Mercury - messenger of the gods and bearer of souls to the underworld, and an Olympian
  • Minerva - goddess of wisdom and war, and an Olympian
  • Mithras - god of Mithraism, a separate religion
  • Morpheus - god of dreams
  • Nemesis - goddess of revenge
  • Neptune - god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, and an Olympian
  • Orcus - a god of the underworld and punisher of broken oaths
  • Pluto - King of the Dead
  • Poena - goddess of punishment
  • Pomona - goddess of fruit trees, and assigned a Flamen Minore.
  • Portunes- god of keys, doors, and livestock, he was assigned a Flamen Minore.
  • Priapus - god of fertility
  • Proserpina - Queen of the Dead and a grain-goddess
  • Quirinus - Romulus, the founder of Rome, was deified as Quirinus after his death. Quirinus was a war god and a god of the Roman people and state, and was assigned a Flamen Majore.
  • Saturn - a titan, god of harvest and agriculture, the father of Jupiter, Neptune, Juno, and Pluto
  • Silvanus - tutelary spirit of woods
  • Sol Invictus - sun god
  • Somnus - god of sleep
  • Suadela- goddess of persuasion
  • Terra - goddess of the earth and land
  • Terminus - the rustic god of boundaries
  • Trivia - goddess of magic
  • Venus - goddess of love and beauty, mother of the hero Aeneas, and an Olympian
  • Vesta - goddess of the hearth and the Roman state, and an Olympian.
  • Victoria - goddess of victory
  • Volturnus- a god of water, was assigned a Flamen Minore.
  • Voluptas - goddess of pleasure
  • Vulcan - god of the forge, fire, and blacksmiths, and an Olympian, and assigned a Flamen Minore

Deified emperors

Each deified emperor was assigned a Flamen Majore.

Sardinian

Sardinian deities, mainly referred to in the age of Nuragici people, are partly derived from Phoenician ones.

  • Janas - Goddess of death
  • Maymon - God of Hades
  • Panas - Goddess of reproduction (women dead in childbirth)
  • Thanit - Goddess of Earth and fertility

Semitic Pagan

Shinto

See also: Kami, List of divinities in Japanese mythology.

Sikhism

Slavic

Sumerian

See also Annuna and Mesopotamian deities for a more complete list.

Thracian

Tumbuka

Ugarit

Note: Ugarit gives the earliest and fullest snapshot of Canaanite religion and northwest Semitic religion.

Zoroastrianism

External links

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