List of creation deities
List of creation deities of individual religions .
Creation deities worshiped in several religions are listed once per religion. If a creation deity is only worshiped in content or geographical areas of a religion, this is indicated in the right column. The same is true for creation deities , each of which is viewed as the only deity of their religions. The other religions are polytheistically oriented, so they know several deities or several creation deities .
| Creation deity | Religion, region or orientation | description |
|---|---|---|
| Aa | Egyptian mythology | made the first reed, won the first land |
| Adonai | Judaism | Synonym of the only God Yahweh |
| Ahura Mazda | Zoroastrianism | Lord of wisdom, only creator among the gods |
| Aither | Greek mythology | Soul of the world and element of all life |
| Allah | Islam | only god |
| Allah | Sikhism | only god |
| Amaunet | Egyptian mythology | female counterpart to Amun, mother of Re |
| Amun | Egyptian mythology | God of wind and fertility |
| Amun-Re | Egyptian mythology | As the ancient Egyptian "King of the Gods", it combines the characteristics of Re , Min and Amun |
| On | Sumerian religion | Ancestor of all gods |
| Ananke | Greek mythology | personifies the impersonal fate |
| Atum | Egyptian mythology | Creator and heaven deity |
| Bondye | voodoo | only god in Haiti , creator of the world |
| Brahma | Hinduism | Creator of the priesthood, husband of the Sarasvati |
| chaos | Greek mythology | complete clutter or confusion |
| Khnum | Egyptian mythology | Helpers of the Sopdet and the Satis |
| Chronos | Greek mythology | personifies time with expiration and lifetime |
| Daksha | Hinduism | Creator god, god of cattle |
| Ea | Babylonian religion | Rain and water gods, a sky and elementary god |
| El | Judaism | Synonym of the only God Yahweh |
| El | Ugaritic religion | supreme god |
| Elohim | Judaism | Synonym of the only God Yahweh |
| Enki | Sumerian religion | created man in the epic Enki and Nammu |
| Enlil | Akkadian religion | Son of the sky god An , supreme god |
| Enlil | Assyrian religion | equated with the main god Aššur |
| Enlil | Babylonian religion | Spouse of the goddess Ninlil or of Mami (Anzu myth) |
| Enlil | Sumerian religion | Main god Pantheon, husband of Ninhursanga |
| Erebos | Greek mythology | personifies the darkness |
| Ereškigal | Sumerian religion | great mistress of the underworld, supreme snake goddess |
| Eros | Greek mythology | God of covetous love |
| Eurynomials | Pelasgian mythology | Great goddess of all things, the "widely applicable" |
| Gaia | Greek mythology | personifies the earth, one of the first deities |
| Born | Egyptian mythology | Earth god, son of the air god Schu |
| God | Christianity | non-trinitarian directions as the only God |
| God the Father | Christianity | trinitarian directions as the person of the only God |
| Heh | Egyptian mythology | Spatial and temporal infinity, the epitome of the earth's atmosphere |
| Hehet | Egyptian mythology | for the infinity of space |
| Heka-pa-chered | Egyptian mythology | childlike appearance of the god Heka , the personified creative power |
| Heket | Egyptian mythology | Goddess of childbirth, wife of Khnum and daughter of Re |
| Hemera | Greek mythology | personifies the day |
| Hiranyagarbha | Hinduism | Creator deity |
| Hu | Egyptian mythology | represents the Re's command of creation that has become language |
| Iaret | Egyptian mythology | Goddess of death and rebirth |
| Indra | Hinduism | powerful, strong |
| Indra | Vedic religion | Divine triad with the brothers Agni and Vayu |
| Itzamná | Mayan religion | Creator god of the Maya Yucatáns of the post-classical period |
| Izanagi | Japanese mythology | Primordial god in the Japanese myth of the creation of the world |
| Izanami | Japanese mythology | Primordial god in the Japanese myth of the creation of the world |
| Yahweh | Judaism | only god |
| Kamutef | Egyptian mythology | World creator with the mystery of self-creation |
| Kek | Egyptian mythology | with his wife Keket a pair of gods |
| Keket | Egyptian mythology | Primordial Goddess in the Eightness of Hermopolis |
| Kukulkan | Mayan religion | God of resurrection and reincarnation |
| Makemake | Orongo culture | Creator and fertility deity |
| Mawu-Lisa | voodoo | in West Africa as the only deity |
| Mesechtiu | Egyptian mythology | Heaven deity from the constellation of the big dipper |
| Min | Egyptian mythology | associated with procreation and fertility |
| Min-Amun | Egyptian mythology | Properties of Min and Amun |
| Nammu | Sumerian religion | Deity of the primordial sea |
| Naunet | Egyptian mythology | Goddess of the ancient sea of the underworld |
| Neith | Egyptian mythology | Goddess of war, creator goddess, mother goddess, goddess of death |
| Nesoi | Greek mythology | Protogonus , first god in the cosmogony of the Orphics |
| Ninki | Sumerian mythology | original deity of creation |
| Ninlil | Akkadian religion | Wife of Enlil, mother of Nanna, Nergal and Išum |
| Ninlil | Assyrian religion | Wife or daughter of Ištar |
| Ninlil | Babylonian religion | Mother goddess of subordinate figures |
| Ninlil | Sumerian mythology | Advocate at Enlil |
| Ninursanga | Sumerian mythology | Mistress of the stony wasteland, mother of all children |
| Now | Egyptian mythology | represents the upper heaven outside the earth |
| Groove | Egyptian mythology | Mother of the stars, symbolizes the firmament |
| Nyx | Greek mythology | personifies the night |
| Oceanus | Greek mythology | personifies a huge river flowing around the inhabited world |
| Osiris | Egyptian mythology | God of the afterlife, rebirth and the Nile |
| Ourea | Greek mythology | personifies the mountains |
| Pachakamaq | Inca mythology | Creator of the world, the first man and the first woman |
| father | Māori culture | Founder of the world in the creation story |
| Phanes | Greek mythology | the appearing, the shining |
| Phusis | Greek mythology | Protogonos |
| Pontus | Greek mythology | Sea deity, son of Gaia |
| Prajapati | Vedic religion | androgynous creator god, the first of all beings |
| Quaoar | Tongva culture | primeval creator deity, formless and genderless |
| Quetzalcoatl | Aztec religion | luminous tail feather snake |
| Quetzalcoatl | Toltec mythology | syncretistic deity of several Mesoamerican cultures |
| Rangi | Māori culture | Founder of the world, Heavenly Father |
| re | Egyptian mythology | Sun god |
| Schu | Egyptian mythology | God of air and sunlight |
| Sebiumeker | Meroitic religion | royal creator god, partner of Arensnuphi |
| Soma | Vedic religion | Moon god |
| Tefnut | Egyptian mythology | symbolized the fire |
| Tenemu | Egyptian mythology | Part of the primordial chaos, deity of "no path" |
| Tethys | Greek mythology | Titaness and sea goddess, goddess of earthly fresh water sources |
| Thalassa | Greek mythology | Embodiment of the sea, the inner Mediterranean |
| Tithoes | Egyptian mythology | Sun and creation gods since the late period |
| Tjenemit | Egyptian mythology | creates life across the country |
| Ullāh | Baha'is | only god |
| Uranus | Greek mythology | Heaven in the form of a god, rules the world in the first generation |
| Vishnu | Vedic religion | not a creator deity in Hinduism |
| Vishvakarman | Hinduism | divine builders and creators of the world |
| Wai | Egyptian mythology | Customized Aa the first reed and won the first country |
| Wula ′ Lara | Animism in Timor | put certain people on earth |
| Zurvan | Zurvanism | personifies time and eternity |