List of deities

This list of deities aims at giving information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is sorted alphabetically. Wikipedia also has lists of deities by type; see the articles death deity, household deity, lunar deity, and sun deity. Related articles include, deva demigod, divinity, god, God, goddess, mythology, religion, scripture. See also: Archive of fictional things.

Table of contents

1 Abenaki 2 Anglo-Saxon mythology 3 Abrahamic religions 4 Akamba mythology 5 Akan mythology 6 Ashanti mythology 7 Australian Aboriginal mythology 8 Aztec mythology 9 Baha'i 10 Bushongo mythology 11 Celtic mythology 12 Chinese mythology 13 Chippewa mythology 14 Christianity 15 Creek mythology 16 Dacian mythology 17 Dahomey mythology 18 Dinka mythology 19 Efik mythology 20 Egyptian mythology 21 Etruscan mythology 22 Old Finnish deities 23 Ancient Greek mythology 24 Guarani mythology 25 Haida mythology 26 Hinduism 27 Ho-Chunk mythology 28 Hopi mythology 29 Huron mythology 30 Ibo mythology 31 Incan mythology 32 Inuit mythology 33 Iroquois mythology 34 Islam 35 Isoko mythology 36 Japanese mythology 37 Judaism 38 Khoikhoi mythology 39 "Kitchen Gods" (Modern Western mythology) 40 !Kung mythology 41 Kwakiutl mythology 42 Lakota mythology 43 Lotuko mythology 44 Latvian mythology 45 Lugbara mythology 46 Lusitani mythology 47 Maya mythology 48 Mesopotamian mythology 49 Navaho mythology 50 Norse mythology 51 Pawnee mythology 52 Polynesian mythology 53 Old Prussian / Baltic deities 54 Pygmy mythology 55 Roman mythology 56 Salish mythology 57 Sardinian deities 58 Seneca mythology 59 Slavic mythology 60 Sumerian mythology 61 Thracian mythology 62 Tumbuka mythology 63 Ugarit mythology 64 Yoruba mythology 65 Zulu mythology 66 Zuni mythology 67 External links

Abenaki

\n*Azeban - trickster\n*Bmola - bird spirit\n*Gluskap - kind protector of humanity\n*Malsumis - cruel, evil god\n*Tabaldak - the creator

Anglo-Saxon mythology

\n*Odin/Woden/Grim \n*Frige Freya\n*Tiw\n*Thunor \n*Ingui \n*Seaxneat\n*Wayland Smith\n*Flibertigibit (Wayland's apprentice)\n*Beowulf (a hero)\n*Elves\n*Giants\n*Dwarves

Abrahamic religions

\n*Yahweh, YHWH, Adonai, Eloheynu, HaShem, Elohim, G-d (Judaism)\n*God, (Holy) Lord, (Holy) Father, (Christianity)\n*Allah (Islam)\n*(Holy) Trinity (Christianity)\n*Jesus Christ, The Saviour, The Messiah, The Son (Christianity)\n*Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit (Christianity)\n*Haile Selassie (The Messiah of Rastafarianism)\nSee also saint, patriarch, Messiah.

Akamba mythology

\n*Asa

Akan mythology

\n*Brekyirihunuade\n*Kwaku Ananse

Ashanti mythology

\n*Anansi\n*Asase Ya\n*Bia\n*Nyame

Australian Aboriginal mythology

\n*Altjira\n*Baiame\n*Bamapana\n*Banaitja\n*Bobbi-bobbi\n*Bunjil\n*Daramulum\n*Dilga\n*Djanggawul\n*Eingana\n*Galeru\n*Gnowee\n*Kidili\n*Kunapipi\n*Julunggul\n*Mangar-kunjer-kunja\n*Numakulla\n*Pundjel\n*Ulanji\n*Walo\n*Wawalag\n*Wuriupranili\n*Yurlungur

Aztec mythology

\n*Cihuacoatl - a goddess whose roaring signalled War\n*Centeotl - the Corn god\n*Chalchiuhtlicue - the goddess of running Water\n*Chantico - the goddess of Hearth Fires and Volcanoes\n*Chicomecoatl - the goddess of Corn and Fertility\n*Ehecatl - the god of the Wind\n*Huitzilopochtli - a god of War and the Sun\n*Huixtocihuatl - the goddess of Salt\n*Itzpapalotl - a goddess of Agriculture\n*Ixtlilton - the god of Healing, Feasting, and Games\n*Macuilxochitl - the god of Music and Dance\n*Mayahuel - a goddess of Maguey\n*Metztli - the Moon god\n*Mictlantecihuatl - the lady and goddess of Mictlan, the underworld\n*Mictlantecuhtli - the lord and god of Mictlan and the dead.\n*Ometecuhtli - the god of Duality\n*Patecatl - the god of Medicine\n*Paynal - the messenger to Huitzilopochtli\n*Quetzalcoatl - the feathered serpent\n*Teoyaomqui - the god of dead warriors\n*Tlaloc - the great Rain and Fertility god\n*Tlazolteotl - the goddess of Licentiousness\n*Tonacatecuhtli - the creator and provider of Food\n*Tonatiuh - Tonatiuh was a Sun god, the eagle, and heavenly warrior\n*Xilonen - the goddess of young Maize\n*Xipe Totec - the god of Seedtime\n*Xochipilli - the god of Feasting and young Maize\n*Yacatecuhtli - the god of Merchant Adventurers

Baha'i

\nBaha'i is a monotheistic religion contending that various figures from other prominent religions - for example, Moses (Judaism), Jesus (Christianity), Muhammed (Islam), Zoroaster (Zoroastrianism), and Krishna (Hinduism) were all messengers of their God.

Bushongo mythology

\n*Bomazi\n*Bumba

Celtic mythology

\nA more complete list can be found here.

• Belenus\n*Bran\n*Brigit\n*Ceridwen\n*Cernunos\n*Dagda\n*Danu\n*Epona\n*Glanis\n*Gwydion\n*Lugh\n*Lyr\n*Manannan mac Lir\n*Morrigan\n*Nemain\n*Nuadha\n*Ogma

Chinese mythology

\n*Chang E\n*Chi You\n*Dragon Kings\n*Eight Immortals\n*Gong Gong\n*Guanyin\n*Guan Di\n*Jade Emperor\n*Three Pure Ones\n*Nuwa\n*Pangu\n*Xi Wangmu\n*Yi the Archer\n*Zao Jun

Chippewa mythology

\n*Nanabozho\n*Sint Holo\n*Wemicus

Christianity

See Abrahamic religions

Creek mythology

\n*Hisagita-imisi

Dacian mythology

\n*Zamolxis\n*Gebeleizis\n*Bendis

Dahomey mythology

\n*Agé\n*Ayaba\n*Da\n*Gbadu\n*Gleti\n*Gu\n*Lisa\n*Loko\n*Mawu\n*Sakpata\n*Sogbo\n*Xevioso\n*Zinsi\n*Zinsu

Dinka mythology

\n*Abuk\n*Denka\n*Juok\n*Nyalitch

Efik mythology

\n*Abassi\n*Atai

Egyptian mythology

\nEgyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the body of a human, but the head of a canine. Many gods were portrayed with different animal heads, depending upon the situation. The Egyptians did not actually believe that their gods had animal heads; rather, they portrayed them that way as artistic symbolism. This may have been for the benefit of the illiterate.

• Anubis, God of Embalming, Friend of the Dead\n*The Aten, the embodiment of the Sun's rays\n*Atum, a creator deity\n*Bast, Goddess of Cats\n*Bes, God-Demon of Protection, Childbirth and Entertainment\n*Geb, God of the Earth\n*Hapi, one of the four sons of Horus\n*Hapy God of the Nile and Fertility\n*Hathor, Goddess of Love and Music\n*Heget Goddess of Childbirth\n*Horus the falcon-headed god\n*Imhotep God of wisdom, medicine and magic\n*Isis, Goddess of Magic, sister of Nephthys\n*Khepry, the scarab beetle, the embodiment of the dawn\n*Khnum, a creator deity\n*Maahes\n*Ma'at, Goddess of Truth, Balance and Order\n*Menhit\n*Mont, god of war\n*Naunet, the primal waters\n*Neith, the great mother goddess\n*Nephthys, mother of Anubis\n*Nut, goddess of heaven and the sky\n*Osiris\n*Ptah, a creator deity\n*Ra, the sun, possible father of Anubis\n*Sekhmnet, goddess of war and battles\n*Sobek, Crocodile God\n*Set, God of Storms, possible father of Anubis\n*Tefnut, goddess of order, justice, time, Heaven and Hell and weather \n*Thoth, god of the moon, drawing, writing, geometry, wisdom, medicine, music, astronomy, and magic\n*Wepwawet\nSee http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/ for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism's extensive information on Egyptian Deities.

Etruscan mythology

\n*Alpan\n*Menrva\n*Nethuns\n*Tinia\n*Turan\n*Uni\n*Voltumna

Old Finnish deities

\nThere 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.

• Ukko, god of heaven and thunder\n*Rauni, Ukko's wife, goddess of fertility\n*Tapio, god of forest and wild animals\n*Mielikki, Tapio's wife\n*Pekko (or Peko), god or goddess (the actual gender is obscure) of fields and agriculture\n*Ahti, (or Ahto) god of streams, lakes and sea\n*Otso, son of a god, king of the forest whose carnal form is the bear\n*Tuoni, goddess of the underworld\n*Perkele, a god of the Lithuanians, drafted to do duty as "the devil"\n*Jumala, a physical idol, later the name of the christian god

Ancient Greek mythology

\n*Aphrodite\n*Apollo\n*Ares\n*Artemis\n*Athena\n*Cronus\n*Demeter\n*Dionysus\n*Eris\n*Eos\n*Gaia\n*Hades\n*Hebe\n*Hecate\n*Helios\n*Hephaestus\n*Hera\n*Hermes\n*Hestia\n*Pan\n*Persephone\n*Poseidon\n*Rhea\n*Selene\n*Uranus\n*Zeus See also Demigods, the Dryads, the Fates, the Erinyes, the Graces, the Horae, the Muses, the Nymphs, the Pleiades, the Titans

Guarani mythology

\n*Abaangui\n*Jurupari

Haida mythology

\n*Gyhldeptis\n*Lagua\n*Nankil'slas\n*Sin\n*Ta'axet\n*Tia

Hinduism

\n*Brahman, the one and only (formless) supreme God\n*The Ishvars (known collectively as the trimurti):\n**Brahmâ, the creator\n**Vishnu, the sustainer\n**Shiva, the destroyer

• The Adityas\n**Indra - god of weather and war\n**Mitra - god of honesty, friendship and contracts\n**Ravi, Surya - the Sun gods\n**Varuna - god of the oceans and rivers\n**Yama - god of death

Some of the most important Devas:\n*Agni - god of fire\n*The Asura\n*The Aswini - gods of sunrise and sunset\n*Dyaus-pitar - ('Heaven-father') cognate of the Roman god Jupiter\n*Ganesh - god of wisdom, intelligence, education and prudence\n*Hanuman\n*Kali, the fearsome dark goddess\n*Krishna - eighth avatar of Vishnu\n*Lakshmi - goddess of fortune, luck, beauty and fertility\n*Parjanya\n*Parvati or Parvathi, wife of Shiva\n*Prithivi mata - the Earth goddess\n*Purusha - the Cosmic-Man\n*The Rudras - the storm deities\n*Saraswati - goddess of intelligence, consciousness and cosmic knowledge\n*Soma - the lunar deity\n*Ushas\n*The Vasus\n*Vayu - god of wind\n*The Visvedevas

Ho-Chunk mythology

\n*Kokopelli

Hopi mythology

\n*Aholi\n*Angwusnasomtaka\n*Kokopelli\n*Koyangwuti\n*Muyingwa\n*Taiowa\n*Toho See also kachina

Huron mythology

\n*Iosheka\n*Airesekui\n*Heng

Ibo mythology

\n*Aha Njoku\n*Ala\n*Chuku

Incan mythology

\n*Inti\n*Kon\n*Mama Cocha\n*Mama Quilla\n*Manco Capac\n*Pachacamac\n*Viracocha\n*Zaramama

Inuit mythology

\n*Igaluk\n*Nanook\n*Nerrivik\n*Pinga\n*Sedna\n*Torngasoak

Iroquois mythology

\n*Adekagagwaa\n*Gaol\n*Gendenwitha\n*Gohone\n*Hahgwehdaetgan\n*Hahgwehdiyu\n*Onatha

Islam

\n:See Abrahamic religions

Isoko mythology

\n*Cghene

Japanese mythology

\n*Aji-Suki-Taka-Hiko-Ne - god of thunder \n*Amaterasu - sun goddess \n*Amatsu Mikaboshi - god of evil \n*Ame-no-Uzume - fertility goddess \n*Chimata-No-Kami - god of crossroads, highways and footpaths \n*Ho-Masubi - god of fire \n*Inari (god) - god of rice\n*Izanagi - creator god \n*Izanami - creator goddess \n*Kagu-tsuchi - god of fire \n*Kura-Okami - god of rain \n*Nai-No-Kami - god of earthquakes \n*O-Kuni-Nushi - god of sorcery and medicine \n*O-Wata-Tsu-Mi - god of the sea \n*Sengen-Sama - goddess of the Mt. Fujiyama\n*Seven Gods of Fortune\n**Benzai-ten or Benten - goddess of money, eloquent persuasion, and knowledge\n**Bishamon-ten - god of happiness and war\n**Daikoku-ten\n**Fukurokuju\n**Hotei-osho\n**Jurojin\n**Yebisu or Ebisu\n*Shina-Tsu-Hiko - god of wind \n*Shina-To-Be - goddess of wind\n*Sojobo - king of the tengu \n*Susa-no-Wo - god of storms and thunder, snakes and farming. \n*Taka-Okami - god of rain \n*Take-Mikazuchi - god of thunder\n*Tengu - minor trickster deities \n*Tsuku-Yomi - god of the moon \n*Uke-Mochi - goddess of food \n*Wakahiru-Me - goddess of the dawn sun

see also Kami

Judaism

\n:See Abrahamic religions

Khoikhoi mythology

\n*Gamab\n*Heitsi-eibib\n*Tsui'goab

"Kitchen Gods" (Modern Western mythology)

\nIn addition to the gods listed elsewhere, there are several minor mythological beings spoken of in current Western culture that may be taken more or less seriously. These are commonly called Kitchen Gods.

• The Code Fairy - Eats semicolons from source code, causing working computer software to stop working\n*The Grim Reaper - A common anthropomorphism of Death\n*Eris, adopted deity of the elaborate Discordian mock religion.\n*Hotei - A Laughing Buddha\n*Invisible pink unicorn - From alt.atheism, a fictional deity said to be the bane of theists everywhere.\n*Lady Luck - Invoked by gamblers\n*Mother Nature\n*The Parking Fairy - Responsible for finding parking spaces\n*Santa Claus - Originally Nicholas of Myra, but later turned into Father Christmas.\n*The Tooth Fairy\n*The Traffic Light Fairy - Changes the color of traffic lights

!Kung mythology

\n*Prishiboro\n*Mantis

Kwakiutl mythology

\n*Kewkwaxa'we

Lakota mythology

\n*Canopus\n*Haokah\n*Whope\n*Wi

Lotuko mythology

\n*Ajok

Latvian mythology

\n*Allowat Sakima\n*Auseklis\n*Dekla\n*Dievs\n*Karta\n*Kishelemukong\n*Perkons\n*Saule

Lugbara mythology

\n*Adroa\n*Adroanzi

Lusitani mythology

\nLusitanian (or Ancient Portuguese) Gods were later related with the Celtic and Roman invators. The Lusitani people adopted the Celt and Roman cults and influenced them with theirs. Many Lusitani gods were adopted by the Romans.\n*Atégina - Goddess of Nature and Cure\n*Ares Lusitani - God of Horses\n*Bandonga - Goddess of Lusitani Celts\n*Bormanico - God of Termal Waters (Spas)\n*Cariocecus - God of War\n*Duberdicus - God of Fontains and Water\n*Endovelicus - Supreme God\n*Mars Cariocecus - God of War of Tuy\n*Nabia - Goddess of Rivers and Water\n*Nantosvelta - Goddess of Nature\n*Runesocesius - God of Darts\n*Sucellus - God of Agriculture, Forrests and Alcoholic Drinks\n*Tongoenabiagus - God of Oaths Fontain\n*Trebaruna - Goddess of the House, Battles and Death\n*Turiacus - God of Power of the Grovi People

Maya mythology

\n*Ahaw Kin - Sun God \n*Chac - Rain God \n*Yum Kaax - Corn God\n*Kukulcan - Feathered Serpent God \n*Xbalanque - God of the Jaguar \n*Hunah Ku - Creator God \n*Xi Balba - God of the Death \n*Ix Chel - Moon Goddess \n*Itzamna - Reptile Creator God \n*Bolon tza cab - Ruling God of All \n*Balac - War God\n*Bacabs - Gods of the 4 directions\n*Balam - Protector God

Mesopotamian mythology

\n*Anshar - father of heaven \n*Anu - the god of the highest heaven \n*Apsu - the ruler of gods and underworld oceans\n*Ashur - national god of the Assyrians \n*Damkina - Earth mother goddess\n*Ea - god of wisdom \n*Enlil - god of weather and storms \n*Enurta - god of war \n*Hadad - weather god\n*Ishtar - goddess of love \n*Kingu - husband of Tiamat \n*Kishar - father of earth \n*Marduk - national god of the Babylonians \n*Mummu - god of mists\n*Nabu - god of the scribal arts \n*Nintu - mother of all gods\n*Shamash - god of the sun and of justice \n*Sin - moon god\n*Tiamat - dragon goddess

Navaho mythology

\n*Ahsonnutli\n*Bikeh Hozho\n*Estanatelhi\n*Glispa\n*Hasteoltoi\n*Hastshehogan\n*Tonenili\n*Tsohanoai\n*Yolkai Estasan

Norse mythology

\n*Aegir (ON Ægir)\n*Baldur (ON Baldr)\n*Bragi\n*Freyr\n*Freya (ON Freyja)\n*Frigg\n*Heimdall (ON Heimdallr)\n*Hodur (ON Hǫðr)\n*Idun (ON Iðunn)\n*Loki\n*Niord (ON Njǫrðr)\n*Odin (ON Óðinn)\n*Sif\n*Thor (ON Þórr)\n*Tyr (ON Týr)\n*Vali (ON Váli)

Pawnee mythology

\n*Pah\n*Shakuru\n*Tirawa

Polynesian mythology

\n*Atea\n*Ina\n*Kane Milohai\n*Maui\n*Papa\n*Pele\n*Rangi\n*Rongo see also Menehune

Old Prussian / Baltic deities

\n*Bangputtis\n*Melletele\n*Occupirn\n*Perkunatete\n*Perkunos\n*Pikullos\n*Potrimpos\n*Swaigstigr

Pygmy mythology

\n*Arebati\n*Khonvoum\n*Tore

Roman mythology

\n*Apollo\n*Bacchus\n*Ceres\n*Cupid\n*Diana\n*Janus\n*Juno\n*Jupiter\n*Maia\n*Mars\n*Mercury\n*Minerva\n*Neptune\n*Pluto\n*Plutus\n*Proserpina\n*Saturn\n*Uranus\n*Venus\n*Vesta\n*Vulcan

Salish mythology

\n*Amotken

Sardinian deities

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

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

Seneca mythology

\n*Eagentci\n*Hagones\n*Hawenniyo\n*Kaakwha

Slavic mythology

\n*Belobog\n*Cislobog\n*Crnobog\n*Dajbog\n*Horos\n*Jaro\n*Koledo\n*Lada and Lado\n*Perun\n*Radagast\n*Simargl\n*Stribog\n*Svarog\n*Svetovid\n*Triglav\n*Veles

Sumerian mythology

\n*An\n*Enki\n*Enlil\n*Inanna\n*Nammu\n*Nanna\n*Ninhursag\n*Ninlil\n*Sin\n*Utu See also Annuna

Thracian mythology

\n*Zibelthiurdos\n \n

Tumbuka mythology

\n*Chiuta

Ugarit mythology

\n*El, the father god and head \n*Haddu, commonly titled Ba‘l, a rain god and storm god.\n*Athirat, mother goddess\n*‘Anat, war goddess\n*‘Athtart, goddess of fertility\n*Yam, the god of the sea \n*Mot, the god of death Note: Ugarit gives us our earliest and fullest snapshot of Canaanite religion and northwest Semitic religion.

Yoruba mythology

\n*Aja\n*Aje\n*Egungun-oya\n*Eshu\n*Oba\n*Obatala\n*Odudua\n*Oloddumare\n*Olokun\n*Olorun\n*Orunmila\n*Oshun\n*Oshunmare\n*Oya\n*Shakpana\n*Shango\n*Yansan\n*Yemaja

Zulu mythology

\n*Mamlambo\n*Mbaba Mwana Waresa\n*uKqili\n*Umvelinqangi\n*Unkulunkulu

Zuni mythology

\n*Achiyalatopa\n*Apoyan Tachi\n*Awitelin Tsta\n*Awonawilona\n*Kokopelli

External links

\n* Godchecker - searchable encyclopedia of over 1,400 gods and goddesses from all cultures of the world\n* Encyclopedia Mythica - comprehensive listings for deities, heroes and mythical beasts of legend, with images and sources Category:Deities\n \n