List of deities Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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: List of fictional deities.
Abenaki
Anglo-Saxon mythology
Abrahamic religions
See also saint, patriarch, Messiah.
Akamba mythology
Akan mythology
Ashanti mythology
Australian Aboriginal mythology
Aztec mythology
Baha'i
Baha'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
Celtic mythology
A more complete list can be found here.
- Belenus
- Bran
- Brigit
- Ceridwen
- Cernunos
- Dagda
- Danu
- Epona
- Glanis
- Gwydion
- Lugh
- Lyr
- Manannan mac Lir
- Morrigan
- Nemain
- Nuadha
- Ogma
Chinese mythology
Chippewa mythology
- Nanabozho
- Sint Holo
- Wemicus
Christianity
- See Abrahamic religions
Creek mythology
- Hisagita-imisi
Dacian mythology
Dahomey mythology
- Agé
- Ayaba
- Da
- Gbadu
- Gleti
- Gu
- Lisa
- Loko
- Mawu
- Sakpata
- Sogbo
- Xevioso
- Zinsi
- Zinsu
Dinka mythology
- Abuk
- Denka
- Juok
- Nyalitch
Efik mythology
- Abassi
- Atai
Egyptian mythology
Egyptian 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
- The Aten, the embodiment of the Sun's rays
- Atum, a creator deity
- Bast, Goddess of Cats
- Bes, God-Demon of Protection, Childbirth and Entertainment
- Geb, God of the Earth
- Hapi, one of the four sons of Horus
- Hapy God of the Nile and Fertility
- Hathor, Goddess of Love and Music
- Heget Goddess of Childbirth
- Horus the falcon-headed god
- 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
- Maahes
- Ma'at, Goddess of Truth, Balance and Order
- Menhit, Goddess of war
- Mont, god of war
- Naunet, the primal waters
- Neith, the great mother goddess
- Nephthys, mother of Anubis
- Nut, goddess of heaven and the sky
- Osiris, god of the underworld, fertility and agricultural
- Ptah, a creator deity
- Ra, the sun, possible father of Anubis
- Sekhmnet, goddess of war and battles
- Sobek, Crocodile God
- Set, God of Storms, possible father of Anubis
- Tefnut, goddess of order, justice, time, Heaven and Hell and weather
- Thoth, god of the moon, drawing, writing, geometry, wisdom, medicine, music, astronomy, and magic
- Wepwawet
Etruscan mythology
Old Finnish deities
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.Ancient Greek mythology
See also Demigods, the Dryads, the Fates, the Erinyes, the Graces, the Horae, the Muses, the Nymphs, the Pleiades, the Titans
Guarani mythology
Haida mythology
Hinduism
Some of the most important Devas:
- Agni - god of fire
- The Asura
- The Aswini - gods of sunrise and sunset
- Dyaus-pitar - ('Heaven-father') cognate of the Roman god Jupiter
- Ganesh - god of wisdom, intelligence, education and prudence
- Hanuman
- Kali, the fearsome dark goddess
- Krishna - eighth avatar of Vishnu
- Lakshmi - goddess of fortune, luck, beauty and fertility
- Parjanya
- Parvati or Parvathi, wife of Shiva
- Prithivi mata - the Earth goddess
- Purusha - the Cosmic-Man
- The Rudras - the storm deities
- Saraswati - goddess of intelligence, consciousness and cosmic knowledge
- Soma - the lunar deity
- Ushas
- Vasus, the
- Vayu - god of wind
- The Visvedevas
Ho-Chunk mythology
Hopi mythology
- Aholi
- Angwusnasomtaka
- Kokopelli
- Koyangwuti
- Muyingwa
- Taiowa
- Toho
Huron mythology
Ibo mythology
Incan mythology
Inuit mythology
Iroquois mythology
Islam
Isoko mythology
Japanese mythology
see also Kami
Judaism
Khoikhoi mythology
"Kitchen Gods" (Modern Western mythology)
In 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
- The Grim Reaper - A common anthropomorphism of Death
- Eris, adopted deity of the elaborate Discordian mock religion.
- Father Time
- Hotei - A Laughing Buddha
- Invisible pink unicorn - From alt.atheism, a fictional deity said to be the bane of theists everywhere.
- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs from the Church of the SubGenius
- Lady Luck - Invoked by gamblers
- Mother Nature
- The Parking Fairy - Responsible for finding parking spaces
- Santa Claus - Originally Nicholas of Myra, but later turned into Father Christmas.
- The Tooth Fairy
- The Traffic Light Fairy - Changes the color of traffic lights
!Kung mythology
- Prishiboro
- Mantis
Kwakiutl mythology
- Kewkwaxa'we
Lakota mythology
Lotuko mythology
- Ajok
Latvian mythology
Lugbara mythology
- Adroa
- Adroanzi
Lusitani mythology
Lusitanian (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.- Atégina
- Ares Lusitani
- Bandonga
- Bormanico
- Cariocecus
- Duberdicus
- Endovelicus
- Mars Cariocecus
- Nabia
- Nantosvelta
- Runesocesius
- Sucellus
- Tongoenabiagus
- Trebaruna
- Turiacus
Maya mythology
- Ahaw Kin - Sun God
- Chac - Rain God
- Yum Kaax - Corn God
- Kukulcan - Feathered Serpent God
- Xbalanque - God of the Jaguar
- Hunah Ku - Creator God
- Xi Balba - God of the Death
- Ix Chel - Moon Goddess
- Itzamna - Reptile Creator God
- Bolon tza cab - Ruling God of All
- Balac - War God
- Bacabs - Gods of the 4 directions
- Balam - Protector God
Mesopotamian mythology
- 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
- Damkina - Earth mother goddess
- Ea - god of wisdom
- Enlil - god of weather and storms
- Enurta - god of war
- Hadad - weather god
- Ishtar - goddess of love
- Kingu - husband of Tiamat
- Kishar - father of earth
- Marduk - national god of the Babylonians
- Mummu - god of mists
- Nabu - god of the scribal arts
- Nintu - mother of all gods
- Shamash - god of the sun and of justice
- Sin - moon god
- Tiamat - dragon goddess
Navaho mythology
- Ahsonnutli
- Bikeh Hozho
- Estanatelhi
- Glispa
- Hasteoltoi
- Hastshehogan
- Tonenili
- Tsohanoai
- Yolkai Estasan
Norse mythology
Pawnee mythology
- Pah
- Shakuru
- Tirawa
Polynesian mythology
see also Menehune
Old Prussian / Baltic deities
Pygmy mythology
Roman mythology
Salish mythology
Sardinian deities
Sardinian deities, mainly referred to in the age of Nuragici people, are partly derived from Phoenician ones.
- Janas Goddesses of death
- Maymon God of Hades
- Panas Goddesses of reproduction (women dead in childbirth)
- Thanit Goddess of Earth and fertility
Seneca mythology
- Eagentci
- Hagones
- Hawenniyo
- Kaakwha
Slavic mythology
Sumerian mythology
See also Annuna
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Tumbuka mythology
Ugarit mythology
Note: Ugarit gives us our earliest and fullest snapshot of Canaanite religion and northwest Semitic religion.Yoruba mythology
Zulu mythology
Zuni mythology
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