List of Deities

Below is a list of deities by their region of origin or by groups, and organized alphabetically.

North America

Christianity

• God

Haiti

• Bugid Y Aiba - God of war

Central/South America

Aztec

• Camaxtli - God of war
• Huitzilopochtli - God of war
• Mixcoatl - God of war

• Quetzalcoatl

• Tlaloc - Water god and minor death god; ruler of Tlalocan, a separate underworld from those who died from drowning
• Xipe-Totec - God of force, patron of war, agriculture, vegetation, diseases, seasons, rebirth, hunting, trades, and spring; lord of the east
• Xiuhtecuhtli - God of fire
• Xochiquetzal

Incan

• Inti
• Kon
• Mama Cocha
• Mama Quilla
• Manco Capac
• Pachacamac
• Viracocha
• Zaramama

Mayan

• Buluc Chabtan - God of war
• Ekchuah - God of war

Europe

Anglo-Saxon

• Elves - local spirits of the land.
• Eostre- Goddess of April.
• Frigg - Goddess of the Earth.
• Hretha- Goddess of March.
• Saxnot- God of the English.
• Shef- God of the corn harvest.
• Thunor - God of Thunder.
• Tir - God of war
• Weyland- God of smiths.
• Woden - God of royalty, healing and magic

Armenian

• Anahit – Goddess of Fertility, Healing, Wisdom and Water
• Aramazd - King of the Gods, God of the Sun, Air and Sky
• Aray - God of war
• Astghik - Goddess of Love, Beauty and Water Springs
• Mihr - God of Light and Wisdom
• Nane - Goddess of War
• Tir - God of Writing and Interpreter of Dreams
• Tsovinar - Goddess of the Sea, Water and Rain
• Vahagn – God of War, Lightning and Dragon-Slaying

Celtic/Gaul

• Aeracura - An earth mother Goddess
• Aine - Goddess of sun, light
• Anann - Irish goddess of war, death, predicting death in battle, cattle, prosperity, and fertility
• Andarta - Goddess of fertility
• Andraste - Gaulish warrior goddess
• Anu - Goddess of nurturing
• Arianrhod - An earth mother Goddess, moon
• Badb - Goddess of destruction, war
• Bandua - Gallaecian god of war
• Belatucadros - War god worshipped by soldiers and equated with the Roman war god Mars
• Black Annis - A Goddess crone/wisewoman
• Blodeuwedd - A Maiden
• Boann - Goddess of rivers
• Brigid - Goddess of poetry, fertility, protector of all who call upon her, healing; A Maiden; A Triple Goddess
• Caer - A Maiden
• Cailleach - Goddess of wisdom; A Goddess crone/wisewoman
• Camulus - God of war of the Belgic Remi and British Trinovantes
• Caswallawn - God of war
• Catubodua - Gaulish goddess assumed to be associated with victory
• Ceridwen - Inspiration, childbirth/midwifery, magic, moon, wisdom
• Cicolluis - Gaulish and Irish god associated with war
• Cocidius - Romano-British god associated with war, hunting, and forests
• Danu - A Goddess creatrix/primordial darkness, an earth mother; Also Goddess of nurturing
• Diana Triformis - A Triple Goddess
• Epona - Goddess of Horses
• Greine - A Goddess crone/wisewoman
• Liban - Goddess of under water
• Manannan Mac Lir - God of the sea
• Morrigan - Goddess of destruction, fertility, moon, vegetation, war; A Triple Goddess
  • Macha - Irish goddess associated with war, horses, and sovereignty; member of the Morrigan
  • Nemain - Irish goddess of the frenzied havoc of war; member of the Morrigan
• Neit - Irish god of war, husband of Nemain of Badb
• Rhiannon - Goddess of Horses, inspiration, moon, death, fortune/luck
• Rudianos - Gaulish god of war
• Segomo - Gaulish god of war
• Sul - Goddess of sun, light
• Teutates - British and Gaulish god of war and the tribe

English

• Black Shuck East Anglian dog spirit.
• Herne (m) - Hunter spirit of Windsor.
• Jack in the Green (m) - May day fertility spirit.

German/Dutch

• Holda (f) - Goddess of winter, weather, textiles and fertility
• Nehalennia (f) - Goddess of Seafaring & Fertility (German/Dutch).
• Nerthus (f) - Goddess of the Earth (German/Danish).

Greek

• Acheron - God of one of the seven rivers of the underworld with the same name
• Achlys - A primordial deity and the goddess of eternal night, misery, and sorrow
• Adonis - The mortal lover of of Aphrodite
• Aether - A primordial deity and the personification of the upper sky
• Alpheus - God of one of the seven rivers of the underworld with the same name
• Aphrodite – Goddess of beauty; one of the twelve Olympians

• Apollo – God of poetry, music, and the sun and the prophecy; an Olympian , I
• Ares – God of war; an Olympian
• Artemis – Goddess of the hunt and of of the moon; an Olympian
• Asteria - Goddess of nocturnal oracles and the stars
• Athena – Goddess of wisdom, defensive war, and Athens; an Olympian
• Bia - Spirit of force and compulsion
• Charon - Ferryman of the dead
• Cronus - King of the Titanes and the god of time
• Cocytus - God of one of the seven rivers of the underworld with the same name
• Deimos - Personification of terror
• Demeter – Goddess of the harvest and of nature, often considered an Olympian
• Dionysus – God of wine, he took Hestia's place as an Olympian
• Eris – Goddess of discord
• Enyalius - God of war
• Enyo - Goddess of war, sometimes appears to be identical to Eris
• Erebus - The primeval god of darkness
• Eridanos - God of one of the seven rivers of the underworld with the same name
• Erinyes - Chthonic deities of vengeance
• Eos – Goddess of the dawn
• Eros - God of lust and desire
• Gaia – Primordial Goddess of earth, and mother of the Titans
• Geras - God of old age
• Hades – God of the underworld, often considered an Olympian
• Hecate – Goddess of Witchcraft and crossroads
• Helios – God who drives of the sun: a primordial
• Hemera - A primordial deity and the personification of day
• Hephaestus – God of smiths and fire; an Olympian
• Hesperides - Nymphs of evening and golden lights of sunsets
• Hera – Chief Goddess of the pantheon and Goddess of marriage; an Olympian
• Hermes – The messenger of the Greek Gods; an Olympian
• Hestia – Goddess of the hearth who gave up seat at Olympus to Dionysus
• Homados - Spirit of the din of battle
• Hypnos - A primordial deity and the personification of sleep
• Hysminai- Female spirits of fighting and combat
• Ioke - Spirit of onslaught, battle-tumult, and pursuit
• Iris - Goddess of rainbows and messenger of Hera
• Keres - Goddesses of violent death; sisters of Thanatos
• Kratos - Personification of strength and power
• Kydoimos - Spirit of the din of battle
• Lampades - Torch-bearing underworld nymphs
• Lethe - Goddess of one of the seven rivers of the underworld with the same name
• Limos - Goddess of starvation
• Macaria - goddess of the blessed death
• Makhai - Male spirits of fighting and combat
• Moirai - Any of the three goddesses that determined humans' fates, the span of a person's life, and their allotment of misery and suffering
• Nike - Spirit of victory
• Nyx - A primordial deity and the personification of the night
• Palioxis - Spirit of back-rush, flight, and retreat from battle
• Pallas - Titan god of war-craft and the springtime campaign season
• Pan – God of shepherds
• Persephone - Queen of the underworld; wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth
• Perses - Titan of destruction
• Phlegethon - God of one of the seven rivers of the underworld with the same name
• Phobos - Spirit of panic, fear, flight, and battlefield route
• Phonoi - Spirits of murder, killing, and slaughter
• Polemos - Spirit of war
• Poseidon – God of the sea and the Father of horses; an Olympian
• Proioxis - Spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit
• Selene – Goddess who drives the moon;a Primordial
• Styx - Goddess of one of the seven rivers of the underworld with the same name that formed a boundary between the living and the dead
• Thanatos- The god of death
• Uranus – Primordial god of the heavens, and father of the Titans
• Zeus – God of sky and air; chief Olympian
• Morpheus – God of dreams

Irish

• Angus mama

Lusitanian

• Endovelicus (m) - A Solar God with many faces, the supreme head God, god of dreams/visions and health.
• Ataegina (f) - The goddess of health, the moon, and rebirth (a significant theme in their religion).
• Runesocesius (m) - A god of mystery and martial skills, the god of the javelin.

Norse

• Asgard - home to the Æsir tribe of God's.
• Alfar
• Balder – God of beauty, innocence, joy, peace and purity; Son of Odin.
• Beyla (f) - Goddess of bees or cattle.
• Bil (f) - Goddess of the moon.
• Bragi – God of poetry.
• Byggvir (m) - God of Barley.
• Dagr (m) - God of the day.
• Disir - local female goddesses or female ancestors.
• Eir (f) - Goddess of healing.
• Fenrir - Wolf God of Destruction, and Ragnorak (Norse Armageddon)
• Forseti (m) - God of justice.
• Freyja / Freya (f) - Goddess of love domestic skills and magic.
• Freyr – God of fertility and love.
• Frigga (f) - Goddess of women domestic skills and wisdom.
• Heimdall – The guardian of the Norse deities.
• Hel – Queen of Helheim, the Norse underworld.
• Hoenir (m) - God of reason.
• Idunn (f) - Goddess of apples and immortality.
• Jord (f) - Earth Goddess.
• Lofn (f) - Goddess of thwarted lovers.
• Loki – The Norse trickster god.
• Mani (m) - God of the moon.
• Njord (m) - God of the coast and wealth.
• Norns (f) - The three goddesses of fate Verdandi Urd and Skuld.
• Nott (f) - Goddess of night.
• Odin – God of the hunt, of magic, poetry, victory war, and wisdom.
• Ran (f) - Goddess of the drowned.
• Saga (f) - Goddess of wisdom.
• Sif (f) - Goddess of kinship.
• Siofn (f) - Goddess of love.
• Skadi (f) - Goddess of skiing and mountains.
• Snotra (f) - Goddess of wisdom.
• Sol (f) - Goddess of the sun.
• Syn (f) - Goddess of protection.
• Thor – God of thunder.
• Tyr – God of battle and warfare.
• Ull (m) - God of skiing, hunting and combat.
• Vali (m) - God of vengeance.
• Var (f) - Goddess of Oaths.
• Vidar (m) - God of Strength.
• Vor (f) - Goddess of hidden knowledge.

Roman

• Apollo – God of the sun, music, and poetry
• Bellona - Goddess of war
• Bacchus – God of wine
• Cardea - Goddess of health, thresholds, and door hinges and handles
• Ceres – Goddess of the harvest
• Cupid – God of love
• Diana – Goddess of the hunt
• Honos - God of chivalry, honor, and military justice
• Janus – Two-headed god of beginnings and endings
• Juno – The chief Goddess of the Roman pantheon; Goddess of marriage
• Jupiter – The chief god; God of the sky
• Maia – The "good Goddess", Goddess of spring
• Mars – God of war
• Mercury – The messenger of the Roman Gods
• Minerva – Goddess of wisdom and civilization
• Neptune – God of the sea
• Nerio - Warrior goddess and personification of valor
• Pluto – God of the underworld
• Plutus – God of wealth
• Portunus - God of keys, doors, and livestock
• Proserpina – Queen of the underworld
• Terminus - God who protected boundary markers
• Trivia - Goddess of magick and three-way crossroads; equivalent to the Greek Hecate
• Venus – Goddess of beauty
• Vesta – Goddess of the hearth
• Victoria - Personification of victory
• Virtus - God of bravery and military strength
• Vulcan – God of the forge

Romano-Celtic

• Abnoba - Goddess of forests, rivers
• Andrasta - Goddess of war
• Arduinna - Goddess of hunting, forests
• Arnemetia - Goddess of water
• Aveta - Goddess of childbirth/midwifery
• Sequana - Goddess of healing/health
• Sirona - Goddess of healing/health
• Suleviae - Goddess of crossroads, moon
• Sulis - Goddess of healing/health, death

Slavic

• Belobog – God of the sun, light, hope and goodwill.
• Chernobog - Cursed God of darkness, destruction and loss. Brother of Belobog.
• Morana - Goddess of Harvest, Witchcraft, Winter and Death.
• Jarovit - God of war
• Indibog - God of balance, father of the all seeing eye, the decoder of light and darkness

Urartian

1. Haldi – God of War, Supreme God of the Urartian pantheon
2. Arubani - Goddess of Fertility and Art

Africa

Egyptian

• Anhur, God of War, Sky Bearer
• Ankt - Goddess of war
• Anouke - Goddess of war
• Anubis, God of Embalming, Prosecutor of the Dead
• Apep - The serpent deity of evil and darkness
• 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 God of the Nile and Fertility
• Hathor, Goddess of Love and Music
• Heget Goddess of Childbirth
• Horus the falcon-headed god, King of gods
• 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
• Khonsu, God of the Moon
• Kuk - An uncreated god who personified the primordial darkness
• Maahes - Lion-headed god of war
• Ma'at, Goddess of Truth, Balance and Order
• Menhit - Goddess of war
• Mentu - God of war
• Min, God of Male Fertility
• Mont, god of war
• Naunet, the primal waters
• Neith, the great mother goddess, goddess of war
• Nephthys, mother of Anubis
• Nut, goddess of heaven and the sky
• Osiris, God of death
• Pakhet - Goddess of war
• Ptah, a creator deity
• Ra, the sun God
• Satis - Deification of the floods of the Nile River and an early war; goddess of hunting and fertility
• Sekhmnet, goddess of war and battles
• Sobek, Crocodile God
• Set, God of Storms, possible father of Anubis
• Sopdu - God of the scorching heat of the summer sun, associated with war
• Shu, god of the wind and air
• Taweret - Goddess of childbirth and fertility
• 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 - Wolf-god of war and death who later became associated with Anubis and the afterlife

Non-Egyptian

• Obatala - Lord of peace, justice, and divine judgement
• Yemoja - Goddess of the ocean, motherhood, healing
• Sango - Lord of lightning, luck, and power over enemies
• Gun - God of war
• Oshun - Goddess of rivers, sweet waters, money, and love
• Elegua - God of the crossroads, trickster who opens the way for any venture
• Oya - Lady of the cemeteries, marketplace, and war (Yoruba)
• Ogun - Lord of iron, employment, technology, and the forest (Yoruba)
• Babalu-Aye' - Lord of disease and healilng
• Ochosi - Lord of archery, justice, and the forest
• Osain - Lord of all plants
• Aje - Goddess of commerce and money

Asia

Chinese

• Tsai Shen Yeh - God of Wealth and Fortune
• [Guan Yin]] Chinese Bodhisattva/ Goddess of Compassion, Mercy and Kindness is considered to be a mother-goddess and patron of seamen. The name Guan Yin also spelt Guan Yim, Kuan Yim, Kwan Im, or Kuan Yin, is a short form for Kuan-shi Yin, meaning "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the (human) World

Hindu

• Brahma
• Indra - God of war
• Kali - Goddess of death and time
• Karttikeya - God of war
• Shiva - Several of his avatars are gods of avenging and destroying
• Vishnu - God of protection, several of his avatars are associated with fighting and vanquishing evil
  • Kalki - The tenth avatar of Vishnu to end the Kali Yuga

Japanese/Shinto

• Cannon - Mahayana Buddhist Goddess of Compassion. Also known as Guan Yin.
• Amaterasu – Goddess of the sun
• Futsu-Nushi-no-Kami - God of war
• Hachiman - God of war
• Susanoo- God of Storms
• Tsukiyomi- God of the Moon
• Inari- God of Foxes
• Tengu- Minor deities (kami) of Mountains
• Izanami- Goddess of Death, Uncleanliness and the Underworld. Also the first goddess
• Izanagi- First god
• The Shichifukujin- Seven Gods of Good Fortune
  • Daikoku- God of Wealth, commerce and trade
  • Ebisu- God of Fishers and Merchants
  • Benzaiten- Goddess of eloquence, music, art and beauty
  • Bishamonten- God of Warriors
  • Fukurokuju- God of Longevity, Happiness and Wealth
  • Jurojin- God of Longevity
  • Hotei- God of Abundance and Good Health

Mesopotamian/Sumerian/Babylonian/Assyrian/Akkadian/Elamite

• An - Sumerian
• Anshar - father of heaven
• Anu - the god of the highest heaven
• Apsu - the ruler of gods and underworld oceans
• Ashtart - Goddess of war (Babylonian)
• Ashur - God of war and national god of the Assyrians (Assyrian)
• Damkina - Earth mother goddess
• Ea - god of wisdom
• Enki
• Enlil - god of weather and storms
• Ereshkigal - Goddess of the Underworld
• Erra - An Akkadian plague god; also the god of mayhem and pestilence who is responsible for periods of political confusion (Akkadian/Babylonian)
• Ninurta - god of war
• Hadad - weather god
• Inanna - Goddess associated with love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, justice, and political power (Mesopotamian/Sumerian)
• Ishtar - goddess of love (Assyrian/Akkadian/Babylonian)
• Jabru - God of the underworld (Elamite)
• Kingu - husband of Tiamat
• Kishar - father of earth
• Marduk - national god of the Babylonians
• Mummu - god of mists
• Nabu - god of the scribal arts
• Nammu
• Namtar - A chthonic minor deity, god of death, and minister and messenger of An, Ereshkigal, and Nergal
• Nanna
• Nergal - Ereshkigal's husband and Lord of the Underworld (Babylonian)
• Ninhursag
• Ninlil
• Ninsusinak - National god of the Elamite Empire and consort of Pinikir (Elamite/Assyrian)
• Nintu - mother of all gods
• Pap-nigin-gara - God of war (Akkadian/Babylonian)
• Sebitti - Group of minor war gods (Akkadian/Babylonian)
• Shamash - god of the sun and of justice
• Shala - Goddess of war and grain (Akkadian/Babylonian)
• Shara - Minor god of war (Sumerian)
• Shulmanu - God of the underworld, fertility, and war
• Sin - moon god
• Tiamat - dragon goddess
• Utu

Persian

• Dev - God of war

• Mitra/Mithra

Semitic

• Baal
• Dagon
• Asherah
• El
• Nikkal
• Yareha
• Moloch
• Anat
• Kothar-Wa-Khasis
• Yam

Tibet

• Beg-tse - God of war

Other

Deities of oriental, mystery religions and Roman imperial cults

• Attis
• Cybele
• El-Gabal
• Isis
• Mithras
• Sol Invictus
• Endovelicus

• Zev - god of everything