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List of deities

This list of deities aims at giving information about ancient and actual 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, lunar deity, and sun deity.

Other related articles include archive of fictional things, deva demigod, divinity, god, goddess, mythology, religion, scripture.

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

Abenaki

Anglo-Saxon mythology

Anglo-Saxon gods

Other Characters

Wayland Smith

Flibertigibit (Wayland's apprentice)

Beowulf, a hero

Elves

Giants

dwarves

Deities in the Abrahamic religions

Jews, Christians, and Muslims believe in the same God, but Muslims, and to some degree Jews (see below), visualize God in strictly monotheistic terms, whereas most Christians believe that God exists as a Trinity.

Judaism

Yahweh is the Biblical name for God used by ancient Jews. Adonai, Eloheynu and Hashem are some of the names of God used in modern day Judaism. The Hebrew word "elohim" is also used to refer to God in the Torah (and the Christian Old Testament), and this refers to a plural nature of God. However, Jews hold to a slightly more monotheistic view of God than Christians. They reject Jesus Christ as a false messiah, and do not assign any deity to him. However, the English word "God" (spelled "G-d" in deference to the taboo against pronouncing the Tetragrammaton) is commonly accepted among Jews to denote God (or G-d), as well.

Christianity

Historically, Christianity has professed belief in one deity, three divine persons (the Trinity), that make up one deity or Godhead, known as "God". (See Athanasian Creed.) Thus, most Christians are trinitarian monotheists, although there have been dissenters; see the articles Arianism, Unitarianism (History), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Jehovah's Witnesses for examples. Most of these unitarian groups believe or believed that only God the Father is a deity; Latter-day Saints believe that the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit are three distinct deities.

Islam

Allah is the most traditional Muslim name for God. Islamic tradition also speaks of 99 Names of God.

Other

Two smaller faiths that don't neatly fit into any of the categories of Abrahamic religions. Rastafarianism worships Jah and the Baha'i Faith also worships the same God as Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Akamba mythology

Akan mythology

Ashanti mythology

Australian Aboriginal mythology

Aztec mythology

Bushongo mythology

Celtic mythology

a more complete list can be found here.

Chinese mythology

Chippewa mythology

Creek mythology

Dacian mythology

Dahomey mythology

Dinka mythology

Efik mythology

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.

See http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/ for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism's extensive information on Egyptian Deities.

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:

Hopi mythology

See also kachina

Huron mythology

Ibo mythology

Incan mythology

Inuit mythology

Iroquois mythology

Isoko mythology

Japanese mythology

see also Kami

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 and may be taken more or less seriously. These are commonly called Kitchen Gods.

!Kung mythology

Kwakiutl mythology

Lakota mythology

Lotuko mythology

Latvian mythology

Lugbara mythology

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.

Maya mythology

Mesopotamian mythology

Navaho mythology

Norse mythology

Pawnee mythology

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.

Seneca mythology

Slavic mythology

Sumerian mythology

See also Annuna

Thracian mythology

Tumbuka mythology

Ugarit mythology

Note: Ugarit had a profound influence on Canaanite religion and some influence on the Abrahamic religions, as well.

Winnebago mythology

Yoruba mythology

Zulu mythology

Zuni mythology

External links