There are also lists of deities by type; see the articles Death Deity , Household Deity , Lunar Deity , and Solar Deity .
See also: List Of Fictional Deities , List Of People Considered To Be Deities
Related articles include Deva , Demigod , Divinity , God , God (male Deity) , Goddess , Mythology , Religion , Scripture , Rhys .
(see much longer list at Aztec Mythology )
The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion contending that various figures from other prominent religions - for example, Moses ( Judaism ), Jesus ( Christianity ), Muhammad ( Islam ), Zoroaster ( Zoroastrianism ), and Krishna ( Hinduism ) were all messengers of the one God.
See much more complete lists at Celtic Mythology and Celtic Polytheism .
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 actually believe that most of their gods had animal heads; rather, they portrayed them that way as artistic symbolism. This may have been for the benefit of the illiterate.
- Amun , creator deity
- Anubis , God of Embalming, Friend of the Dead, originally god of the dead
- The Aten , the embodiment of the Sun's rays in a brief, Monotheistic interlude
- Apep , Serpent of the Underworld, enemy of Ra
- Atum , a creator deity, and the setting sun
- Bast , Goddess of Cats
- Bes , God-Demon of Protection, Childbirth and Entertainment
- The Four Sons Of Horus
- Geb , God of the Earth
- 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 , god of war
- Ma'at , Concept of Truth, Balance and Order, sometimes depicted as a goddess
- Menhit , Goddess of war
- Mont , god of war
- Naunet , the primal waters
- Neith , goddess of war, then great mother goddess
- Nephthys , mother of Anubis
- Nut , goddess of heaven and the sky
- Osiris , god of the underworld, fertility and agricultural, possible father of Anubis
- Ptah , a creator deity
- Ra , the sun, possible father of Anubis
- Sekhmet , goddess of war and battles
- Sobek , Crocodile God
- Set , God of Storms, possible father of Anubis, later became god of evil
- Taweret , Goddess of pregnant women and protecter at childbirth
- 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
See http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/ for the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism's extensive information on Egyptian Deities.
- Peko , god of fertility, crops and brewing
- Pikne (the long one), god of thunder
- Tharapita , god of war
- Vanemuine (the ancient one), god of music (possibly fake tradition)
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.
- Ukko , god of heaven and thunder
- Rauni , Ukko's wife, goddess of fertility
- Tapio , god of forest and wild animals
- Mielikki , Tapio's wife
- Pekko (or ''Peko''), god or goddess (the actual gender is obscure) of fields and agriculture
- Ahti , (or ''Ahto'') god of streams, lakes and sea
- Otso , son of a god, ''king of the forest'' whose carnal form is the bear
- Tuoni , god of the underworld
- Tuonetar , The wife of Tuoni
- Loviatar , One of Tuoni's daughters. goddess of pain.
- Perkele , a god of the Lithuanians, drafted to do duty as "the devil"
- Jumala , a physical idol, later the name of the Christian god
- Aphrodite - goddess of beauty, one of the twelve Olympians
- Apollo - god of poetry, music, the sun, an Olympian
- Ares - god of war, an Olympian
- Artemis - goddess of the hunt, later also goddess of moon, an Olympian
- Athena - goddess of wisdom, defensive war, Athens, an Olympian
- Kronos - (Cronus/Cronos) god of time, father of the first six Olympians, a Titan
- Demeter - goddess of the harvest, nature, often considered an Olympian
- Dionysus - god of wine, took Hestia's place as an Olympian
- Eris - goddess of discord
- Eros - god of love ( Cupid )
- Eos - goddess of the dawn
- Gaia - primordial goddess of earth, mother of the Titans
- Hades - god of the underworld, often considered an Olympian
- Hebe - wife of Heracles
- Hekate - goddess of witchcraft, crossroads
- Helios - god who drives of the sun
- Hephaestus - god of smiths, an Olympian
- Hera - chief goddess, goddess of marriage, an Olympian
- Heracles -porter of Olympus
- Hermes - messenger of the gods, an Olympian
- Hestia - goddess of the hearth, gave up seat at Olympus to Dionysus
- Pan - god of shepherds
- Persephone - daughter of Demeter, queen of the dead
- Poseidon - god of the sea, an Olympian
- Rhea - mother of the first six Olympians, a Titan
- Selene - goddess who drives the moon
- Thanatos - god of death
- Uranus - primordial god of the heavens, father of the Titans
- Zeus - god of sky and air, chief Olympian
See also Demigod s, the Dryad s, the Fates , the Erinyes , the Graces , the Horae , the Muses , the Nymph s, the Pleiades , the Titans
- Brahman , the one and only (formless) supreme aspect of God. The Universe in Potential Static Energy
- Bhagavan , the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Superior to God's formless aspect.
- Adi - Shakti, the Female aspcet of Supreme Divine in Kinetic Dynamic Form.
- The Three Maha Shaktis (Super Powers) of the Universe or the Super Goddesses In Hinduism
- --- MahaSaraswati (Great Saraswati) - Universal Force of Creation
- --- MahaLakshmi (Great Lakshmi) - Universal Force of Preservation
- --- MahaKali (Great Kali) - Universal Force of Disolussion
- Saguna Brahman , or God with attributes, symbolized as The Ishvar s (known collectively as the Trimurti ):
- --- Brahmâ , the creator
- --- Vishnu , the sustainer
-- Avatats(Incarnations) of Vinshnu
- Matsya Avatar - Fish Incarnation
- Kurma Avatrar - Tortoise Incarnation
- Varah Avatar - Boar Incarnation
- Vaman Avatar - Dwarf Incarnation
- Narashima Avatar - Man-Lion Incarnation
- Rama Avatar - Incarnation as the Epic King in Ramayana
- Krishna Avatar - Incarnation as the Epic Prince in Maha Bharata
- Budha Avatar - Incarnation as Gautam Buddha - Founder of Buddhism
- Kalki Avatar - The Avatar yet to come on the onset of Apocalpse
- --- Shiva , the destroyer
- The Adityas
- --- Indra - god of weather and war
- --- Mitra - god of honesty, friendship and contracts
- --- Ravi , Surya - The Sun Gods
- --- Varuna - god of the oceans and rivers
- --- Yama - god of death
Some of the most important Deva s:
See also Kachina
In addition to the gods listed elsewhere, there are several mythological beings spoken of in current Western Culture .
See also Kitchen Gods .
Lusitanian (or Ancient Portuguese ) Gods were later related with the Celtic and Roman invaders. The Lusitani people adopted the Celt and Roman cults and influenced them with theirs. Many Lusitani gods were adopted by the Romans.
- 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
- Ninurta - god of war
- Ereshkigal - Goddes of Darkness, Death, and Gloom
- Hadad - weather god
- Ishtar - goddess of love (Gingira in Akkadian)
- 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 (Shapash in Ugaritic, Shamsa in Sumerian)
- Sin - moon god
- Tiamat - dragon goddess
see also Menehune
- Apollo - god of the sun, poetry, music (Same for Greeks)
- Bacchus - god of wine (Greek Bacchus or Dionysus)
- Ceres - goddess of the harvest (Greek Demeter)
- Cupid - god of love (Greek Eros)
- Diana - goddess of the hunt (Greek Artemis)
- Janus - two-headed god of beginnings and endings
- Juno - chief goddess, marriage (Greek Hera)
- Jupiter - chief god, sky (Greek Zeus)
- Maia - the "good goddess", spring
- Mars - god of war (Greek Ares, but characterized more positively)
- Mercury - messenger of the gods (Greek Hermes)
- Minerva - goddess of wisdom, civilization (Greek Athena)
- Neptune - god of the sea (Greek Poseidon)
- Pluto - god of the underworld (Greek Hades)
- Plutus - god of wealth
- Proserpina - queen of the underworld (Greek Persephone)
- Saturn - father of Jupiter (Greek Cronus)
- Uranus - father of Saturn (Greek Oranos - ''a titan'')
- Venus - goddess of beauty (Greek Aphrodite)
- Vesta - goddess of the hearth (Greek Hestia)
- Vulcan - god of the forge (Greek Hephestus)
Sardinian deities, mainly referred to in the age of Nuragici People , are partly derived from Phoenicia n ones.
- Janas Goddesses of death
- Maymon God of Hades
- Panas Goddesses of reproduction (women dead in childbirth)
- Thanit Goddess of Earth and fertility
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