Wikipedia: List of deities

List of deities
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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.

See also: deva (demigod), God, Goddess, mythology, religion, scripture.

Abenaki

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

Anglo-Saxon mythology

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.

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.

Akan mythology

Brekyirihunuade

Kwaku Ananse

Ashanti mythology

Anansi
Asase Ya
Bia
Nyame

Australian Aboriginal mythology

Aztec mythology

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

Bushongo mythology

Bomazi
Bumba

Celtic mythology

a more complete list can be found here.

Chinese mythology

Chippewa mythology

Nanabozho

Sint Holo
Wemicus

Creek mythology

Hisagita-imisi

Dacian mythology

Dahomey mythology

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
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
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

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.

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 acriculture
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, goddess of the underworld
Perkele, a god of the Lithuanians, drafted to do duty as "the devil"
Jumala, a physical idol, later the name of the christian god

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

Abaangui
Jurupari

Haida mythology

Gyhldeptis

Lagua

Nankil'slas

Sin
Ta'axet
Tia

Hinduism

Hopi mythology

Huron mythology

Iosheka

Ibo mythology

Aha Njoku

Ala
Chuku

Incan mythology

Inuit mythology

Iroquois mythology

Adekagagwaa

Gaol
Gendenwitha
Gohone
Hahgwehdaetgan
Hahgwehdiyu
Onatha

Isoko mythology

Cghene

Japanese mythology

Aji-Suki-Taka-Hiko-Ne - god of thunder

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

Khoikhoi mythology

Gamab
Heitsi-eibib
Tsui'goab

Modern Western mythology ("Kitchen Gods")

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.

The Code Fairy - Eats semicolons from source code, causing working computer software to stop working
The Grim Reaper - A common anthropomorphism of Death
Hotei - A Laughing Buddha
Invisible pink unicorn - From alt.atheism, a fictional deity said to be the bane of theists everywhere.
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