Lists of deities

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This is an index to deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world, listed by type and by region.

For deified individuals see List of people who have been considered deities, Apotheosis and Imperial cult. For epithets of gods of monotheistic religions, see Names of God. For deities whose cult is fictional see List of deities in fiction.

Video Lists of deities

By classification

A basic classification of types of gods is given by Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (1955-1958):

• A0 Creator (not necessarily a god)
• A100--A199. The gods in general
  • A101. Supreme god
  • A104. The making of gods
  • A107. Gods of darkness and light (darkness thought of as evil, light as good)
  • A109.1. God as a triad
  • A116. triplet gods
  • A111.1. Mother of the gods
  • A111.2. Father of the gods
  • A117.5. Gods are spirits of deified dead
  • A131. Gods with animal features
    • A132.3. Equine god (goddess)
    • A132.5. Bear-god (goddess)
    • A132.9. Bull-god
  • A161.2. King of the gods
  • A177.1. God as dupe or trickster
  • A192. Death or departure of the gods
  • A193. Resurrection of gods
• A200--A299. Gods of the upper world
  • A210. Sky-god
  • A220. Sun-god
  • A240. Moon-god
  • A250. Star-god
  • A260. Light
  • A270. Dawn
  • A280. Weather-god
    • A281. Storm-god
    • A282. Wind-god
    • A284. God of thunder
    • A287. Rain-god
• A300--A399. Gods of the underworld
  • A310. God of the world of the dead
  • A311. Conductor of the dead
• A400--A499. Gods of the earth (human sphere)
  • A400. Earth
  • A401. Mother Earth
  • A405. Nature
  • A410. Local gods
  • A411. Household gods
  • A415. God of clans or nations
  • A420. Water
  • A421. Sea
  • A425. River
  • A417. Springs
  • A430. Vegetation
  • A431. Fertility
  • A435. Trees and forests
  • A440. Animals
  • A450. trades and professions
    • A451. Artisan-god
    • A452. Hunting
    • A454. Healing
  • A460. Gods of abstractions (also Z110. Abstractions personified)
    • A461. Wisdom
    • A463. Fate
      • A463.1. The Fates (goddesses who preside over the fates of men)
    • A464. Justice
    • A465. God of the arts
    • A472. Sleep
    • A473. Wealth
    • A475. Love
    • A484. Oath
    • A485. War
    • A486. The Furies (goddesses of vengeance)
    • A487. Death
  • A490. Miscellaneous gods of the earth
    • A491. God of travelers
    • A493. God of fire
• A500--A599. Demigods and culture heroes

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By cultural sphere

Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa

• Ancient Near East
  • Mesopotamian deities
    • Sumerian deities
    • Assyro-Babylonian pantheon (see also Family tree of the Babylonian gods)
    • Kassite deities
  • Semitic gods: see El, Elohim
    • Canaanite deities
    • Pre-Islamic Arabian deities
      • Nabataean deities
  • Anatolia
    • Hittite deities
    • Hurrian deities
    • Lydian deities
  • Persia: see Yazata, see also Proto-Indo-Iranian religion
  • Elam
• Central Asia
  • Turkic mythology
• North Africa
  • Berber mythology
  • List of Egyptian deities
• Canary Islands
  • Guanche deities

Europe

• Baltic deities
  • Latvian deities
  • Lithuanian deities
• Caucasus
  • • Armenian deities
    • Georgian deities
    • Vainakh deities
• Celtic deities
  • Irish deities
• Etruscan deities
• Finnic deities
• Germanic deities
  • Anglo-Saxon deities
  • List of Norse gods and goddesses
• Greek pantheon (see also List of Greek mythological figures, Twelve Olympians, Greek hero cult, Family tree of the Greek gods, Mycenaean gods, Hellenismos)
• Hungarian deities
• Lusitani deities
• Paleo-Balkanic deities (Thracian/Dacian/Illyrian)
• List of Roman deities
• Sami deities
• Slavic deities

Sub-Saharan Africa

• African deities
  • Alusi
  • Yoruba deities
• Afro-American religion
  • Loa
  • Orisha

South Asia

• Hindu deities
  • Rigvedic deities (see also Proto-Indo-Iranian religion)
  • Sri Lankan Tamil local deities
  • Tamil Nadu local deities

East Asia

• Chinese deities
• Japanese deities
• Korean deities
• List of bodhisattvas
• Siberian
  • Raven God of Kamchatka and Chukotka

Southeast Asia

• Deities of Philippine mythology
• Indonesian deities

Oceania

• Australian Aboriginal deities
• Hawaiian deities
• M?ori deities
• Polynesian deities
• Rapa Nui deities (Easter Island)

The Americas

• Mesoamerica
  • Aztec deities
  • Maya deities
• North America
  • Inuit deities
  • Native American deities
• South America
  • Incan deities
  • Guarani
  • Mapuche
  • Muisca

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See also

• Demigod
• List of deities in fiction
• Folklore
• God (male deity)
• Goddess
• List of goddesses
• List of legendary creatures by type
• List of mythologies
• List of people who have been considered deities
• Names of God
• Pantheon (religion)

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References

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