Deities Index - Alphabetical

-A-

Abzu: Mesopotamian primordial freshwater deity; embodiment of the underground waters from which life emerged.

Achilles: Greek heroic figure associated with war, fate, and mortality; nearly invincible warrior undone by his single vulnerability.

Aditi: Hindu primordial mother goddess; source of cosmic order and the gods themselves.

Aegir: Norse god of the sea; host of divine feasts and personification of oceanic power.

Aine: Celtic (Irish) goddess of summer, sovereignty, and fertility; associated with the sun and agricultural abundance.

Amaterasu: Japanese sun goddess of light and order; her retreat into hiding caused the world’s darkness.

Amun: Egyptian creator and air god; hidden force behind existence and later merged with Ra.

Anansi: West African trickster spider god of stories, wisdom, and cunning.

Anat: Canaanite warrior goddess of war and protection; fierce defender of divine order.

Anubis: Egyptian god of embalming and the dead; guide of souls through judgment.

Anu: Mesopotamian sky father and supreme authority of heaven.

Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love, beauty, and desire; born from sea foam.

Apollo: Greek god of prophecy, light, music, and plague.

Ares: Greek god of violent war and bloodshed.

Artemis: Greek goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and the moon.

Asclepius: Greek god of medicine and healing; associated with resurrection.

Ashur: Assyrian national god of kingship, war, and empire.

Athena: Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare strategy, and crafts.

Atum: Egyptian creator god who brought himself into existence.

-B-

Baal: Canaanite storm and fertility god associated with rain and kingship.

Baldr: Norse god of light, purity, and beauty; whose death foretells Ragnarök.

Bastet: Egyptian goddess of cats, protection, and domestic life.

Bellona: Roman goddess of war and battle frenzy.

Bragi: Norse god of poetry and eloquence.

Brigid: Celtic goddess of healing, poetry, and sacred fire.

Brahma: Hindu creator god responsible for the formation of the universe.

-C-

Cernunnos: Celtic horned god of nature, animals, and fertility.

Chaac: Maya rain god associated with storms and agriculture.

Chang’e: Chinese moon goddess associated with immortality.

Coatlicue: Aztec earth mother goddess of creation and destruction.

Cronus: Greek titan god of time who devoured his children.

-D-

Dagda: Celtic father god of strength, fertility, and abundance.

Danu: Celtic mother goddess and ancestral source of divine lineage.

Demeter: Greek goddess of harvest and agriculture.

Dionysus: Greek god of wine, ecstasy, madness, and transformation.

Durga: Hindu warrior goddess who destroys evil.

-E-

Ereshkigal: Mesopotamian queen of the underworld.

Eros: Greek god of desire and attraction.

-F-

Fenrir: Norse wolf associated with destruction and cosmic fate.

Freya: Norse goddess of love, magic, and death.

Freyr: Norse god of fertility, prosperity, and peace.

Frigg: Norse goddess of motherhood and prophecy.

-G-

Gaia: Greek primordial goddess of the Earth.

Ganesha: Hindu god of beginnings, wisdom, and obstacle removal.

Geb: Egyptian earth god and father of Osiris.

Gilgamesh: Mesopotamian semi-divine hero king associated with mortality and legacy.

-H-

Hades: Greek ruler of the underworld and the dead.

Hathor: Egyptian goddess of love, music, and joy.

Hecate: Greek goddess of magic, crossroads, and night.

Heimdall: Norse guardian of the rainbow bridge between worlds.

Hel: Norse goddess and ruler of the underworld realm of the same name.

Helios: Greek personification of the sun.

Hera: Greek queen of the gods and goddess of marriage.

Hermes: Greek messenger god and guide of souls.

Hestia: Greek goddess of hearth and domestic stability.

Horus: Egyptian sky god and divine ruler.

Hunab Ku: Maya creator god associated with cosmic unity.

-I-

Indra: Hindu king of the gods and god of storms and war.

Inanna: Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and political power.

Izanagi: Japanese creator god who formed the islands.

Izanami: Japanese goddess of creation and death.

-J-

Janus: Roman god of beginnings, endings, and transitions.

Jupiter: Roman king of the gods and sky ruler.

-K-

Kali: Hindu goddess of destruction, liberation, and time.

Khepri: Egyptian scarab god associated with rebirth.

Krishna: Hindu god of compassion, love, and divine play.

Kukulkan: Maya feathered serpent god of knowledge and creation.

-L-

Lakshmi: Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.

Loki: Norse trickster god of chaos and transformation.

Lugh: Celtic god of skill, craftsmanship, and kingship.

-M-

Ma’at: Egyptian goddess of truth, justice, and cosmic balance.

Marduk: Mesopotamian creator god and dragon slayer.

Mars: Roman god of war and protection.

Mithra: Persian god of contracts, truth, and light.

Morrigan: Celtic goddess of war, fate, and prophecy.

-N-

Nephthys: Egyptian goddess of death and mourning.

Neptune: Roman god of the sea.

Njord: Norse god of sea, wind, and wealth.

Nyx: Greek primordial goddess of night.

-O-

Odin: Norse god of wisdom, death, and magic.

Osiris: Egyptian god of resurrection and the afterlife.

-P-

Pan: Greek god of wilderness and panic.

Persephone: Greek queen of the underworld and goddess of spring.

Poseidon: Greek god of the sea and earthquakes.

Ptah: Egyptian creator god associated with craftsmanship.

-Q-

Quetzalcoatl: Aztec feathered serpent god of knowledge and creation.

-R-

Ra: Egyptian sun god and creator.

Rhea: Greek titan goddess and mother of the Olympians.

-S-

Set: Egyptian god of chaos, storms, and disorder.

Shiva: Hindu god of destruction and transformation.

Skadi: Norse goddess of winter and mountains.

Sobek: Egyptian crocodile god of strength and fertility.

Surtr: Norse fire giant destined to destroy the world.

-T-

Tiamat: Mesopotamian primordial chaos dragon.

Thor: Norse god of thunder and protection.

Thoth: Egyptian god of wisdom and writing.

Tyr: Norse god of justice and sacrifice.

-U-

Uranus: Greek primordial sky god.

-V-

Veles: Slavic god of the underworld and magic.

Venus: Roman goddess of love and beauty.

Vishnu: Hindu preserver god who maintains cosmic order.

-W-

Woden: Anglo-Saxon god of wisdom and war.

-X-

Xipe Totec: Aztec god of agriculture, rebirth, and sacrifice.

-Y-

Ymir: Norse primordial giant whose body became the world.

-Z-

Zeus: Greek king of the gods and ruler of the sky.