# List of art deities

The following list of art deities is arranged by continent with names of mythological figures and deities associated with the arts. Art deities are a form of religious iconography incorporated into artistic compositions by many religions as a dedication to their respective gods and goddesses. The various artworks are used throughout history as a means to gain a deeper connection to a particular deity or as a sign of respect and devotion to the divine being.

## Africa and the Middle East
### Afroasiatic Middle East
#### Canaanite

* Kotar or Kothar-wa-Khasis

#### Egyptian

* Bastet
* Bes
* Hathor
* Isis
* Khnum
* Meret
* Ptah
* Seker

#### Mesopotamian

* Ishtar
* Nuska

## Western Eurasia
### Celtic

* Abhean
* Brigid
* Gwydion

### Norse-Germanic

* Bragi
* Odin

### Etruscan

* Menrva

#### Greek / Hellenic

* Apollo, god of medicine, music, poetry, song and dance
* Athena, goddess of wisdom and smart war
* Dionysus, god of wine
* Hephaestus, god of forge and sculpture
* Poseidon, god of the sea, one of the big three
* Zeus, god of the sky and lightning, one of the big three
* Hera, goddess of marriage, family, women, and childbirth, queen of the gods, wife of Zeus
* Hades, god of the Underworld, one of the big three
* Demeter, goddess of agriculture
* Artemis, goddess of the moon, archery and virginity
* Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, fertility and love
* Eros, god of love (greek cupid)
* Muses
** Calliope, goddess of epic poetry
** Clio, goddess of history
** Erato, goddess of erotic poetry
** Euterpe, goddess of lyric poetry
** Melpomene, goddess of tragedy
** Polyhymnia, goddess of hymns
** Terpsichore, goddess of dance
** Thalia, goddess of comedy
** Urania, goddess of astronomy

#### Roman

* Apollo
* Minerva

### Western Asia
#### Anatolian - Urarte

* Arubani

#### Hindu-Vedic

* Saraswati
* Hayagriva

### Uralic

* Väinämöinen

## Asia-Pacific / Oceania
### Meitei

* Khamlangba, associated with smiths
* Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi, associated with enchantment
* Lainaotabi, associated with charm, magic, pottery, sorcery, spell, weaving and witchcraft
* Nongpok Ningthou, associated with dance, music and festival
* Nongthang Leima, associated with enchantment and seduction
* Panthoibi, associated with dance, festival, handicrafts, pottery, spinning and weaving
* Phouoibi, associated with trickery to men
* Pisatao, associated with smiths
* Thangching, associated with divine plays

### Far East Asia
#### Chinese

* Cao Guojiu, patron god of the theater
* Han Xiangzi
* Nüwa
* Zhang Guolao, who carries a fish-drum

#### Japanese

* Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto
* Benzaiten

#### Vietnamese

* Phạm Thị Trân, the founder of Chèo
* Từ Đạo Hạnh, the founder of the art of water puppetry
* Tổ nghề Sân khấu, the three are said to be the founders of theatrical forms of Vietnam

### Austronesia
#### Filipino

* Bait Pandi: the Bagobo goddess of weavers who taught women weaving
* Fu Dalu: the T'boli goddess of the abaca; speak and guide weavers on how to create patterns and designs, which are remembered in dreams
* Mamiyo: the Ifugao stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving
* Monlolot: the Ifugao winder of thread on the spindle, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving
* Rirryaw Añitu: place spirit Añitus who played music and sang inside a cave in Sabtang, while lighting up fire; believed to have change residences after they were disturbed by a man
* Tumungkuyan: leaders of the Salakap from Batak beliefs who paint tree trunks that support the sky using the blood of the epidemic-dead

### Polynesian
#### Hawaiian

* Lono
* Pele

## Native Americas
### North America

* Kokopelli (shared among various Southwestern Native American mythologies)

### Mexico
#### Aztec

* Huehuecóyotl
* Xochipilli

#### Haitian Vodou

* Erzulie
* Maîtresse Délai