page_title: List of war deities
hierarchical_section_title: List of war deities
caption_attribution_description: English: Sarutahiko Ōkami, (comical) painting; sumi ink &amp; watercolours, late 19th century (more likely Meiji era than late-Edo period). Seal marking, artist not identified; Wittig collection, painting-03. Photograph of painting; working print of re-touched version intended for Wikipedia article about Sarutahiko Ōkami.
context_page_description: A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions.
  Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread their religion.
  The following is a list of war deities:
context_section_description: A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions.
  Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread their religion. (The intimate connection between "holy war" and the "one true god" belief of monotheism has been noted by many scholars, including Jonathan Kirsch in his book God Against The Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism and Joseph Campbell in The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology.) 
  The following is a list of war deities:
caption: Sarutahiko.
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