List of war deities

A war deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with war, combat or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheistic religions. The following is a list of war deities. 
*;African mythology
**Agurzil, Berber god of war
**Apedemak, Nubian lion-headed warrior god
**Kokou, powerful Yoruba warrior god
**Maher, Ethiopian god of war
**Ogoun, Yoruba deity who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics and war
**Oya, Yoruba warrior-goddess of the Niger River
*;Arabian mythology
**Al-Qaum, Nabatean god of war and the night, and guardian of caravans
*;Armenian mythology
**Anahit, goddess of fertility, birth, beauty and water; in early periods associated with war
*;Aztec mythology
**Huitzilopochtli, god of war and the sun
**Itzpapalotl, skeletal warrior goddess
**Mextli, god of the moon, born fully armed as a warrior
**Mixcoatl, god of fire, war and the hunt
**Teoyaomicqui, god of lost dead souls, particularly those who have died in battle
**Tezcatlipoca, god associated with the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, jaguars, sorcery, beauty, war and strife
**Toci, goddess of the earth, sometimes associated with war
*;Celtic mythology
**Agrona, reconstructed Proto-Celtic name for the river Aeron in Wales, and possibly the name of an associated war goddess
**Alaisiagae, a pair of goddesses worshiped in Roman Britain, with parallel Celtic and Germanic titles
**Andarta, Gaulish warrior goddess
**Anann, Irish goddess of war, death, predicting death in battle, cattle, prosperity and fertility
**Badb, Irish goddess of war who took the form of a crow; member of the Morrígan
**Belatu-Cadros, war god worshipped by soldiers and equated with the Roman war god Mars
**Camulus, god of war of the Belgic Remi and British Trinovantes
**Catubodua, Gaulish goddess assumed to be associated with victory
**Cicolluis, Gaulish and Irish god associated with war
**Cocidius, Romano-British god associated with war, hunting and forests
**Macha, Irish goddess associated with war, horses and sovereignty; member of the Morrígan
**The Morrígan, Irish triple goddess associated with sovereignty, prophecy, war, and death on the battlefield
**Neit, Irish god of war, husband of Nemain of Badb
**Nemain, Irish goddess of the frenzied havoc of war; member of the Morrígan
**Rudianos, Gaulish god of war
**Segomo, Gaulish god of war
**Smertrios, Gaulish god of war
*;Chinese mythology
**Chi You, god of war
**Guan Yu, red-faced warrior deity
*;Continental Germanic mythology
**Wōden, god associated with wisdom, war, battle, and death, and also magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt
**Andraste, Teutonic goddess theorised to be associated with victory 
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*;Egyptian mythology
**Anhur, god of war
**Ankt, goddess of war, possibly originating from Asia Minor
**Bast, goddess associated with war, protection of Lower Egypt and the pharaoh, the sun, perfumes, ointments and embalming
**Horus, god of the king, the sky, war and protection
**Maahes, lion-headed god of war
**Menhit, goddess of war, "she who massacres"
**Monthu, falcon-headed god of war, valor and the sun
**Neith, goddess of creation, hunting and the dead; associated with war
**Satis, deification of the floods of the Nile and an early war, hunting, and fertility goddess
**Sekhmet, goddess of warfare, pestilence and the desert
**Sopdu, god of the scorching heat of the summer sun, associated with war
**Wepwawet, wolf-god of war and death who later became associated with Anubis and the afterlife
*;Etruscan mythology
**Laran, god of war
**Menrva, goddess of war, art, wisdom and health
*;Fijian mythology
**Samulayo, god of war and those dead souls who died in battle
*;Greek mythology
**Alala, spirit of the war cry
**Androktasiai, spirits of battlefield slaughter
**Ares, god of war, bloodlust, weapons of war, the defence and sacking of cities, rebellion and civil order, banditry, manliness and courage
**Athena, goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason
**Bia, spirit of force, power, bodily strength and compulsion
**Enyalius, an epithet for Ares, sometimes identified as a separate, minor god of war
**Enyo, goddess of destructive war
**Eris, goddess of strife and discord, who initiated the Trojan War
**Homados, spirit of the din of battle
**Hysminai, female spirits of fighting and combat
**Keres, female spirits of violent or cruel death, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease
**Kydoimos, spirit of the din of battle
**Makhai, male spirits of fighting and combat
**Nike, spirit of victory
**Palioxi, spirit of backrush, flight and retreat from battle
**Pallas, Titan god of warcraft, killed by Athena
**Phobos, spirit of panic fear, flight and battlefield rout
**Polemos, spirit of war
**Proioxis, spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit
*;Hawaiian mythology
**Kū, god of war
**Pele, goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes and violence
*;Hinduism
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**Chamunda, goddess of war and disease
**Durga, the fiercer, demon-fighting form of Shiva's wife, the goddess Parvati
**Hanuman, god associated with war and courage
**Indra, god of war, storms and rainfall
**Kali, goddess associated with time, change and war
**Kartikeya, god of war and battle
**Kathyayini, goddess of vengeance and victory
**Mangala, god of war
**Matrikas, goddesses of war, children and emancipation
**Murugan, god of war and victory
*;Hittite mythology
**Shaushka, goddess of fertility, war and healing
**Wurrukatte, god of war
*;Hungarian mythology
**Hadúr, god of war and the metalsmith of the gods
*;Japanese mythology
**Bishamonten, armour-clad god of war
**Futsunushi, god of swords and lightning
**Hachiman, Shinto god of war, and divine protector of Japan and the Japanese people
*;Lusitanian mythology
**Cariocecus, god of war
**Neto, god believed to be associated with war
*;Māori mythology
**Tūmatauenga, god of war
*;Maya mythology
**Tohil, god associated with fire, the sun, rain, mountains and war
*;Mesopotamian mythology
**Belus, Babylonian god of war
**Inanna, Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare
**Ishtar, Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to Inanna
**Nergal, Babylonian god of war, fire, the underworld, and pestilence
**Pap-nigin-gara, Akkadian and Babylonian god of war
**Sebitti, group of minor Akkadian and Babylonian war gods
**Shala, Akkadian and Babylonian goddess of war and grain
**Shara, minor Sumerian god of war
**Shulmanu, god of the underworld, fertility, and war
*;Native American mythology
**Qamaits, Nuxálk warrior goddess
**Winalagalis, Kwakwaka'wakw god of war
*;Norse mythology
**Freyja, goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death
**Odin, god associated with wisdom, war, battle, and death, and also magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt
**Thor, god associated with thunder, strength, Lightning, defense, oaks, goats, lightning, storms, weather, crops, trading voyages, courage, trust, revenge, protection, warfare and battles
**Týr, god associated with single combat,law, victory and heroic glory 
**Valkyries, goddesses who decide who will die in battle and bring the dead to Valhalla, the afterlife hall of the slain
*;Nuristani mythology
**Great Gish, god of war
*;Polynesian mythology
**'Oro, god of war
*;Roman mythology
**Bellona, goddess of war
**Honos, god of chivalry, honor and military justice
**Lua, goddess to whom soldiers sacrificed captured weapons
**Mars, god of war and bloodshed, equivalent to the Greek god Ares
**Minerva, goddess of wisdom and war, equivalent to the Greek goddess Athena
**Nerio, warrior goddess and personification of valor
**Vica Pota, goddess of victory
**Victoria, personification of victory, equivalent to the Greek goddess Nike
**Virtus, god of bravery and military strength
*;Semitic mythology
**Agasaya, "the Shrieker", goddess of war
**Anat, goddess of war
**Astarte, goddess of fertility, sexuality and war, associated with the Mesopotamian Ishtar or Inanna
**Resheph, god of plague and war
**Tanit, Phoenician lunar goddess associated with war
*;Slavic mythology
**Jarovit, god of vegetation, fertility and spring, also associated with war and harvest
**Perun, god of thunder and lightning, associated with war
**Radegast, West Slavic god of hospitality, fertility and crops, associated with war and the sun; may or may not have been worshipped by ancient Slavs
**Svetovid, god of war, fertility and abundance
**Zorya Utrennyaya, goddess of the morning star, sometimes depicted as a warrior goddess who protected men in battle
*;Vodou
**Bugid Y Aiba, loa associated with war
**Ogoun, loa who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics and war
**[Pie, soldier-loa who lives at the bottoms of lakes and rivers and causes floods
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