Knowledge deity

A knowledge deity is a deity in mythology associated with knowledge, wisdom, or intelligence.
==List of knowledge deities==
===Australian Aboriginal mythology===
* Jar'Edo Wens, deity associated with earthly knowledge and physical might
===Celtic mythology===
* Ogma, a figure from Irish and Scottish mythology, said to have invented the Ogham alphabet
===Chinese mythology===
* Erlang Shen, god possessing a truth-seeing third eye in the centre of his forehead
===Egyptian mythology===
* Neith, early Egyptian goddess sometimes associated with wisdom
* Thoth, god of wisdom and scribe of the gods, credited with the invention of writing and the alphabet
* Saa, the deification of wisdom
* Seshat, goddess of wisdom, knowledge and writing
===Etruscan mythology===
* Menrva, goddess of wisdom
===Greek mythology===
* Athena, goddess of wisdom
* Coeus, Titan god of intellect
* Eidyia, an Oceanid sometimes associated with knowledge
* Metis, goddess of wisdom, wise counsel and cunning
* Prometheus, god of forethought
===Hindu mythology===
* Saraswati, goddess of knowledge and all literary arts including music, literature and speech
* Ganesha, god of intellect and wisdom
===Hittite mythology===
* A'as, god of wisdom
===Japanese mythology===
* Fukurokuju, god of wisdom and longevity
*Kuebiko, scarecrow god of wisdom and agriculture
* Omoikane, Shinto goddess of wisdom and intelligence
===Mesopotamian mythology===
* Al-Kutbay, Nabataean, god of knowledge, commerce, writing, and prophecy
* Enki, god of intelligence, as well as crafts, mischief, water and creation
* Nabu, Babylonian god of wisdom and writing
* Nidaba, Sumerian goddess of writing, learning, and the harvest
===Norse mythology===
* Odin, the ruler of Asgard who sacrificed his eye and hung for nine days from the world tree Yggdrasil in order to gain the wisdom of the ages
* Mímir, a god renowned for his knowledge and wisdom; Odin is advised by his decapitated head
* Snotra, goddess associated with wisdom
* Vör, goddess associated with wisdom
===Persian mythology===
* Anahita, goddess of 'the Waters' (Aban) - fertility, healing and wisdom
===Polynesian mythology===
* Anulap, god of magic and knowledge
===Roman mythology===
* Egeria, water nymph who gives wisdom and prophecy in return for libations of water or milk at her sacred grove
* Fabulinus, the god who taught children speech
* Minerva, goddess of wisdom and the Roman equivalent of Athena
* Providentia, goddess of forethought
 
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