Health deity

A health deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with health, healing and wellbeing. They may also be related to childbirth or Mother Goddesses. They are a common feature of polytheistic religions.
==List of health deities==
===African mythology===
* Agwu, Igbo god of health and divination
* !Xu, sky god of the Bushmen of southern Africa who is invoked in illness
===Aztec mythology===
* Patecatl, god of healing and fertility
* Temazcalteci, goddess of steam baths and medicine
===Celtic mythology===
* Airmed, Irish goddess associated with healing and resurrection
* Alaunus, Gaulish god of the sun, healing and prophecy associated with Greek god Helios-Apollo
* Atepomarus, Gaulish healing god associated with the Greek god Apollo
* Borvo, Celto-Lusitanian healing god associated with bubbling spring water
* Brigid, Irish goddess associated with healing
* Dian Cecht, Irish god of healing
* Glanis, Gaulish god associated with a healing spring at the town of Glanum
* Grannus, Gaulish god associated with spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and the sun
* Hooded Spirits, hooded deities associated with health and fertility
* Ianuaria, goddess associated with healing
* Iovantucarus, Gaulish healer-god and protector of youth associated with Lenus Mars
* Lenus, Gaulish healing god associated with the Greek god Ares
* Maponos, god of youth, associated with the Greek god Apollo
* Mullo, Gaulish deity associated with the Greek god Ares and said to heal afflictions of the eye
* Nodens, Gallo-Roman and Roman British god associated with healing, the sea, hunting and dogs
* Sirona, Gallo-Roman and Celto-Germanic goddess associated with healing
===Chinese mythology===
* Elder Zhang Guo, one of the Eight Immortals, whose wine was considered to have healing properties
* Immortal Woman He, one of the Eight Immortals, whose lotus flower improves one's health, mental and physical
* Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals, who alleviates the suffering of the poor, sick and needy with special medicine from his gourd
* Wong Tai Sin, god with the power of healing
===Egyptian mythology===
* Heka, deification of magic, through which Egyptians believed they could gain protection, healing and support
* Serket, goddess of healing stings and bites
* Ta-Bitjet, a scorpion goddess whose blood is a panacea for all poisons
===Etruscan mythology===
* Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness and health and growth in all things
* Menrva, goddess of war, art, wisdom and health
===Greek mythology===
* Aceso, goddess of the healing of wounds and the curing of illness
* Aegle, goddess of radiant good health
* Artemis, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, the wilderness, childbirth, fertility, plague and good health
* Apollo, god of music, poetry, prophecy, archery, healing, medicine and plague
* Asclepius, god of medicine and healing
* Chiron, a centaur known for his knowledge and skill in healing
* Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth
* Hygieia, goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation
* Iaso, goddess of cures, remedies and modes of healing
* Paeon, physician of the gods
* Panacea, goddess of healing
* Telesphorus, demi-god of convalescence, who "brought to fulfillment" recuperation from illness or injury
===Hindu mythology===
* Ashvins, twin doctors of the gods and gods of Ayurvedic medicine
* Dhanvantari, physician of the gods and god of Ayurvedic medicine
* Dhatri, solar god of health and domestic tranquility
* Mariamman, goddess of disease and rain
* Shitala Devi, goddess of smallpox and disease
===Hittite mythology===
* Kamrusepa, goddess of healing, medicine, and magic
* Shaushka, goddess of fertility, war, and healing
===Inuit mythology===
* Eeyeekalduk, god of medicine and good health
* Pinga, goddess of the hunt, fertility and medicine
===Japanese mythology===
* Ebisu, god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, and the guardian of the health of small children
===Maya mythology===
* Ixchel, jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine
===Mesopotamian mythology===
* Anahita, Indo-Iranian goddess of fertility, healing and wisdom
* Namtar, god of death and disease
* Ninazu, god of the underworld and healing
* Ningishzida, god of the underworld and patron of medicine
* Nintinugga, goddess of healing
* Ninurta, god of the South Wind and healing
===Native American mythology===
* Kumugwe, Nuxalk underwater god with the power to see into the future, heal the sick and injured, and bestow powers on those whom he favors
===Norse mythology===
* Eir, goddess associated with medical skill
===Persian mythology===
* Haoma, god of health
===Phoenician mythology===
* Eshmun, god of healing
===Roman mythology===
* Angitia, snake goddess associated with healing
* Bona Dea, goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women
* Cardea, goddess of health, thresholds and door hinges and handles
* Carna, goddess who presided over the heart and other organs
* Endovelicus, god of public health and safety
* Febris, goddess who embodied and protected people from fever and malaria
* Pilumnus, nature deity who ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy
* Vejovis, god of healing
* Verminus, god who protected cattle from disease
===Sami mythology===
* Beiwe, goddess of the sun, spring, fertility and sanity, who restored the mental health of those driven mad by the darkness of the winter
===Slavic mythology===
* Żywie, goddess of health and healing
===Thracian mythology===
* Derzelas, god of abundance and the underworld, health and human spirit's vitality
===Yoruba and Afro-American mythology===
* Aja, spirit of the forest, the animals within it and herbal healers
* Babalu Aye, spirit of illness and disease
* Erinle, spirit of abundance, the healer, and patron of gay people
* Loco, patron of healers and plants
* Mami Wata, a pantheon of water spirits associated with healing and fertility
* Sopona, god of smallpox
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