Deity

A **deity**, usually referenced as either a **god** or a **goddess**, are supernatural (usually spiritual) being that is considered as divine or sacred within a culture.

## Deities By Culture

### Aboriginal

* Notable members: Baiame, Rainbow Serpent (Wagyl)

### Abrahamic (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)

* The monotheistic deity: God (Yahweh, Jesus Christ, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Allah)
* Angelic beings: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Satan, Belial, Abezethibou, Iblis, Samyaza, Azazel, Gadreel, Ramiel, Armaros, Arakiel, Baraqiel, Kokabiel, Zaqiel, Sariel

### Akan

* Notable members: Nyame, Asase Ya, Anansi

### Akkadian (Assyrian and Babylonian)

* Notable members: Anu, Ellil, Ea, Damgalnuna, Ishtar, Shamash, Sin, Marduk, Ashur, Nabu, Adad, Tiamat, Abzû

### Arabian

* Notable members: Arabian, Hubal, Al-Lat, Manat, Al-Uzza

### Armenian

* Notable members: Aramazd, Vahagn, Anahit, Tir

### Aztec

* Notable members: Huitzilopochtli, Quetzalcoatl, Xipe-Totec, Tezcatlipoca, Mixcoatl

### Baltic

* Notable members: Dievas, Perkūnas, Peckols, Potrimpo, Saulė, Žemyna, Lauma

### Caananite

* Notable members: El, Asherah, Ba'al, Astarte, Anat, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Yam, Mot, Resheph, Qetesh, Dagon, Chemosh, Gad, Qos

### Chinese

* Notable members: Yu Huang, Doumu, Pangu, Nüwa, Xiwangmu, Dongwanggong, Yanluo Wang, Yinyanggong

### Egyptian

* Notable members: Nu, Amun, Atum, Re, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys, Horus, Thoth, Anubis, Khonsu, Bastet, Sekhmet, Maʽat, Ptah, Khnum, Sobek, Nefertum, Onuris, Montu

### Estonian

* Notable members: Tharapita, Peko, Pikne, Metsaema, Metsavana

### Finnish

* Notable members: Ukko, Rauni, Tapio, Mielikki, Ahti, Vellamo, Ilmarinen, Kuu, Peko

### Gaulish

* Notable members: Cernnunos, Epona, Taranis, Sucellus, Nodens, Andraste, Coventina

### Germanic/Norse

* Notable members: Odin, Thor, Frigg, Loki, Freyr, Freyja, Tyr, Baldr, Hel, Njord, Skadi, Ullr, Bragi, Nanna Nepsdóttir

### Greek

* Notable members: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus, Persephone, Hecate, Gaia, Ouranos, Cronus, Erebus, Nyx, Rhea, Oceanus, Coeus, Atlas, Helios, Selene, Prometheus, Epimetheus

### Hawaiian

* Notable members: Pele, Kāne, Kanaloa, Kū, Lono

### Hindu

* Notable members: Brahma, Vishnu (Krishna), Shiva, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Parvati (Durga, Kali), Ganesha, Indra, Varuna, Yama

### Hurrian

* Notable members: Kumarbi, Teshub, Hebat, Shaushka, Shimige, Kušuḫ, Allani, Ishara, Kubaba, Sharruma, Pinikir

### Inca

* Notable members: Viracocha, Pachamama, Inti, Mama Quilla

### Indonesian

* Notable members: Acintya, Batara Kala, Hainuwele

### Inuit

* Notable members: Sedna, Malina, Igaluk, Torngarsuk

### Irish

* Notable members: Dagda, Brigid, Morrígan, Lugh, Nuada, Ogma, Dian Cecht, Manannán mac Lir

### Japanese (Shinto)

* Notable members: Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, Izanagi, Izanami

### Luwian

* Notable members: Tarḫunz, Runtiya, Tiwaz

### Mapuche

* Notable members: Coi Coi-Vilu, Ten Ten-Vilu

### Roman

* Notable members: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Vesta, Ceres, Dīs Pater (Pluto), Venus, Mars, Vulcan, Bellona, Juventas, Minerva, Mercury, Apollo, Diana, Bacchus, Janus

### Sámi

* Notable members: Radien, Tiermes, Horagalles, Beaivi, Áhčešeatni, Bieggagállis, the áhkká-goddesses, Madder-Attje, Miχ-Imi, Ja- Neba, Leaibeolmmái, Jábmiidáhkká, Ruotta

### Slavic

* Notable members: Perun, Veles, Svarog, Stribog, Dazhbog, Mokosh, Khors, Simargl, Jarilo, Morana

### Sumerian

* Notable members: An, Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag, Nanna, Utu, Inanna, Ninurta, Ereshkigal, Nergal, Dumuzid, Iškur, Ki, Lahmu, Ninsun, Bau, Nanaya, Ninlil, Nisaba, Gibil, Nanshe, Ningishzida

### Urartian

* Notable members: Haldi, Arubani, Shivini, Theispas, Hutuini, Selardi

### Zoroastrian

* Notable members: Ahura Mazda, Ahriman, Mithra

## Gallery

The Mesopotamian Gods Ishtar and EaThe Egyptian God Osiris, Anubis and HorusThe Greek Gods Apollo, Zeus and Hera
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