Research Index
An archive of 3,493 gods, deified rulers, and mythological figures across civilizations — from living gods of Egypt to the dying gods of antiquity.
North America
The Great Race is a Native American legend surrounding the Red Racetrack, a ring shaped depression surrounding the inter…
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North America
The Great Spirit is an omnipresent supreme life force, generally conceptualized as a supreme being or god, in the tradit…
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Ancient Greece
The primordial deities of Greek mythology are the first generation of gods and goddesses. These deities represented the…
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Ancient Greece
The ancient Greeks had numerous water deities. The philosopher Plato once remarked that the Greek people were like frog…
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Scandinavia
Gríðr often anglicized as Gríd, is a jötunn in Norse mythology. She is the mother of Víðarr the Silent and the consort …
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Scandinavia
A grimoire, also known as a book of spells, magic book, or a spellbook, is a textbook of magic, typically including inst…
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China
Guan Ping was a military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
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China
Guan Yu, courtesy name Yunchang, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Easter…
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China
Guang Chengzi is a Taoist deity and a character in the classic Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi.
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China
Guanyin is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Indian subcontinent
The Guardians of the Directions are the deities who rule the specific directions of space according to Hinduism, Jainism…
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Maya civilization
Qʼuqʼumatz was a god of wind and rain of the Postclassic Kʼicheʼ Maya. It was the Feathered Serpent that according to t…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
In Sumerian religion, Gugalanna (𒄞𒃲𒀭𒈾 [GU4. GAL. AN.
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Maya civilization
Qʼuqʼumatz was a god of wind and rain of the Postclassic Kʼicheʼ Maya. It was the Feathered Serpent that according to t…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Gula was a Mesopotamian goddess of medicine, portrayed as a divine physician and midwife. Over the course of the second…
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Scandinavia
Gullveig is a Vanir goddess in Norse mythology associated with the legendary war between the Æsir and Vanir. In the poe…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Gunura was a Mesopotamian goddess, best known as a daughter and member of the entourage of the medicine goddess Ninisina…
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China
Guo Ziyi, posthumously Prince Zhōngwǔ of Fényáng (汾陽忠武王), was a Chinese military general and politician who ended the An…
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Indian subcontinent
Guruvayurappan also rendered as Guruvayoorappan, is a form of Vishnu worshipped mainly in Kerala, India. He is the pres…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Kusibanda (Kusigbanda), also known under the disputed older reading of the name, Guškinbanda, was a Mesopotamian god reg…
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Iron Age Europe
The gwyllgi is a mythical dog from Wales that appears as a frightful apparition of a mastiff or black wolf with baleful …
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Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Gyllir is a horse listed in both Grímnismál and Gylfaginning among the steeds ridden by the gods eac…
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Scandinavia
Gymir is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is the spouse of Aurboða, and the father of the beautiful jötunn Gerðr, who ma…
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Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Gymnastica or Gymnasia, was the fourth Hora (Hour) who presided over the morning hour of education, …
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Early Slavs
*H₂éwsōs or *Haéusōs, romanized as Hausos, is the reconstructed name of the dawn goddess in Proto-Indo-European mytholog…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Ḫabūrītum (dḫa-bu-ri-tum) was a goddess of the river Khabur worshiped in ancient Syria. She was incorporated into the M…
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Japan
Hachiman , formerly known in Shinto as Yawata, is the syncretic divinity of archery and war, incorporating elements from…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Hadad, Haddad, Adad, or Iškur (Sumerian) was the storm- and rain-god in the Canaanite and ancient Mesopotamian religions…
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Ancient Greece
Hades, in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and riches and the King of the underworld, wi…
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Iron Age Europe
Hafren is a legendary princess and Goddess in Welsh mythology. The earliest version of her story appears circa. 1136 i…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Earth and Heaven were worshiped by various Hurrian communities in the Ancient Near East. While considered to be a part …
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Scandinavia
The hamingja was a type of female guardian spirit in Norse mythology. It was believed that she accompanied a person and…
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Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are a pair of horses who sired Hófvarpnir, the horse ridden by the goddess G…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
In Sumerian and Akkadian mythology Hanbi or Hanpa was the lord of evil, lord of all evil forces (Udug) and the father of…
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Indian subcontinent
Hanuman, also known as Maruti, Bajrangabali, and Anjaneya, is a deity in Hinduism, revered as a divine vanara, and a dev…
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Ancient Persia
Haoma is a divine plant in Zoroastrianism and in later Persian culture and mythology. Haoma has its origins in Indo-Ira…
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Ancient Egypt
Hapi was the god of the annual flooding of the Nile in ancient Egyptian religion. The flood deposited rich silt on the …
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Ancient Egypt
Horus, also known as Heru, Har, Her, or Hor in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities…
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Ancient Persia
Haredi Judaism is a sector of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources a…
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Indian subcontinent
Hari is among the primary epithets of the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu, meaning 'the one who takes away' (sins). It ref…
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Scandinavia
Hariasa is a Germanic goddess. Hariasa is attested on a stone bearing a Latin dedication to her. The stone was found i…
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Indian subcontinent
Haridasa Thakur was a Vaishnava saint known for playing a part in the initial propagation of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. He is…
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Indian subcontinent
Harihara is the dual representation of the Hindu deities Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara). Harihara is also known as Shan…
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Indian subcontinent
Harishankari is a composite manifestation of the goddesses Lakshmi and Parvati, primarily ventured in Nepal. This conce…
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China
Hariti is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Ancient Egypt
Horus, also known as Heru, Har, Her, or Hor in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities…
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Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Harmonia is the goddess of harmony and concord. Her Greek opposite is Eris and her Roman counterpar…
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Ancient Egypt
Harpocrates is the god of silence, secrets, confidentiality and a protector of reputations in the Hellenistic religion d…
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Ancient Greece
In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy is a half-human and half-bird mythical creature, often believed to be a personific…
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Indian subcontinent
Harsidhhi, one of the aspects of Durga, is a regional Hindu goddess, popular in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, adjoining Mahar…
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Ancient Egypt
Harsomtus was an ancient Egyptian child god with main cult places at Dendera and Edfu. This less-known deity was worshi…
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Ancient Egypt
Hathor was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the…
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Ancient Egypt
Hatmehit or Hatmehyt was an Ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the city in the Nile Delta known as Djedet or Mende…
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Polynesia
Haumia-tiketike is the god of all uncultivated vegetative food in Māori mythology. He is particularly associated with t…
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Ancient Levant
Hauron, Horon, Haurun or Hawran was an ancient Egyptian god worshiped in Giza. He was closely associated with Harmachis…
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Ancient Persia
Haurvatat is the Avestan language word for the Zoroastrian concept of "wholeness" or "perfection. " In post-Gathic Zoroa…
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West Africa
Hausa animism, Maguzanci or Bori is a pre-Islamic traditional religion of the Hausa people of West Africa that involves …
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Haya was a Mesopotamian god associated with scribal arts and possibly with grain. He was considered to be husband of Ni…
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Indian subcontinent
Hayagriva is a Hindu deity, the horse-headed avatar of Vishnu. The purpose of this incarnation was to slay a danava als…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Earth and Heaven were worshiped by various Hurrian communities in the Ancient Near East. While considered to be a part …
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China
He Xiangu is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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China
He-He Er Xian, translated as the Immortals of Harmony and Union and as the Two gods of Harmony and Union, are two Taoist…
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Ancient Greece
Hecate is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, or snake…
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Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Hecaterus or Hekateros was a minor god and the father of five daughters by the daughter of Phoroneus…
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Ancient Egypt
Hededet or Hedjedjet (ḥdd. t) is a scorpion goddess of the ancient Egyptian religion. She resembles Serket in many ways…
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Ancient Egypt
Hedjet was the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. After the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, it was combined wi…
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Ancient Egypt
Hedjhotep was a minor ancient Egyptian deity, a god of fabrics and clothes and, to a lesser extent, of weaving and the d…
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Ancient Greece
Hedone is the Greek word meaning "pleasure". It was an important concept in Ancient Greek philosophy, especially in the…
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Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion, Hegemone was, according to the geographer Pausanias, the name given to one of the two Charite…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Ḫegir (𒀭𒃶𒄈) or Ḫegirnunna (𒀭𒃶𒄈𒉣𒈾) was a Mesopotamian goddess who belonged to the pantheon of Lagash. She was co…
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Ancient Egypt
Hẹh was the personification of infinity or eternity in the Ogdoad in ancient Egyptian religion. His name originally mea…
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China
The Heibai Wuchang, literally "Black and White Impermanence", are two deities in Chinese folk religion in charge of esco…
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China
Hēidì or Hēishén, who is the Běidì or Běiyuèdàdì, is a deity in Chinese religion, one of the cosmological "Five Forms of…
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Ancient Greece
Heimarmene or Himarmene is a goddess and being of fate/destiny in Greek mythology. She belongs to a family of similar b…
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Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Heimdall is a god. He is the son of Odin and nine sisters. Heimdall keeps watch for invaders and t…
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Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Heimdall is a god. He is the son of Odin and nine sisters. Heimdall keeps watch for invaders and t…
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Ancient Egypt
Heka was the deification of magic and medicine in ancient Egypt. The name is the Egyptian word for "magic". According …
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Ancient Egypt
Heka was the deification of magic and medicine in ancient Egypt. The name is the Egyptian word for "magic". According …
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Scandinavia
Hel is a female being in Norse mythology who is said to preside over an underworld realm of the same name, where she rec…
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Ancient Rome
Helernus, also known as Alernus, was an Archaic Roman deity. Very little is known of this god; not even his name is ful…
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Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios is the god who personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Heliu…
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Ancient Persia
In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punishment after …
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Indian subcontinent
Hemadryambha is the golden goddess regarded as the grāmadevatā of the Bannur municipal town region located next to the K…
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Ancient Egypt
Hemen is a falcon god in the Ancient Egyptian religion.
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Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Hemera was the personification of day. According to Hesiod, she was the daughter of Erebus (Darknes…
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Ancient Egypt
Hemhem crown was an ancient Egyptian ceremonial headgear. The hemhem crown consisted of three atefs, two uraei, two ram…
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Ancient Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, The ḥmswt were the goddesses of fate and protection. They are representative of the Ka.
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Hendursaga, also spelled Hendursanga or Endursaga was a Mesopotamian god. He was regarded as a divine night watchman. …
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Ancient Egypt
Henet or the Pelican is the Ancient Egyptian goddess of pelicans. She is mentioned in the Pyramid Texts.
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China
Heng and Ha are the two wrathful vajra-wielding warriors who stand at the entrances of most Chinese Buddhist temples.
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Ancient Egypt
A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as wind is nothing more than movi…
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Early Slavs
Hennil or Bendil is an alleged agrarian Slavic god worshipped by the Polabian Slavs. He was mentioned by Bishop Thietma…
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Ancient Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, the hennu boat or Sokar barque was a symbol of the god Seker of Memphis. Depending on the era or…
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Ancient Egypt
Henotheism is the worship of a single, supreme god that does not deny the existence or possible existence of other deiti…
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Ancient Greece
Hephaestus is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture, …
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Ancient Egypt
Heqet, sometimes spelled Heket, is an Egyptian goddess of fertility, identified with Hathor, represented in the form of …
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Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion, Hera is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbi…
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Ancient Greece
Heracles, born Alcaeus or Alcides, was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son…
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Heracles, born Alcaeus or Alcides, was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son…
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Etruria
In Etruscan religion, Hercle, the son of Tinia and Uni, was a version of the Greek Heracles, depicted as a muscular figu…
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Scandinavia
Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical…
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Scandinavia
Hercules Magusanus is a Romano-Germanic deity or hero worshipped during the early first millennium AD in the Lower Rhine…
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Ancient Egypt
Hermanubis is a Graeco-Egyptian god who conducts the souls of the dead to the underworld. He is a syncretism of Hermes …
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Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hermaphroditus is a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. Because Hermaphroditus was …
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Ancient Egypt
Hermes is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods. He is also widel…
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Ancient Egypt
Hermes Trismegistus is a legendary Hellenistic period figure that originated as a syncretic combination of the Greek god…
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Ancient Egypt
The Hermetica are texts attributed to the legendary Hellenistic figure Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic combination of t…
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Ancient Egypt
Hermeticism, or Hermetism, is a philosophical and religious tradition rooted in the teachings attributed to Hermes Trism…
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