Gods on Earth

Kharijites

Ancient Persia

The Kharijites were an Islamic sect which emerged during the First Fitna (656–661). The first Kharijites were supporter…

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Khemukhi

Khemukhi

Indian subcontinent

Khemukhi is the name of one of the 64 yoginis, which was a secret and esoteric female cult between the 9th and 13th cent…

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Khensit

Khensit

Ancient Egypt

In Egyptian mythology, Khensit, which means "placenta", was the patron goddess of the twentieth nome of Lower Egypt. Kh…

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Khensu

Ancient Egypt

Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian god of the Moon. His name means 'traveller', and this may relate to the perceived nightly…

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Khenti-Amentiu

Khenti-Amentiu

Ancient Egypt

Khenti-Amentiu, also Khentiamentiu, Khenti-Amenti, Kenti-Amentiu and many other spellings, is an ancient Egyptian deity …

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Khenti-kheti

Ancient Egypt

In Egyptian mythology, Khenti-kheti, was a crocodile-god, though he was later represented as a falcon-god. His name mea…

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Khepri

Ancient Egypt

Khepri is a scarab-faced god in ancient Egyptian religion who represents the rising or morning sun. By extension, he ca…

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Khereduankh

Ancient Egypt

Khereduankh is a goddess who is credited as being the mother of Imhotep in Late Period and Ptolemaic Period Ancient Egyp…

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Kherty

Ancient Egypt

Kherty is an ancient Egyptian deity. Despite being archaeologically attested since the early 2nd Dynasty, his original …

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Khnum

Ancient Egypt

Khnum, also romanised Khnemu, was one of the earliest-known Egyptian deities in Upper Egypt, originally associated with …

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Khodiyar

Indian subcontinent

Khoḍiyār is a Hindu folk goddess worshiped in Gujarat and Rajasthan states in India.

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Khonsu

Ancient Egypt

Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian god of the Moon. His name means 'traveller', and this may relate to the perceived nightly…

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Khors

Early Slavs

Khors is a Slavic god of uncertain functions mentioned since the 12th century. Generally interpreted as a sun god, some…

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Khvarenah

Ancient Persia

Khvarenah (Avestan: 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵, romanized: xvarənah), also spelled khwarenah or xwarra(h), in New Persian Farr, is a…

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Khyati

Khyati

Indian subcontinent

Khyati is one of the 24 daughters of Daksha, born to his wife Prasuti. Her father is regarded to have another 62 from h…

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Ki (goddess)

Ki (goddess)

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ki was the earth goddess in Sumerian religion, chief consort of the sky god An. In some legends, Ki and An were brother…

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Kihawahine

Polynesia

Kihawahine is a Hawaiian shapeshifting lizard goddess (moʻo). When Kihawahine Mokuhinia Kalamaʻula Kalāʻaiheana, the da…

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Kikimora

Early Slavs

Kikimora is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology. Her role in the house is usually juxtapose…

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Kikurihime

Japan

Kikurihime no Kami (菊理媛神), also Kikurihime no Mikoto (菊理媛命), is a Japanese Shinto goddess venerated as Shirayama Hime (白…

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Kilili

Ancient Mesopotamia

In ancient Mesopotamian religion, Kilili, ki. li. li; was a female demon of Sumerian origin, likely associated with owls…

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Kimpurushas

Kimpurushas

Indian subcontinent

The kimpurushas are a race of beings featured in Hindu literature, described as possessing the bodies of human beings an…

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Kindazi

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kindazi was a minor Sumerian god. He was a "divine barber" and an acolyte of god Ningirsu.

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King Father of the East

China

King Father of the East, also known as Dongwanggong (東王公), is the tutelary deity of the Taoist immortals. Legends say t…

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King of the gods

Ancient Mesopotamia

As polytheistic systems evolve, there is a tendency for one deity to achieve preeminence as king of the gods, for exampl…

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King of the Gods

Polynesia

As polytheistic systems evolve, there is a tendency for one deity to achieve preeminence as king of the gods, for exampl…

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Kingu

Kingu

Ancient Mesopotamia

Qingu was a Mesopotamian god. He is best known from the Enūma Eliš, where he acts as a subordinate and spouse of Tiamat…

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Kinich Ahau

Maya civilization

Kinich Ahau is the 16th-century Yucatec name of the Maya sun god, designated as God G when referring to the codices. In…

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Kippat-māti

Kippat-māti

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kippat-māti or Kippatu was a Mesopotamian goddess. She is almost exclusively attested in Neo-Assyrian state rituals. I…

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Kiririsha

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kiririsha was a major goddess worshiped in Elam, referred to as "mother of gods" in some texts.

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Kishar

Ancient Mesopotamia

In the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, Kishar is the daughter of Lahamu and Lahmu, the first children of Tiamat and Abzu. …

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Kisshōten

Indian subcontinent

Śrīmahādevī,, also known as Lakshmi, is a devi in Mahayana Buddhism. She is particularly respected in East Asian Buddhi…

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Kisumimi

Kisumimi

Japan

Kisumimi-no-mikoto is a character in Japanese mythology, a male deity and the son of the first Emperor Jimmu. He is the…

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Kitchen God

China

The kitchen deity – also known as the Stove God, named Zao Jun, Zao Shen, Zao kimjah, Cokimjah or Zhang Lang – is the mo…

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Kitītum

Kitītum

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kitītum was a Mesopotamian goddess closely associated with Tell Ishchali. Her name was derived from the oldest known na…

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Kitsune

Japan

The kitsune , in popular Japanese folklore, is a fox or fox spirit which possesses the supernatural ability to shapeshif…

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Kittum

Kittum

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kittum, also known as Niĝgina, was a Mesopotamian goddess who was regarded as the embodiment of truth. She belonged to …

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Kneph

Ancient Egypt

Kneph, also as Kmeph, is a god and motif of divinity in ancient Egyptian religious art, variously represented as a winge…

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Koalemos

Koalemos

Ancient Greece

It's commonly believed that, in Greek mythology, Koalemos is the deity or daemon of stupidity, found in a play by Aristo…

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Kodama (spirit)

Japan

Kodama are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees. The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama su…

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Kōjin

Japan

Kōjin, also known as Sambō-Kōjin or Sanbō-Kōjin , is the Japanese kami (god) of fire, the hearth and the kitchen. He is…

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Kolanthes

Ancient Egypt

Kolanthes or Kolanthes the Child is a child deity from the late period of ancient Egyptian religion. He has been docume…

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Kolaramma

Indian subcontinent

Kolaramma is the presiding deity of the town of Kolar in Karnataka, India. The Kolaramma temple is thousand years old a…

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Koliada (deity)

Early Slavs

Koliada or Koleda is a Slavic pseudo-deity, a personification of the newborn winter Sun and symbol of the New Year's cyc…

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Konohanachiru-hime

Konohanachiru-hime

Japan

Konohanachiru-hime is a Japanese goddess.

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Konohanasakuya-hime

Japan

Konohanasakuya-hime is the kami of Mount Fuji and all volcanoes in Japanese mythology; she is also the 'blossom princess…

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Koptos colossi

Ancient Egypt

The Koptos colossi, or Coptos colossi, are a series of three monumental statues, now in the Ashmolean Museum and the Cai…

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Korravai

Korravai

Indian subcontinent

Kotravai, is the Tamil goddess of war and victory. She is also a mother goddess and the goddess of fertility, agricultu…

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Korybantes

Korybantes

Ancient Greece

According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes, also spelled Corybantes or Corybants, were the armed and crested dancers w…

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Kostroma (deity)

Early Slavs

Kostroma is an East Slavic fertility goddess. Her name is derived from костёр (kostyor), the Russian word for "bonfire"…

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Kotavi

Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE

Kotavi

Indian subcontinent

Kotavi is an asuri in Hindu mythology and the tutelary goddess of the race of daityas. She is also identified with the …

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Kothar-wa-Khasis

Kothar-wa-Khasis

Ancient Levant

Kothar-wa-Khasis, also known as Kothar or Hayyānu, was an Ugaritic god regarded as a divine artisan. He could variously…

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Kotharat

Kotharat

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kotharat were a group of seven goddesses associated with conception, pregnancy, birth and marriage, worshiped chiefly in…

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Kotoamatsukami

Kotoamatsukami

Japan

In Shinto, Kotoamatsukami is the collective name for the first gods which came into existence at the time of the creatio…

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Kotoshironushi

Japan

Kotoshironushi (事代主神), also known as Yae Kotoshironushi no kami (八重言代主神), is a Shinto kami.

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Kouretes

Kouretes

Ancient Greece

According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes, also spelled Corybantes or Corybants, were the armed and crested dancers w…

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Kourotrophos

Ancient Greece

Kourotrophos is the name that was given in ancient Greece to gods and goddesses whose properties included their ability …

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Kresnik (deity)

Early Slavs

Kresnik is a Slavic god associated with fire, the summer solstice, and storms. His mythical home, a sacred mountain at …

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Krishna

Indian subcontinent

Krishna also known as Govinda, Madhava, Gopala and other names and titles is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshippe…

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Krishnaism

Ancient Persia

Krishnaism is a term used in scholarly circles to describe large group of independent Hindu traditions—sampradayas relat…

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Krishnananda Saraswati

Indian subcontinent

Swami Krishnananda Saraswati (IAST: Swāmī Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī, 25 April 1922 – 23 November 2001) was a disciple of Siva…

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Krodo

Early Slavs

Krodo was a purported Germanic god of the Saxons, according to the 1492 Saxon Chronicle incunable probably written by th…

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Krsnik (vampire hunter)

Krsnik (vampire hunter)

Early Slavs

In Slavic mythology, a krsnik or kresnik is a type of vampire hunter and a shaman whose spirit wanders from the body in …

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Kshatra Vairya

Ancient Persia

Kshatra Vairya is one of the great seven "Amesha Spenta" of Ahura Mazda in the Zoroastrian religion.

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Kshetrapala

Indian subcontinent

Kshetrapala is a guardian deity featured in Indian religions primarily tasked with the protection of a specific territor…

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Kṣitigarbha

Kṣitigarbha

Asia

Kṣitigarbha is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk. His name…

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Kū

Polynesia

In Hawaiian religion, Kū is one of the four great gods. The other three are Kanaloa, Kāne, and Lono. Some feathered go…

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Kubera

Indian subcontinent

Kubera also known as Kuvera, Kuber and Kuberan, is the god of wealth, and the god-king of the semi-divine yakshas in Hin…

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Kubjika

Indian subcontinent

Kubjika is the primary deity of Kubjikāmata, a sect of non-Siddhāntika mantra marga sect. The worship of Kubjikā as one…

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Kūbu

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kūbu were a class of supernatural beings in ancient Mesopotamian religion. They were believed to be the ghosts of still…

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Kuebiko

Japan

Kuebiko (久延毘古) is the Shinto kami of folk wisdom, knowledge and agriculture, and is represented in Japanese mythology as…

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Kuhimana (god)

Kuhimana (god)

Polynesia

In Hawaiian mythology, Kuhimana was a god of soothsayers.

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Kui Xing

China

Kuixing, or Kui Xing, is translated as "Chief Star" and is the deification of the Pole Star. He is said to be the helpe…

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Kuimulang

China

Kuimulang is a deity in traditional Chinese spiritual beliefs. He is considered to be one of the 28 Mansions, which are…

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Kukulcan

Maya civilization

Kukulkan, also spelled K’uk’ulkan, is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumat…

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Kukulkan

Maya civilization

Kukulkan, also spelled K’uk’ulkan, is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumat…

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Kukuraja

Kukuraja

Asia

Kukuraja was a mahasiddha within the lineages of Esoteric Buddhism and he was contemporaneous with Indrabhuti of Sahor a…

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Kuladevata

Indian subcontinent

A kuladevata, also known as a kuladaivaṃ, is an ancestral tutelary deity in Hinduism and Jainism.

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Kulla (god)

Kulla (god)

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kulla, inscribed in cuneiform as dSIG4, where SIG4 was the Sumerogram for the Akkadian word libittu, meaning “brick,” wa…

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Kumarbi

Kumarbi

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kumarbi, also known as Kumurwe, Kumarwi and Kumarma, was a Hurrian god. He held a senior position in the Hurrian panthe…

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Kumari (goddess)

Indian subcontinent

The Kumari, also known as the Living Goddess, is a centuries‑old tradition in Nepal in which a prepubescent girl from th…

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Kumbhanda

Asia

A kumbhāṇḍa (Sanskrit) or kumbhaṇḍa (Pāli) is one of a group of dwarfish, misshapen spirits among the lesser deities of …

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Kunado-no-Kami

Japan

Kunado-no-Kami, alternately Kunato-no-Kami, Funado-no-Kami, Funato-no-Kami, or Chimata-no-Kami, are Japanese local gods …

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Kuni-no-Tokotachi

Japan

In Shinto faith, Kuninotokotachi (国之常立神; Kuninotokotachi-no-Kami, in Kojiki) (国常立尊; Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto, in Nihon …

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Kunitama

Kunitama

Japan

Kunitama (国魂) is a type of kami or god who acts as a tutelary deity or guardian of a province of Japan or sometimes othe…

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Kupala

Early Slavs

Kupala or Kupalo is an alleged Slavic deity who was first mentioned in the 17th century and compared to the Greek goddes…

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Kurma

Indian subcontinent

Kurma, is the second avatar of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu. Originating in Vedic literature such as the Yajurveda…

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Kurma Purana

Indian subcontinent

The Kurma Purana is one of the eighteen Mahapurana, and a medieval era text of Hinduism. The text is named after the to…

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Kurukullā

Asia

Kurukullā is a female, peaceful to semi-wrathful Yidam in Tibetan Buddhism particularly associated with rites of magneti…

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Kurupuram

Indian subcontinent

Kurupuram, also known as Kuruvapur, Kurugadda, or Kurugaddi is a holy place associated with Shripad Shri Vallabha who is…

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Kus (god)

Kus (god)

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kus is a god of herdsmen in Sumerian, Babylonian, and Akkadian mythology. He is identified in the Theogony of Dunnu.

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Kusarikku

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kusarikku ("Bull-Man") was an ancient Mesopotamian mythological demon shown in artistic representation from the earliest…

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Kushinadahime

Japan

Kushinadahime (櫛名田比売、くしなだひめ), also known as Kushiinadahime (奇稲田姫、くしいなだひめ) or Inadahime (稲田姫、いなだひめ) among other names, is…

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Kushmanda

Indian subcontinent

Kushmanda is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the creator of the universe, best-known for her act of l…

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Kusibanda

Kusibanda

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kusibanda (Kusigbanda), also known under the disputed older reading of the name, Guškinbanda, was a Mesopotamian god reg…

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Kusu (goddess)

Kusu (goddess)

Ancient Mesopotamia

Kusu was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with purification and with grain. It is not certain which aspect of her char…

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Kvasir

Norse800 CE – 1100 CE

Kvasir

Scandinavia

In Norse mythology, Kvasir was a being born of the saliva of the Æsir and the Vanir, two groups of gods. Extremely wise…

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Kydoimos

Kydoimos

Ancient Greece

In Greek mythology, Kydoimos or Cydoemus was the personification of the din of battle, confusion, uproar and hubbub. He…

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Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ

Maya civilization

Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ is named in Maya inscriptions as the founder and first ruler, kʼul ajaw, of the pre-Columbian Maya…

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Labraid Loingsech

Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE

Labraid Loingsech

Iron Age Europe

Labraid Loingsech, also known as Labraid Lorc, son of Ailill Áine, son of Lóegaire Lorc, was, according to medieval Iris…

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Lactans

Roman750 BCE – 400 CE

Lactans

Ancient Rome

In ancient Roman religion, agricultural deities were thought to care for every aspect of growing, harvesting, and storin…

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Lada (goddess)

Early Slavs

Lada and Lado are alleged Slavic deities. Lada was first mentioned around 1405–1412 in the sermons of Lucas of Wielki K…

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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE

Lady Justice

Ancient Rome

Lady Justice is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are scales, a swo…

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Lady Midday

Early Slavs

Poludnitsa is a mythical character common to the various Slavic countries of Eastern Europe. She is referred to as Połu…

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Lady of Itzan

Lady of Itzan

Maya civilization

Lady of Itzan (7th-century) was a queen of Dos Pilas.

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Lady Xian

Lady Xian

China

Lady Xian is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.

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Lady Yin

China

Lady Yin is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.

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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE

Laetitia (goddess)

Ancient Rome

Laetitia, also spelled Laëtitia deriving from the root word laeta, meaning "happy", "glad", "lucky", "successful", "pros…

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Lagamal