Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Norns
Scandinavia
The Norns are a group of deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. The Norns ar…
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Research Index
Gods on Earth
An archive of 3,493 gods, deified rulers, and mythological figures across civilizations — from living gods of Egypt to the dying gods of antiquity.
Nortia
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Nortia
Ancient Rome
Nortia is the Latinized name of the Etruscan goddess Nurtia, whose sphere of influence was time, fate, destiny, and chan…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Nótt
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Night, is a goddess and personification of the night. In both the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Notus
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology and religion, Notus is the god of the south wind and one of the Anemoi (wind-gods), sons of the dawn …
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Novensiles
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Novensiles
Ancient Rome
In ancient Roman religion, the dii Novensiles or Novensides are collective deities of obscure significance found in insc…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Nox (goddess)
Ancient Rome
In Greek mythology, Nyx is the goddess and personification of the night. In Hesiod's Theogony, she is the offspring of …
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Nü Tofu
China
Nü Tofu is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Nuada Airgetlám
Iron Age Europe
In Irish mythology, Nuada or Nuadu, known by the epithet Airgetlám, was the first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He is a…
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Nüba
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Nüba
China
Nüba is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Nuckelavee
Iron Age Europe
The nuckelavee or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. If o…
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Numen
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Numen
Ancient Rome
Numen is a Latin term for "divinity", "divine presence", or "divine will". The Latin authors defined it as follows: Cic…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Numicus
Ancient Greece
The Numicus was a river of ancient Latium which flowed into the sea between the towns of Lavinium and Ardea. According …
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Numushda
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Numushda
Ancient Mesopotamia
Numushda was a Mesopotamian god best known as the tutelary deity of Kazallu. The origin of his name is unknown, and mig…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Nun (god)
Ancient Egypt
Nun or Nu, in ancient Egyptian religion, is the personification of the primordial watery abyss which existed at the time…
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Nunakawahime
Japanese300 CE – present
Nunakawahime
Japan
Nunakawahime is a Shinto goddess.
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Nunbarsegunu
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Nunbarsegunu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Nunbarsegunu is an obscure mother goddess and goddess of barley in Mesopotamian mythology. Mentioned in creation texts …
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Nungal
Ancient Mesopotamia
Nungal, also known as Manungal and possibly Bēlet-balāṭi, was the Mesopotamian goddess of prisons, sometimes also associ…
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Nunura
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Nunura
Ancient Mesopotamia
Nunura was a Mesopotamian god regarded as a divine potter. He was also associated with apotriopaic magic and exorcisms,…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Nupatik
Ancient Mesopotamia
Nupatik, in early sources known as Lubadag, was a Hurrian god of uncertain character. He is attested in the earliest in…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Nuska
Ancient Mesopotamia
Nuska or Nusku, possibly also known as Našuḫ, was a Mesopotamian god best attested as the sukkal of Enlil. He was also …
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Nusku
Ancient Mesopotamia
Nuska or Nusku, possibly also known as Našuḫ, was a Mesopotamian god best attested as the sukkal of Enlil. He was also …
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Nut (goddess)
Ancient Egypt
Nut, also known by various other transcriptions, is the goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy, and the u…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Nüwa
Asia
Nüwa, also read Nügua, is a mother goddess, culture hero, and/or member of the Three Sovereigns of Chinese mythology. S…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Nymph
Ancient Greece
A nymph is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses, nymphs are gener…
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Nymphe (Hora)
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Nymphe (Hora)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Nymphe or Nympha, was the fifth Hora (Hour) who presided over the morning hour of ablutions.
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Nymphs
Ancient Greece
A nymph is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses, nymphs are gener…
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Nysiads
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Nysiads
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, the Nysiads or Nysiades were Oceanid nymphs of mythical Mount Nysa. Zeus entrusted the infant god D…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Nyx
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Nyx is the goddess and personification of the night. In Hesiod's Theogony, she is the offspring of …
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Ọba (orisha)
Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ọba (orisha)
West Africa
Ọbà is the orisha of the River Oba, the source of which lies near Igbon, where her worship originates. During the wars …
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Obalufon Alayemore
West Africa
Obalufon Alayemore, also referenced as Ọbalùfọ̀n II or just Alayemore, was the Third Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditiona…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Oceanid
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides are the nymphs who were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Oceanids
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides are the nymphs who were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Oceanus
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Oceanus or Okeanos was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), and the god…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Odin
Scandinavia
Odin is a widely revered god in Norse mythology and Germanic paganism. Most surviving information on Odin comes from No…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Odinala
Ancient Persia
Odinani, also known as Odinala, Omenala, Odinana, and Omenana, is the traditional cultural belief and practice of the Ig…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Odissi
Indian subcontinent
Odissi also referred to as Orissi in old literature, oldest surviving classical dance of India, is a major ancient India…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Óðr
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Óðr or Óð, anglicized as Ódr or Ód, is a god associated with desire, passion and inspiration. The P…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Odu Ifa
West Africa
The Odu Ifá, also called the Ifa Literary Corpus is a large collection of allegorical and literal historical proverbs, p…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Oduduwa
West Africa
Odùduwà was a Yoruba divine king, an Oriṣa in the Yoruba religion, and the progenitor who ushered in the classical perio…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ogdoad (Egyptian)
Ancient Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, the Ogdoad were eight primordial deities worshiped in Hermopolis.
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Ogma
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Ogma
Iron Age Europe
Ogma is a god from Irish and Scottish mythology. A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, he is often considered a deity and m…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Ogmios
Iron Age Europe
Ogmios is the name given to a Celtic god of eloquence described in Heracles, a c. 175 CE work of the Syrian satirist Lu…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Ognyena Maria
Early Slavs
In Slavic mythology, Ognyena Maria is a fire goddess who is the sister and assistant of the thunder god, Perun. Ognyena…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ogun
West Africa
Ogun is a major Orisha in the Yoruba religion that is also adopted in several other African religions. Ògún is revered …
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Oisín
Iron Age Europe
Oisín, Osian, Ossian, or anglicized as Osheen was regarded in legend as the greatest poet of Ireland, a warrior of the F…
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Oizys
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Oizys
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Oizys, or Oezys (Οἰζύς), is the personification of pain or distress. In Hesiod's Theogony, Oizys is…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Okinoshima (Fukuoka)
Japan
Okinoshima is an island off the coast of Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan. It is considered sacred land by the local Munakata T…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Oko (orisha)
West Africa
Òrìṣà Oko, also known as Ocô in Brazil, is an Orisha worshipped in the Yoruba religion. According to tradition, before …
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ōkuninushi
Japan
Ōkuninushi, also known as Ō(a)namuchi or Ō(a)namochi among other variants, is a kami in Japanese mythology. He is one o…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Old Man of the South Pole
China
The Old Man of the South Pole, also called the Old Immortal of the South Pole, Xian of Longevity, or Star of Longevity, …
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Olethros
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Olethros
Ancient Greece
In Ancient Greek mythology, Olethros was the Greek concept or personification of "havoc" or "ruin".
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Olokun
Yoruba500 BCE – present
Olokun
West Africa
Olokun is an orisha in Yoruba religion. Olokun is the deity of the bottom of the ocean and is believed to be the parent…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ọlọrun
West Africa
Ọlọrun is the ruler of the Heavens, creator of the universe, and the Supreme Deity or Supreme Being in the Yoruba religi…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Olumo Rock
West Africa
Olumo Rock is a mountain in south-western Nigeria. It is located in the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State, and was normally …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Om
Indian subcontinent
Om is a polysemous symbol representing a sacred sound, seed syllable, mantra, and invocation in Hinduism as well as in o…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Om Namo Narayanaya
Indian subcontinent
Om Namo Narayanaya, also referred to as the Ashtakshara, and the Narayana Mantra, is among the most popular mantras of H…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Omacatl
Aztec Empire
Tezcatlipoca or Tezcatl Ipoca was a central deity in Aztec religion. He is associated with a variety of concepts, inclu…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Omecihuatl
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Tōnacācihuātl was a creator and goddess of fertility, worshiped for peopling the earth and making it…
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Etruscan900 BCE – 100 BCE
Omen
Etruria
An omen is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Ōmeteōtl
Aztec Empire
Ōmeteōtl ("Two-God") is a name used to refer to the pair of Aztec deities Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, also known as Tōna…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Ometochtli
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Ometochtli is the collective or generic name of various individual deities and supernatural figures …
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Omizunu
Japanese300 CE – present
Omizunu
Japan
Omizunu, also known as Yatsukamizu Omitsuno (八束水巨津野) was a Japanese deity, the great-great-grandson of Susanoo-no-Mikoto…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Omnipresence
Ancient Egypt
Omnipresence or ubiquity is the attribute of being present anywhere and everywhere. The term omnipresence is most often…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Omniscience
Ancient Egypt
Omniscience is the property of possessing maximal knowledge. In Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and the Abrahamic religions…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Omoikane
Japan
Omoikane is a Shinto Kami of wisdom and intelligence. His name means "having the wisdom and thoughtfulness of many peop…
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Ōmononushi
Japanese300 CE – present
Ōmononushi
Japan
Ōmononushi is a kami in Japanese mythology associated with Mount Miwa in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. He is closely linked…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Oneiros
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, dreams were sometimes personified as Oneiros or Oneiroi. In the Iliad of Homer, Zeus sends an Oneir…
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Oneness Pentecostalism
Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Oneness Pentecostalism
Ancient Persia
Oneness Pentecostalism is a nontrinitarian movement of Pentecostal Christianity that emphasizes the absolute oneness of …
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Onuris
Ancient Egypt
In Ancient Egyptian mythology, Onuris was a god of war who was worshipped in the Egyptian area of Abydos, and particular…
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Ophion (god)
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Ophion (god)
Ancient Greece
In some versions of Greek mythology, Ophion, also called Ophioneus (Ὀφιονεύς) ruled the world with Eurynome before the t…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Opochtli
Aztec Empire
Opochtli was one of the gods of the Aztec pantheon. He was considered the god of fishing and hunting, and commonly seen…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Ops
Ancient Rome
In ancient Roman religion, Ops, also spelled Opes or Opis, was a fertility and earth goddess of abundance, prosperity, a…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Oracle
Ancient Egypt
An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably includ…
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Orbona
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Orbona
Ancient Rome
Orbona is the Roman goddess who protects parents who are bereaved of their children and parents of ill children. The fi…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Orcus
Ancient Rome
Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Etruscan and Roman mythology. As with Hades, the name of…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Oread
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Oreads or Orestiads are mountain nymphs. They are described as being companions of Artemis, or as b…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Oriṣa
West Africa
Orishas are divine spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the Afric…
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Orithyia
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Orithyia
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia was the name of the following women:Orithyia or Orythya, the Nereid of raging …
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Oronsen
West Africa
Queen Oronsen is an orisha from Yoruba mythology. She was the spouse of Olowo Rerengejen. The annual Igogo festival in…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Orphic Hymns
Ancient Greece
The Orphic Hymns are a collection of eighty-seven ancient Greek hymns addressed to various deities, which were attribute…
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Orphne
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Orphne
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Orphne was a nymph that lived in Hades. She was also known as Styx or Gorgyra. With Acheron, she m…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Orthanes
Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Orthanes or Orthannes is a minor fertility and phallic god worshipped in Athens…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Orthodox Judaism
Ancient Persia
Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chi…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ọrunmila
West Africa
Ọrunmila is one of the most principal deities in the Yoruba religion, venerated as the Orisha of wisdom, knowledge, fate…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Osanyin
West Africa
Ọsanyin (Yoruba: Ọ̀sanyìn, rendered Osaín/Ossain/Ossaím in Latin America, Ague (Age) in Fon) is the orisha who has the o…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Oshosi
West Africa
Oshosi is an Orisha of the Yoruba religion in West Africa and subsequently in Brazil and Cuba.
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Oshun
West Africa
Oshun is the orisha associated with love, sexuality, fertility, femininity, water, destiny, divination, purity, wealth, …
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Oshunmare
West Africa
Oshumare is an Orisha. Oshumare is the divine serpent spirit of the rainbow.
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Osiris
Ancient Egypt
Osiris was the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egy…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Osiris myth
Ancient Egypt
The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder of th…
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Ourea
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Ourea
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, the Ourea were the parthenogenetic offspring of Gaia (Earth), produced alongside Uranus (Sky), and P…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Ovinnik
Early Slavs
The Ovinnik, Joŭnik or Jovnik is a malevolent spirit of the threshing house in Slavic folklore whose name derived from o…
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Oxomoco
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Oxomoco
Aztec Empire
Oxomoco also known as Oxomo is an Aztec deity, the goddess of the night, the astrology and the calendar. Oxomoco and Ci…
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ọya
West Africa
Ọya is one of the principal female deities of the Yoruba pantheon. She is the oriṣa of winds, lightning, and storms and…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Oyamakui no Kami
Japan
Ōyamakui no Kami (大山咋神) is a kami. The Kojiki says they live on Mount Hiei in Ōmi Province or Mount Matsunoo (松尾) in Ya…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ōyamatsumi
Japan
Ōyama-tsumi, also Ōyama-tsumi-mi'oya-no-mikoto (大山祇御祖命), is a god of mountains, sea, and war in Japanese mythology. He …
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Pa-cha
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Pa-cha
China
Pa-cha in late Chinese mythology is the god who protects farmers against locusts by eliminating them. Pa-cha is depicte…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Paantu
Japan
The Paantu festival is an annual festival on the island of Miyako-jima in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture.
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Pabilsaĝ
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Pabilsaĝ
Ancient Mesopotamia
Pabilsaĝ was a Mesopotamian god. Not much is known about his role in Mesopotamian religion, though it is known that he …
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Inca1200 CE – 1533 CE
Pacha Kamaq
Inca Empire
Pachacamac or Pacha Kamaq is the creator god and animator of the entire universe. Likewise, he was the one who controll…
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Inca1200 CE – 1533 CE
Pachamama
Inca Empire
Pachamama or Mama Pacha is the Andean deity representing space-time, revered by the peoples of the Andes. In Inca mytho…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Padma Purana
Indian subcontinent
The Padma Purana is one of the eighteen Major Puranas, a genre of texts in Hinduism. It is an encyclopedic text, named …
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Padmasambhava
Asia
Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, was a semi-legendary tantric Buddhist Vajra master from medieval India, who …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Padmavathi
Indian subcontinent
Padmavati, also known as Alamelu Manga or Alarmel Mangai is a Hindu goddess and the consort of the deity Venkateshwara, …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Padmavati (Hinduism)
Indian subcontinent
Padmavati, also known as Alamelu Manga or Alarmel Mangai is a Hindu goddess and the consort of the deity Venkateshwara, …
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Paean
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Paean
Ancient Greece
A paean or pean is a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving. In classical antiquity, it is usually perfo…
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Paean (god)
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Paean (god)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Paean, Paeëon or Paieon (Παιήων), or Paeon or Paion, was a minor god, a divine physician of the gods…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Painal
Aztec Empire
In Aztec religion, Painal was sometimes interpreted by Spanish colonists as a god (teotl) who served as a representative…
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