Pizamar
Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Pizamar
Early Slavs
Pizamar is a Slavic deity worshipped on Rügen. His statue was overthrown by the Danes in 1168 together with statues of …
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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.
Planetae
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Planetae
Ancient Greece
The planetae, were the five naked-eye planets known to ancient Greek and Roman astronomers, who assigned them a variety …
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Plutus
Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Plutus is the god and the personification of wealth, and the son of the goddess…
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Podaga
Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Podaga
Early Slavs
Podaga is a Polabian deity who had his statue in a temple in Plön. Mentioned only in Helmold's Chronicle, which does no…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Poena
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Poena or Poine is the spirit of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis, the goddess o…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Poh Seng Tai Tay
China
Poh Seng Tai Tay, also known as Taitokong, is the God of Medicine worshiped among the Hoklo people in Fujian, Taiwan, an…
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Polemos
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Polemos
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Polemos or Polemus was a daemon; a divine personification or embodiment of war. No cult practices o…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Poleramma
Indian subcontinent
Poleramma (Telugu: పోలేరమ్మ) is a Hindu goddess of plague and smallpox. She is predominantly worshipped in the villages…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Polyhymnia
Ancient Greece
Polyhymnia, alternatively Polymnia (Πολύμνια), is, in Greek mythology, the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance and…
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Polymatheia
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Polymatheia
Ancient Greece
Polymatheia in Greek mythology was one of the three Muses recognized at Sicyon, as remarked by Plutarch. Her name liter…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Polytheistic
Ancient Egypt
Polytheism is the belief in or worship of more than one deity, a type of theism; it contrasts with monotheism, the belie…
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Ponos
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Ponos
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Ponos or Ponus is the personification of toil and stress. According to Hesiod's Theogony, "painful"…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Porenut
Early Slavs
Porenut is a god with unknown functions mentioned in only two sources: Gesta Danorum and in Knýtlinga saga. The only hi…
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Porevit
Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Porevit
Early Slavs
Porevit, Porovit or Borovit is a Slavic god with unknown functions mentioned in only two sources: Gesta Danorum and in K…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Poseidon
Ancient Greece
Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthqu…
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Postverta
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Postverta
Ancient Rome
In Roman mythology, Postverta or Postvorta was the goddess of the past and one of the two Carmentes. They were companio…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Potnia
Ancient Greece
Potnia is an Ancient Greek word for "Mistress, Lady" and a title of a goddess. The word was inherited by Classical Gree…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Potnia Theron
Ancient Greece
The Potnia Theron or Mistress of Animals is a widespread motif in ancient art from the Mediterranean world and the ancie…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Prachetas
Indian subcontinent
Prachetas lit. '"the prescient one"' is a term in Hindu mythology with a number of definitions:It is the designation fo…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Prahlada
Indian subcontinent
Prahlada is an asura prince in Hindu scriptures. He is known for his staunch devotion to the preserver deity Vishnu. H…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Prajapati
Indian subcontinent
Prajapati is an important deity in ancient Vedic religion, who is identified with Brahma, the creator god in Hinduism.
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Prajñāpāramitā Devī
Asia
Prajñāpāramitā Devī is a female Buddha that symbolizes and embodies Prajñāpāramitā, the perfection of transcendent wisdo…
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Prana Pratishtha
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Prana Pratishtha
Indian subcontinent
Prana pratishtha is the rite or ceremony by which a murti is consecrated in a Hindu temple. The Sanskrit terms prana me…
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Pranāma
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Pranāma
Indian subcontinent
Pranāma is a form of respectful or reverential salutation before something or another person – usually one's elders, spo…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Prasada
Indian subcontinent
Prasāda, prasad or prasadam is a religious offering in Hinduism. Most often prasada is vegetarian food especially cooke…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Prasuti
Indian subcontinent
Prasuti is the consort of Daksha and mother of many daughters by him, including the goddess Sati. Prasuti is the daught…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Pratyangira
Indian subcontinent
Pratyangira, also called Atharvana Bhadrakali, Narasimhi and Nikumbhala, is a Hindu goddess associated with Shaktism. S…
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Praxidice
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Praxidice
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Praxidice or Praxidike may refer to the following characters:Praxidice was a goddess of enforced jus…
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Praxidike
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Praxidike
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Praxidice or Praxidike may refer to the following characters:Praxidice was a goddess of enforced jus…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Prayer
Ancient Persia
Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communicati…
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Pretakshi Devi
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Pretakshi Devi
Indian subcontinent
Pretākṣī is one of the sixty-four Yoginis in the Shakta-Tantric tradition of Hinduism. The name is a compound of preta …
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Priapus
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Priapus is a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male gen…
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Princess Longji
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Princess Longji
China
Princess Longji is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Pripegala
Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Pripegala
Early Slavs
Pripegala is a god of the Polabian Slavs, mentioned in a 1108 letter by the Magdeburg Bishop Adelgot, calling for a batt…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Prithu
Indian subcontinent
Prithu is a sovereign (chakravarti), featured in the Puranas. According to Hinduism, he is an avatar (incarnation) of t…
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Prithvi
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Prithvi
Indian subcontinent
Prithvi, is the Sanskrit name for the Earth, as well as the name of the goddess-personification of it in Hinduism. The …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Priti (goddess)
Indian subcontinent
Priti, also known as Karnotpala, is a Hindu goddess. She is one of the two consorts of the god of love, Kamadeva, along…
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Proioxis
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Proioxis
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Proioxis was the personification of onrush or pursuit in battle. She and her sister Palioxis (Backr…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Prometheus
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan responsible for creating or aiding humanity in its earliest days. He defied t…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Prometheus Bound
Ancient Greece
Prometheus Bound is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus and thought to have been composed som…
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Promylaia
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Promylaia
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Eunostus was a goddess whose image was set up in mills, and who was believed to keep watch over the …
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Prophasis
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Prophasis
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Prophasis was the personification of excuse. According to Pindar, she was the daughter of Epimetheu…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Prophecy
Ancient Persia
In religion, mythology, and fiction, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person by a supernatural en…
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Prorsa Postverta
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Prorsa Postverta
Ancient Rome
In Roman mythology, Postverta or Postvorta was the goddess of the past and one of the two Carmentes. They were companio…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Proserpina
Ancient Rome
Proserpina or Proserpine is an ancient Roman goddess whose iconography, functions and myths are virtually identical to t…
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Protestantism
Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Protestantism
Ancient Persia
Protestantism is a form of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that …
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Proteus
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early prophetic sea god or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water, one of several d…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Providentia
Ancient Rome
In ancient Roman religion, Providentia is a divine personification of the ability to foresee and make provision. She wa…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Pryderi
Iron Age Europe
Pryderi fab Pwyll is a prominent figure in Welsh mythology, the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon, and king of Dyfed after his f…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Psamathe (Nereid)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Psamathe is a Nereid, one of the fifty daughters of the sea god Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. By Ae…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Pseudea
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Eris is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Psychopomp
Ancient Mesopotamia
Psychopomps are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ptah
Ancient Egypt
Ptah is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god, and a patron deity of craftsmen and architects. In the triad of Memph…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ptah-Patek
Ancient Egypt
Ptah-Patek, or Pataikos, is protective dwarf deity in ancient Egyptian religion that appears primarily on amulets. Many…
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Ptocheia
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Ptocheia
Ancient Greece
Ptocheia or Ptokheia was the ancient Greek female spirit of beggary. She was regarded as a companion of Penia and Amech…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Pudicitia
Ancient Rome
In ancient Roman culture and religion, Pudicitia was a virtue and central concept in Roman sexual ethics. Pudicitia was…
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Pūhaorangi
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Pūhaorangi
Polynesia
According to Māori mythology, Pūhaorangi is a celestial being who descended from the heavens to sleep with the beautiful…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Puja (Hinduism)
Indian subcontinent
Puja is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and h…
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Pulastya
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Pulastya
Indian subcontinent
Pulastya is one of the ten Prajapati, and one of the mind-born sons of Brahma in Hinduism. He is also one of the Saptar…
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Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Pummay
Ancient Levant
Pummay is a putative Phoenician deity of whom little is known. Pummay is attested to primarily in theophoric names, suc…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Pun Tao Kong
China
Pun Tao Kong or Lao Pun Tao Kong is a deity who is highly respected and broadly regarded by overseas Chinese but does no…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Puranas
Indian subcontinent
Puranas are a vast genre of Hindu literature that include a wide range of topics, especially legends and other tradition…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Purandara Dasa
Indian subcontinent
Purandara Dasa (IAST: Purandara Dāsa; was a composer, singer and a Haridasa philosopher from present-day Karnataka, Indi…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Purushottama
Indian subcontinent
Purushottama is an epithet of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu. According to Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the source of moks…
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Pushan
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Pushan
Indian subcontinent
Pushan is a Hindu Vedic solar deity and one of the Adityas. He is the god of meeting. Pushan is responsible for marria…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Pushpanjali
Indian subcontinent
Pushpanjali is an offering of flowers to Hindu deities.
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Putana
Indian subcontinent
In Hinduism, Pūtanā is a rakshasi (demoness) in Hindu mythology, who was killed by the infant-god Krishna. Putana disgu…
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Puti Shushen
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Puti Shushen
China
Puti Shushen is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Puti Zushi
China
Puti Zushi, is a character from the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. The character is believed to be der…
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Etruscan900 BCE – 100 BCE
Pyrgi Tablets
Etruria
The Pyrgi Tablets are three golden plates inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text. They are the …
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Pyroeis
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Pyroeis
Ancient Greece
Pyroeis in ancient Greek religion is the god of the wandering star Areios, identified with the planet Mars.
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Pyrrhichos
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Pyrrhichos
Ancient Greece
Pyrrhichos in Greek mythology is the god of the rustic dance. The word Pyrrhichos translates as 'rustic war dance'.
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Qebehsenuef
Ancient Egypt
The four sons of Horus were a group of four deities in ancient Egyptian religion who were believed to protect the dead i…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Qebui
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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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Qed-her
Ancient Egypt
Qed-her was an ancient Egyptian minor warrior and gate goddess of the underworld.
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Qetesh
Ancient Egypt
Qetesh was a goddess who was incorporated into the ancient Egyptian religion in the late Bronze Age. The Egyptians like…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Qianliyan
China
Qianliyan is a Chinese sea and door god. He usually appears with Shunfeng'er as a guardian of the temples of the sea go…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Qin Shubao
China
Qin Qiong, courtesy name Shubao, better known as Qin Shubao, was a Chinese general who lived in the early Tang dynasty o…
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Qingu
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Qingu
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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Qingxu Daode Zhenjun
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Qingxu Daode Zhenjun
China
Qingxu Daode Zhenjun is a character featured within the famed classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods. He is one …
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Qiongxiao Niangniang
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Qiongxiao Niangniang
China
Qiongxiao Niangniang is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Qos (deity)
Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Qos (deity)
Ancient Levant
Qos also Qaus, or Koze was the national god of the Edomites. He was the Idumean structural parallel to Yahweh. The nam…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Qu Yuan
China
Qu Yuan was a Chinese poet and aristocrat in the State of Chu during the Warring States period. He is known for his pat…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Quakers
Ancient Persia
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, originally known as simply the Society of Friends, a …
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Queen Mother of the West
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Queen Mother of the West
China
Queen Mother of the West is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Queen of heaven (antiquity)
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Queen of heaven (antiquity)
Ancient Rome
Queen of Heaven was a title given to several ancient sky goddesses worshipped throughout the ancient Mediterranean and t…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Quetzalcoatl
Maya civilization
Quetzalcoatl is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Among the Aztecs, he was related to wind, Venus, Sun, merchant…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Quetzalcōātl
Aztec Empire
Quetzalcoatl is a deity in Aztec culture and literature. Among the Aztecs, he was related to wind, Venus, Sun, merchant…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Quirinus
Ancient Rome
In Roman mythology and religion, Quirinus is an early god of the Roman state. In Augustan Rome, Quirinus was also an ep…
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Quiritis
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Quiritis
Ancient Rome
Quiritis was a Sabine (pre-Roman) goddess of motherhood. She was often associated with protection. In later years, Qui…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Qʼuqʼumatz
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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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ra
Ancient Egypt
Ra or Re was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, Ra had bec…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ra-Horakhty
Ancient Egypt
Ra or Re was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, Ra had bec…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Rabisu
Ancient Mesopotamia
In Akkadian mythology the Rabisu, or possibly Rabasa, are vampiric spirits, daimons, or demons. The Rabisu are associat…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Radegast (god)
Early Slavs
Radegast or Radogost is, according to medieval chroniclers, the god of the Polabian Slavs, whose temple was located in R…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Radha
Indian subcontinent
Radha, also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is the goddess of love, te…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Raet-Tawy
Ancient Egypt
Raet-Tawy or Raet is an ancient Egyptian solar deity, the female aspect of Ra. Her name is simply the female form of Ra…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Rahi (goddess)
Indian subcontinent
Rahi, also called Rahimai, is a regional form of the Hindu goddess Radha in the Indian state of Maharashtra. She is ass…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Rahu
Indian subcontinent
Rāhu is one of the nine major celestial bodies (navagraha) in Hindu texts and the king of meteors. It represents the as…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Raijin
Japan
Raijin , also known as Kaminari-sama (雷様), Raiden-sama (雷電様), Narukami (鳴る神), Raikō (雷公), and Kamowakeikazuchi-no-kami i…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Raijū
Japan
In Japanese mythology, the raijū is a legendary creature and yōkai associated with lightning and thunder, as well as the…
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Raka-maomao
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Raka-maomao
Polynesia
Raka-maomao or Rakamaomao, in Māori mythology, is a god of wind. He is the god of ordinary winds, in contrast to Tāwhir…
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Raktadantika
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Raktadantika
Indian subcontinent
Raktadantika is a form of the Hindu goddess Durga. According to the Devi Mahatmya, Raktadantika incarnated to slay the …
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Rakteswari
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Rakteswari
Indian subcontinent
Rakteswari, identified as an aspect of Adi Parashakti, also known as Durga Parameswari, is a principal and popular form …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ram Charan (guru)
Indian subcontinent
Ram Charan (1720–1799)) is the Rajasthani Hindu guru, inspirator of a religious tradition called Ramsnehi Sampradaya or …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Rama
Indian subcontinent
Rama is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In R…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ramakrishna
Indian subcontinent
Ramakrishna, also called Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay, was an Indian Hindu mystic. He was a …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ramlila
Indian subcontinent
Ramlila or Ramleela is any dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama according to the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana o…
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