Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Tritopatores
Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Tritopatores are three benevolent wind gods worshipped in Athens as deities…
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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.
Trophonius
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Trophonius
Ancient Greece
Trophonius was a Greek hero or daimon or god—it was never certain which one—with a rich mythological tradition and an or…
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Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
Japanese300 CE – present
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
Japan
Tsukuyomi or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ), also Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto , is the moon kami in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion…
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Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Tū-te-wehiwehi
Polynesia
Tū-te-wehiwehi is the father of all reptiles in Māori mythology.
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Tu'er Shen
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Tu'er Shen
China
Tu'er Shen, Hu Tianbao or Tu Shen, is a Chinese deity who manages love and sex between men. His name literally means "r…
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Etruscan900 BCE – 100 BCE
Tuchulcha
Etruria
In Etruscan mythology, Tuchulcha was a chthonic daemon with pointed ears, hair made of snakes, and a beak. Tuchulcha li…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Tudigong
China
A Tudigong is a kind of Chinese tutelary deity of a specific location. There are several Tudigongs corresponding to dif…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Tuisto
Scandinavia
According to Tacitus's Germania, Tuisto is the legendary divine ancestor of the Germanic peoples. The figure remains th…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Tukaram
Indian subcontinent
Tukaram, also known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, and Tukoba, was a Hindu Marathi saint of the Warkari Sampradaya who lived in th…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Tulasi in Hinduism
Indian subcontinent
Tulasi, Tulsi or Vrinda is a sacred plant in Hindu tradition. Hindus regard it as an earthly manifestation of the godde…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Tulsidas
Indian subcontinent
Rambola Dubey, popularly known as Goswami Tulsīdās, was a Vaishnava (Ramanandi) Hindu saint, devotee (भक्त) and poet, re…
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Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Tūmatauenga
Polynesia
In Māori mythology, Tūmatauenga is the primary god of war and human activities such as hunting, food cultivation, fishin…
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Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Turmasgade
Ancient Levant
Turmasgade is a little known god, known from about 10 inscriptions from the Roman Empire. The name 'Turmasgade' is Aram…
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Etruscan900 BCE – 100 BCE
Turms
Etruria
In Etruscan religion, Turms was the equivalent of Roman Mercury and Greek Hermes, both gods of trade and the messenger g…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Tutela
Ancient Rome
In ancient Roman culture and mythology, Tutela was a goddess and divine personification of "guardianship. " As a concept…
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Tutelary deity
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Tutelary deity
Ancient Mesopotamia
A tutelary is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, per…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Tutu (Egyptian god)
Ancient Egypt
Tutu was an Egyptian god worshipped by ordinary people all over Egypt during the Late Period. The only known temple ded…
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Tutu (Mesopotamian god)
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Tutu (Mesopotamian god)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Tutu is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of Borsippa, a city near Babylon. He appears in the name of an …
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Tvarita
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Tvarita
Indian subcontinent
Tvarita is a goddess primarily featured in Tantric Hinduism. She is depicted to be a member of the group of fifteen yog…
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Tvashtr
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Tvashtr
Indian subcontinent
Tvashtr or Tvashta is a Vedic Hindu artisan god or fashioner. Tvashtr is sometimes identified with another artisan deit…
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Tvashtri
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Tvashtri
Indian subcontinent
Tvashtr or Tvashta is a Vedic Hindu artisan god or fashioner. Tvashtr is sometimes identified with another artisan deit…
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Twelve Flower Fairies
Chinese1600 BCE – present
Twelve Flower Fairies
China
Twelve Flower Fairies is a deity of the Chinese pantheon.
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Twelve Olympians
Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly cons…
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Inca1200 CE – 1533 CE
Twelver Shi'ism
Inca Empire
Twelver Shi'ism is the largest branch of Shia Islam. Twelver Shi'as believe that the Twelve Imams are divinely appointe…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Two Ladies
Ancient Egypt
In Ancient Egyptian texts, the "Two Ladies" was a religious epithet for the goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet, two deities wh…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Tyche
Ancient Mesopotamia
Tyche was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. In Classical Gre…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Tyche of Constantinople
Ancient Rome
The Tyche of Constantinople was the deity of fortune (Tyche) who embodied the guardianship (tutela) of the city of Const…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Tychon
Ancient Greece
Tychon or Tykhon is the name of two minor deities in Greek mythology. One was a daemon of fertility associated with Pha…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Tyet
Ancient Egypt
The tyet, sometimes called the knot of Isis or girdle of Isis, is an ancient Egyptian symbol that came to be connected w…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Týr
Scandinavia
Týr is a god in Germanic mythology and member of the Æsir. In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving nar…
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Tzacol
Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Tzacol
Maya civilization
In Maya mythology, Tzacol or Tzakol was a sky god and one of the creator deities.
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Tzitzimimeh
Aztec Empire
A Tzitzimītl is a type of celestial deity associated with stars in Aztec mythology. They were depicted as skeletal fema…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Tzitzimitl
Aztec Empire
A Tzitzimītl is a type of celestial deity associated with stars in Aztec mythology. They were depicted as skeletal fema…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ua-Ildak
Ancient Mesopotamia
In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather. …
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Ubusunagami
Japanese300 CE – present
Ubusunagami
Japan
Ubusunagami in Shinto are tutelary kami of one's birthplace.
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Udug
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Udug
Ancient Mesopotamia
The udug, later known in Akkadian as the utukku, were an ambiguous class of demons from ancient Mesopotamian mythology f…
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Uenuku
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Uenuku
Polynesia
Uenuku is an atua of rainbows and a prominent ancestor in Māori tradition. Māori believed that the rainbow's appearance…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ugajin
Japan
Ugajin (宇賀神) is a harvest and fertility kami of Japanese mythology. Ugajin is represented both as a male and a female, …
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ugallu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ugallu, the "Big Weather-Beast",. It was a lion-headed storm-demon and has the feet of a bird who is featured on protec…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ugaritic god
Ancient Egypt
The Ugaritic pantheon included deities of local origin, many of whom are also known from Eblaite sources from the third …
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ugayafukiaezu
Japan
Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto (鵜葺草葺不合命) is a Shinto kami, and is in Japanese mythology, the father of Japan's first Emperor, E…
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Ugur (god)
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ugur (god)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ugur was a Mesopotamian god associated with war and death, originally regarded as an attendant deity (sukkal) of Nergal.…
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Ujigami
Japanese300 CE – present
Ujigami
Japan
An ujigami is a guardian kami of a particular place in the Shinto religion of Japan. The ujigami are prayed to for a nu…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ukanomitama
Japan
Ukanomitama is a kami in classical Japanese mythology, associated with food and agriculture, often identified with Inari…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ukemochi
Japan
Ōgetsu-hime , commonly known as Ukemochi , the daughter of the deities Izanagi and Izanami, is a goddess of food in Japa…
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Ukulla
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ukulla
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ukulla, also called Ugulla, Kulla or Kullab, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Tishpak. She was chiefl…
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Ukupanipo
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Ukupanipo
Polynesia
In Hawaiian mythology, Ukupanipo is a shark god who controls the amount of fish close enough for the fisherman to catch.…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Ulkāmukha Pretarāja
Asia
Ulkāmukha Pretarāja, commonly known in Chinese as Mianran Dashi, is a deity within Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist tradi…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Ullr
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Ullr is a god associated with snow, bows, hunting, and potentially the sun. Although literary attes…
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Ulmašītum
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ulmašītum
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ulmašītum was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as warlike. Her name was derived from (E-)Ulmaš, a temple in the city of …
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Ultio
Ancient Rome
Ultio ("Vengeance") was an ancient Roman goddess whose cultus was associated with Mars. An altar and golden statue of U…
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Umashiashikabihikoji
Japanese300 CE – present
Umashiashikabihikoji
Japan
Umashiashikabihikoji is a kami. According to the Kojiki, he came into being as a hitorigami early in the creation of th…
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Umisachihiko
Japanese300 CE – present
Umisachihiko
Japan
Umisachi-hiko (海佐知毘古/海幸彦), in Japanese mythology and folklore, was a deity of the bounty of the sea and enchanted fisher…
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Inca1200 CE – 1533 CE
Unitarianism
Inca Empire
Unitarianism is a nontrinitarian movement of Christianity, which affirms the unitary nature of God as the singular and u…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Unut
Ancient Egypt
Unut, also known as Wenut or Wenet, was a prehistoric Ancient Egyptian hare and snake goddess of fertility and new birth…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Upasni Maharaj
Indian subcontinent
Upasani Maharaj, born Kashinath Govindrao Upasni, was an Indian spiritual teacher, considered by his disciples to be a s…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Upulvan
Indian subcontinent
Upulvan is a guardian deity of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Buddhists believe him also as a protector of the Buddhism in the c…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ur-Nammu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ur-Nammu was a Sumerian king who founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several ce…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Uraeus
Ancient Egypt
The uraeus or ouraeus is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra, used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deit…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Urania
Ancient Greece
Urania was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and astrology. In ancient art, her attributes include the globe a…
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Uraš
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Uraš
Ancient Mesopotamia
Uraš, or Urash, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the personification of the earth. She should not be confused wit…
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Urash
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Urash
Ancient Mesopotamia
Uraš, or Urash, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the personification of the earth. She should not be confused wit…
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Urash (god)
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Urash (god)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Urash (Uraš) was a Mesopotamian god who was the tutelary deity of Dilbat. He was an agricultural god, and in that capac…
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Urcuchillay
Inca1200 CE – 1533 CE
Urcuchillay
Inca Empire
Urcuchillay, sometimes spelled as Urcachillay, was a god worshiped by Incan herders, believed to be a multicolored male …
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Urkayītu
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Urkayītu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Urkayītu, also known as Urkītum, was a Mesopotamian goddess who likely functioned as the divine representation of the ci…
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Urkitum
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Urkitum
Ancient Mesopotamia
Urkayītu, also known as Urkītum, was a Mesopotamian goddess who likely functioned as the divine representation of the ci…
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Urnunta-ea
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Urnunta-ea
Ancient Mesopotamia
Urnunta-ea was a Mesopotamian goddess originally worshiped in Girsu as one of the daughters of Ningirsu and Bau. She mi…
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Urutengangana
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Urutengangana
Polynesia
Urutengangana is the god of light in Māori mythology. He is the firstborn of the children of the primordial parents, Ra…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ushas
Indian subcontinent
Ushas is a Vedic goddess of dawn in Hinduism. She repeatedly appears in the Rigvedic hymns, states David Kinsley, where…
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Etruscan900 BCE – 100 BCE
Usil (god)
Etruria
In ancient Etruscan religion, Usil was the god of the sun. After the Etruscans were defeated by the Romans and assimila…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ušumgallu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ušumgallu or Ushumgallu was one of the three horned snakes in Akkadian mythology, along with the Bašmu and Mušmaḫḫū. Us…
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Uṣur-amāssu
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Uṣur-amāssu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Uṣur-amāssu was a Mesopotamian deity. While originally viewed as male, she later came to be regarded as a goddess. Reg…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Uthra
Ancient Persia
An uthra or ʿutra is a "divine messenger of the light" in Mandaeism. Charles G. Häberl and James F.
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Utsavar
Indian subcontinent
In Hinduism, utsava murti, utsavar or uthsavar, is a form of a murti (icon) which represents a deity. The portable utsa…
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Uttu
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Uttu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Uttu(𒋳𒌆 TAG. TUG₂) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with weaving. It has been suggested that she was connected w…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Utu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Shamash, also known as Utu, was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god. He was believed to see everything that happened in th…
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Vāc
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vāc
Indian subcontinent
Vac is a Vedic goddess who is a personified form of divine speech. She enters into the inspired poets and visionaries, …
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Vacuna
Ancient Rome
Vacuna was an ancient Sabine goddess, identified by ancient Roman sources and later scholars with numerous other goddess…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Vættir
Scandinavia
A wight is a being or thing. This general meaning of the term is shared by its cognates in other Germanic languages, bu…
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Vagitanus
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Vagitanus
Ancient Rome
In ancient Roman religion, Vagitanus or Vaticanus was one of a number of childbirth deities who influenced or guided som…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vahana
Indian subcontinent
Vāhana or vahanam denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vaikuntha
Indian subcontinent
Vaikuntha, also called Vishnuloka, is the abode of Vishnu, the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, and…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vaikuntha Chaturmurti
Indian subcontinent
Vaikuntha Chaturmurti or Vaikuntha Vishnu is a four-headed aspect of the Hindu god Vishnu, mostly found in Nepal and Kas…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vaikuntha Kamalaja
Indian subcontinent
Vaikuntha-Kamalaja is a composite androgynous form of the Hindu god Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi. It is also known as…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vaishnavism
Indian subcontinent
Vaishnavism, also called Vishnuism, is one of the major Hindu religious traditions, that considers Vishnu as the supreme…
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Vaishno Devi
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vaishno Devi
Indian subcontinent
Vaishno Devi, also known as Vaishnavi, Trikuta, Sherawali is a Hindu deity considered to have the nature of Shakti and, …
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Vajrapani
Asia
Vajrapāṇi is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of Gautama …
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Vajrapāramitā
Asia
Vajraparamita, also Kongō-Haramitsu (金剛波羅蜜菩薩) is a Bodhisattva of the Buddhist Pantheon, belonging especially to the Eso…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Vajrasattva
Asia
Vajrasattva is a bodhisattva in the Mahayana and Mantrayana/Vajrayana Buddhist traditions.
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Vajrayana
Inca1200 CE – 1533 CE
Vajrayana
Inca Empire
Vajrayāna, otherwise known as Mantrayāna, Guhyamantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, and Esot…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vajreshvari Devi
Indian subcontinent
Vajreshvari, also known as Bajreshwari, Kangra Devi, or Kangrawali, is a fierce form of the Hindu goddess Shakti, primar…
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Vakula Devi
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vakula Devi
Indian subcontinent
Vakula Devi is the foster-mother of the Hindu god Venkateshwara, a form of Vishnu. As per the legend of Tirumala, the l…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Valhalla
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Valhalla is described as a majestic hall located in Asgard and presided over by the god Odin. There…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Váli
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Váli or Boe or Bous (Latin) is a god and the son of the god Odin and Rindr. Váli has numerous broth…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Váli (son of Odin)
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Váli or Boe or Bous (Latin) is a god and the son of the god Odin and Rindr. Váli has numerous broth…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Valkyrie
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Val…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Valli
Indian subcontinent
Valli is a Hindu goddess, and the second consort of the deity Murugan. An incarnation of the goddess Sundaravalli, daug…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vamana
Indian subcontinent
Vamana, also known as Trivikrama, Urukrama, Upendra, Dadhivamana, Ulagalanthan and Balibandhana, is an avatar of the Hin…
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Vanaheimr
Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Vanaheimr
Scandinavia
In Norse cosmology, Vanaheimr is a location associated with the Vanir, a group of gods themselves associated with fertil…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Vanant
Ancient Persia
Vanant is the Avestan language name of a minor Zoroastrian divinity. The name literally means "conqueror", but in Zoroa…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Vanir
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, the Vanir are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. …
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Vár
Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Vár
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Vár is a goddess associated with oaths and agreements. Vár is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Varaha
Indian subcontinent
Varaha is the avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of a boar. Varaha is generally listed as third in the Dashava…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Varahi
Indian subcontinent
Varahi is one of the Matrikas, a group of seven mother goddesses in the Hindu religion who has the face of a sow. In Ne…
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Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Varima-te-takere
Polynesia
In Cook Islands mythology, Varima-te-takere also called Vari, was the primordial mother of the gods and mortals.
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Varuna
Indian subcontinent
Varuna is a Hindu god. He is one of the earliest deities in the pantheon, whose role underwent a significant transforma…
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Varuni
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Varuni
Indian subcontinent
Varuni is the goddess-personification of alcoholic beverages and intoxication in Hinduism. The drink named Varuni is ge…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Vasu
Indian subcontinent
The Vasus are a group of deities in Hinduism associated with fire and light. They are described as the attendant deitie…
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