Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Ashi Vanghuhi
Ancient Persia
Ashi is the Avestan language word for the Zoroastrian concept of "that which is attained. " As the hypostasis of "reward…
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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.
Ashnan
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ashnan
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ashnan or Ezina was a Mesopotamian goddess considered to be the personification of grain. She could also be called Ezin…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ashokasundari
Indian subcontinent
Ashokasundari is a Hindu goddess. She is celebrated as the daughter of the deities Shiva and Parvati, and the consort o…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ashratum
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ašratum was a Mesopotamian goddess of Amorite origin. She was regarded as the wife of the god Amurru. Her name is a co…
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Ashta Lakshmi
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ashta Lakshmi
Indian subcontinent
Ashta Lakshmi or Ashtalakshmi, is a group of the eight manifestations of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity. She …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ashtabharya
Indian subcontinent
The Ashtabharya or Ashta-bharya(s) is the group of eight principal queen-consorts of Hindu god Krishna, the king of Dvar…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Ashtad
Ancient Persia
Arshtat is the Avestan language name of a Zoroastrian principle and signifies either "justice" or "honesty. " As a subst…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ashtavinayaka
Indian subcontinent
Ashtavinayaka is a Sanskrit term which means "eight Ganeshas". The Ashtavinayaka Yatra refers to a pilgrimage to the ei…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ashur (god)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur was the national god of the Assyrians in ancient times until their gradual conv…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ashvins
Indian subcontinent
The Ashvins, also known as the Ashvini Kumaras and Asvinau, are Vedic twin gods, namely Nāsatya and Dasra. They are ass…
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Asikni (goddess)
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Asikni (goddess)
Indian subcontinent
In Hindu mythology, Asikni, also known as Panchajani and Virani, is a consort of Daksha in the Puranic pantheon. Most s…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Asita
Asia
Asita or Kaladevala or Kanhasiri was a hermit ascetic, a sage and seer, depicted in Buddhist sources as having lived in …
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Asman
Ancient Persia
Asman is the Avestan and Middle Persian name of the Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of the sky. Asman is th…
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Asopus
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Asopus
Ancient Greece
Asopus or Asopos is the name of four different rivers in Greece and one in Turkey. In Greek mythology, it was also the …
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ašratum
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ašratum was a Mesopotamian goddess of Amorite origin. She was regarded as the wife of the god Amurru. Her name is a co…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Assaji
Asia
Aśvajit was one of the first five arhants of Gautama Buddha. He is known for his conversion of Śāriputra and Maudgalyāy…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Assessors of Maat
Ancient Egypt
The Assessors of Maat were 42 minor ancient Egyptian deities of the Maat charged with judging the souls of the dead in t…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Assur (god)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ashur, Ashshur, also spelled Ašur, Aššur was the national god of the Assyrians in ancient times until their gradual conv…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Assurance (theology)
Asia
In Christian theology, assurance refers to a believer's confidence in God, in God's response to prayer, and in the hope …
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Assyrian Church of the East
Ancient Persia
The Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE), sometimes called the Church of the East and officially known as the Holy Apostol…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Astarte
Ancient Egypt
Astarte is the Hellenized form of the Ancient Near Eastern goddess ʿAṯtart. ʿAṯtart was the Northwest Semitic equivalen…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Asteria
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Asteria or Asterie is a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus (Polus) and the sister of Leto. Acc…
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Asterion (god)
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Asterion (god)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Asterion was a river-god of Argos.
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Astraea
Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Astraea, also spelled Astrea or Astria, is a daughter of Astraeus and Eos. She…
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Astraeus
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Astraeus
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Astraeus or Astraios is the son of Crius and Eurybia and the consort of Eos. He is said to be the f…
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Astrape and Bronte
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Astrape and Bronte
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Astrape and Bronte are personifications of lightning and thunder, respectively.
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Astrology
Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Astrology
Maya civilization
Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that i…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Asuha-no-kami
Japan
Ikasuri Shrine is a major Shinto shrine located in central Osaka, Japan. Its annual festival is on April 22. In the fo…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Asura
Ancient Persia
Asura are a class of beings in Indian religions. They are described as power-seeking beings related to the more benevol…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Asura (Buddhism)
Asia
An asura in Buddhism is a demigod or titan of the Kāmadhātu. They are said to live more pleasurable lives than humans, …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Asura (Hinduism)
Indian subcontinent
Asura are a class of beings in Indian religions. They are described as power-seeking beings related to the more benevol…
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Asvayujau
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Asvayujau
Indian subcontinent
In Hinduism, Asvayujau is a goddess of fortune, good luck, joy and other names is Svasti wife of Vayu according to the D…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Aśvins
Indian subcontinent
The Ashvins, also known as the Ashvini Kumaras and Asvinau, are Vedic twin gods, namely Nāsatya and Dasra. They are ass…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Ataegina
Iron Age Europe
Ataegina was a goddess worshipped by the ancient Iberians, Lusitanians, and Celtiberians of the Iberian Peninsula. She …
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Japanese300 CE – present
Atago Gongen
Japan
Atago Gongen (愛宕権現) also known as Tarōbō (太郎坊), Atago Daigongen (愛宕大権現), Shōgun Jizō (勝軍地蔵) of Mount Atago is a Japanese…
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Atanua
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Atanua
Polynesia
Atanua in Polynesian mythology is the goddess of the dawn and wife of Atea.
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Atar
Ancient Persia
Atar is the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire, sometimes described in abstract terms as "burning and unburning fire" or "…
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Atarapa
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Atarapa
Polynesia
In Polynesian mythology, Atarapa ("daybreak") is the goddess of the dawn and a daughter of Haronga.
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Atargatis
Ancient Mesopotamia
Atargatis was the chief goddess of northern Syria in classical antiquity. Primarily she was a fertility goddess, but, a…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Atef
Ancient Egypt
Atef is the specific feathered white crown of the ancient Egyptian deity Osiris. It combines the Hedjet, the white crow…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Aten
Ancient Egypt
Aten, also Aton, Atonu, or Itn was the focus of Atenism, the religious system formally established in ancient Egypt by t…
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Atepomarus
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Atepomarus
Iron Age Europe
Atepomarus or Atepomaros in Celtic Gaul was a healing god from Mauvières (Indre). Apollo was associated with this god i…
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Atheism
Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Atheism
Ancient Persia
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejecti…
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Atheistic
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Atheistic
Indian subcontinent
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejecti…
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Atheists
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Atheists
Polynesia
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejecti…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Athena
Ancient Mesopotamia
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handi…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Athirat
Ancient Mesopotamia
Asherah was a goddess in ancient Semitic religions. She also appears in Hittite writings as Ašerdu(š) or Ašertu(š), and…
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Atlacoya
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Atlacoya
Aztec Empire
This is a list of gods and supernatural beings from the Aztec culture, its religion and mythology. Many of these deitie…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Atlahua
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Atlahua, Ahtlahua, Atlahoa, Atlavâ or Atlaua was a water God, fisherman and archer. There were said…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Atlatonan
Aztec Empire
Coatlicue, wife of Mixcōhuātl, also known as Tēteoh īnnān is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Hu…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Atonement in Judaism
Asia
Atonement in Judaism is the process of causing a sin to be forgiven or pardoned. Judaism describes various means of rec…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Atri
Indian subcontinent
Atri or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous shlokas to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities o…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Attila the Hun
Scandinavia
Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun and also known by his nickname The Scourge of God, was the ruler of the Huns fr…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Attis
Ancient Greece
Attis was the consort of Cybele, in Phrygian and Greek mythology.
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Atum
Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Atum
Ancient Egypt
Atum, sometimes rendered as Atem, Temu, or Tem, is the primordial God in Egyptian mythology from whom all else arose. H…
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Auahitūroa
Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Auahitūroa
Polynesia
Auahitūroa is a Māori god, the son of Tama-nui-te-rā, personification of comets, and the origin of fire.
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Auðumbla
Scandinavia
In Norse mythology, Auðumbla is a primeval cow. The primordial frost jötunn Ymir fed upon her milk, and over the course…
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Auge (Hora)
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Auge (Hora)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Auge, “Daybreak”, was the first Hora (Hour) who presided over the hour of the first light of day. S…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Augustinian soteriology
Asia
Augustinian soteriology refers to Augustine of Hippo's (354–430) view on human salvation and God's providence. His thin…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Augustus (honorific)
Ancient Rome
Augustus was the main title of the Roman emperors during antiquity. It was given as both a name and a title to Gaius Ju…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Augustus (title)
Ancient Rome
Augustus was the main title of the Roman emperors during antiquity. It was given as both a name and a title to Gaius Ju…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Aum
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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Polynesian1000 BCE – present
Aumakua
Polynesia
In Hawaiian mythology, an ʻaumakua is a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on…
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Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Aurvandill
Scandinavia
Aurvandill is a figure in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the god Thor tosses Aurvandill's toe – which had froz…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Authentism
Early Slavs
Russian Authentism, incorporated as the Thesaurus Non-Confessional Spiritual Union, is a Rodnover philosophy and psychol…
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Autonoë (daughter of Cadmus)
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Autonoë (daughter of Cadmus)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Autonoë was a Theban princess as the eldest daughter of Cadmus, founder of Thebes in Boeotia, and th…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Avalokiteśvara
Asia
In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara, also known as Lokeśvara and Chenrezig, is a Bodhisattva associated with Great Compassion (m…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Avatar
Indian subcontinent
Avatar is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means 'descent'. The concept, with a different name, can…
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Aventine Triad
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Aventine Triad
Ancient Rome
The Aventine Triad is a modern term for the joint cult of the Roman deities Ceres, Liber and Libera. The cult was estab…
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Averruncus
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Averruncus
Ancient Rome
In ancient Roman religion, Averruncus or Auruncus is a god of averting harm. Aulus Gellius says that he is one of the p…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Aveta
Iron Age Europe
In Gallo-Roman religion, Dea Aveta was a mother goddess, also associated with the freshwater spring at Trier in what is …
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Awilix
Maya civilization
Awilix was a goddess of the Postclassic Kʼicheʼ Maya, who had a large kingdom in the highlands of Guatemala. She was th…
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Axe of Perun
Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Axe of Perun
Early Slavs
Axes of Perun, also called "hatchet amulets", are archaeological artifacts worn as a pendant and shaped like a battle ax…
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Inca1200 CE – 1533 CE
Axomamma
Inca Empire
Axomamma is a goddess of potatoes in Inca mythology. She is one of the daughters of Pachamama, the earth mother. Potat…
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Aya (goddess)
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Aya (goddess)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Aya was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with dawn. Multiple variant names were attributed to her in god lists. She w…
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Ayagunna
Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ayagunna
West Africa
Ajagunda is the youngest path, or avatar, of the Sky Father Obatala in the Lukumi (Santería) pantheon. In this manifest…
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Ayao
Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ayao
West Africa
Ayao is an orisha in the Santería pantheon. She is the orisha of the air, and is considered to reside in both the fores…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Ayauhteotl
Aztec Empire
Chalchiuhtlicue or 'She of the Jade Skirt' is an Aztec deity of water, rivers, seas, streams, storms, and baptism. Chal…
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Ayé
Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ayé
West Africa
Ayé is the personification of the Earth or the physical realm and an oriṣa in Yoruba religion. As the physical realm, i…
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Ayelala
Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ayelala
West Africa
Ayelala is a female deity of justice and retribution widely feared for her instant punishments for those who commit crim…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ayyappan
Indian subcontinent
Ayyappan, also known as Dharmasastha and Manikandan, is the Hindu deity of truth and righteousness. According to Hindu …
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Azeban
Native AmericanPre-Columbian – present
Azeban
North America
Azeban, or "the Raccoon," is a lower-level trickster spirit in Abenaki mythology. The traditional homeland of the Abena…
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Azesia
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Azesia
Ancient Greece
Azesia or Azosia was a cultic epithet of one or more Greek goddesses, or in some cases was possibly a distinct goddess. …
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Azi Dahaka
Ancient Persia
Zahāk is a personification of evil in Iranian mythology and historiography. In the Avesta and Zoroastrian tradition, Za…
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Azimua
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Azimua
Ancient Mesopotamia
Azimua, also known as Ninazimua, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Ningishzida.
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Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Azizos
Ancient Levant
In ancient Arab mythology, Azizos or Aziz is the Palmyran Arab god of the morning star. He is portrayed as riding a cam…
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Aztec creator gods
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Aztec creator gods
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Creator-Brothers gods are the only four Tezcatlipocas, the children of the creator couple Ometecuhtl…
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Azumi-no-isora
Japanese300 CE – present
Azumi-no-isora
Japan
Azumi-no-isora is a Shinto kami of the seashore. He is considered to be the ancestor of the Azumi people. He is worshi…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Azure Dragon
China
The Azure Dragon is one of the Dragon Gods who represent the mounts or chthonic forces of the Five Regions' Highest Deit…
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Ba-Pef
Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ba-Pef
Ancient Egypt
Ba-Pef was a minor underworld god in Egyptian mythology. The name literally means that Ba, meaning that soul. Ba-Pef i…
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Ba'al Hermon
Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Ba'al Hermon
Ancient Levant
In ancient Canaanite religion, Ba'al Hermon was the titular local deity of Mount Hermon. The mountain was inhabited by …
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Baal
Ancient Mesopotamia
Baal, or Ba'al, was a title and honorific meaning "owner" or "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Lev…
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Baal Berith
Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Baal Berith
Ancient Levant
Baʿal Berith and El Berith are titles of a god or gods worshiped in Shechem, in ancient Canaan, according to the Bible.
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Baal Marqod
Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Baal Marqod
Ancient Levant
Baal Marqod was a Phoenician god of dancing. He is attested in Greek and Latin inscriptions from the Maronite monastery…
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Baalat Gebal
Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Baalat Gebal
Ancient Egypt
Baalat Gebal, also known as Bēltu ša Gubla and Baaltis, was the tutelary goddess of the city of Byblos. While in the pa…
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Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Baalshamin
Ancient Levant
Baalshamin, also called Baal Shamem and Baal Shamaim, was a Northwest Semitic god and a title applied to different gods …
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Babalu Aye
West Africa
Babalú-Aye is one of the Oriṣa or manifestations of the Supreme Deity Olodumare in the Yoruba religion of West Africa. …
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Bábism
Ancient Persia
Bábism is a messianic movement founded in 1844 by the Báb. The Báb, an Iranian merchant-turned-prophet, professed that …
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Bacab
Maya civilization
Bacab is the generic Yucatec Maya name for the four prehispanic aged deities of the interior of the Earth and its water …
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Bacabs
Maya civilization
Bacab is the generic Yucatec Maya name for the four prehispanic aged deities of the interior of the Earth and its water …
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Bacchus
Ancient Rome
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus is the god of wine-making, orchards, fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivit…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Bacchus of Aldaia
Ancient Rome
The Bacchus of Aldaia is an ancient Roman marble statuette of the Roman god Bacchus (Dionysus) that was found in La Eret…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Badb
Iron Age Europe
In Irish mythology, the Badb, or in modern Irish Badhbh —also meaning 'crow'—is a war goddess who takes the form of a cr…
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Badi Mata
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Badi Mata
Indian subcontinent
Badi Mata/Chamariya Mata is a Hindu goddess of disease, one of a group of seven sister goddesses with similar associatio…
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Baduhenna
Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Baduhenna
Scandinavia
In Germanic paganism, Baduhenna is a goddess. Baduhenna is solely attested in Tacitus's Annals where Tacitus records th…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Bagalamukhi
Indian subcontinent
Baglamukhi or Bagalā is the female form of a personification of the mahavidyas, a group of ten Tantric deities in Hindui…
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Baháʼí Faith and Buddhism
Buddhist500 BCE – present
Baháʼí Faith and Buddhism
Asia
The teachings of the Baháʼí Faith regard Buddhism as a religion founded by a Manifestation of God, and Baháʼu'lláh as th…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Baháʼí Faith and Hinduism
Indian subcontinent
Hinduism is recognized in the Baháʼí Faith as one of nine known religions. Krishna is included in the succession of Man…
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