Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Celtic neopaganism
Iron Age Europe
Celtic neopaganism refers to any type of modern paganism or contemporary pagan movements based on the ancient Celtic rel…
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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.
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Celtic Otherworld
Iron Age Europe
In Celtic mythology, the Otherworld is the realm of the deities and possibly also the dead. In Gaelic and Brittonic myt…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Celtic Revival
Iron Age Europe
The Celtic Revival is a variety of movements and trends in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries that see a renewed interest…
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Celtic Wicca
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Celtic Wicca
Iron Age Europe
Celtic Wicca is a modern form of Wicca that incorporates some elements of Celtic mythology. It employs the same basic t…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Centeōtl
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Centeōtl, also known as Centeōcihuātl or Cinteōtl, is the maize deity. Cintli means "dried maize st…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Centzon Huitznahua
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, the Centzonhuītznāhua were the gods of the southern stars. These "four hundred" brothers appear in …
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Centzon Tōtōchtin
Aztec Empire
In Mexica mythology, the Centzon Tōtōchtin are a group of divine rabbits who meet for frequent drunken parties. They in…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Centzonhuītznāhua
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, the Centzonhuītznāhua were the gods of the southern stars. These "four hundred" brothers appear in …
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Centzonmīmixcōa
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Centzonmīmixcōa
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, the Centzonmīmixcōah are the gods of the northern stars. They are sons of Camaxtle-Mixcoatl with th…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Centzontotochtin
Aztec Empire
In Mexica mythology, the Centzon Tōtōchtin are a group of divine rabbits who meet for frequent drunken parties. They in…
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Cephisso
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Cephisso
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Cephisso, Cephiso, or Kephiso was one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Cernunnos
Iron Age Europe
Cernunnos is a Celtic god whose name is only clearly attested once, on the 1st-century CE Pillar of the Boatmen from Par…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Ceto
Ancient Greece
Ceto is a primordial sea goddess in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pontus and his mother, Gaia. As a mythological fig…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Chaac
Maya civilization
Chaac is the name of the Maya god of rain, thunder, and lightning. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds, ca…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Chac Uayab Xoc
Maya civilization
Maya or Mayan mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified force…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Indian subcontinent
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, born Vishvambhara Mishra, was an Indian Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishna…
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Chakradhar Swami
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chakradhar Swami
Indian subcontinent
Chakradhara was an Indian Hindu saint and philosopher, who was the founder of Mahanubhava sect of Krishnaism. Chakradha…
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Chalchiuhtecolotl
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Chalchiuhtecolotl
Aztec Empire
Chalchiuhtecolotl was a night owl god from Aztec mythology. His name means "precious owl.
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Chalchiuhtlatonal
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Chalchiuhtlatonal
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Chalchiuhtlatonal was a god of water, related to Chalchiuhtlicue. He looks over the sea, and protec…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Chalchiuhtlicue
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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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Chalchiuhtotolin
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Chalchiuhtotolin was a god of disease and plague. Chalchihuihtotolin, the Jewelled Fowl, Tezcatlipo…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chamunda
Indian subcontinent
Chamunda, also known as Chamundeshwari, Chamundi or is a fearsome form of Chandi, the Hindu mother goddess, Mahadevi and…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chandi
Indian subcontinent
Chandi or Chandika is a Hindu deity. Chandika is a form of goddess Durga. She shares similarities with the Goddess Cha…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chandra
Indian subcontinent
Chandra, also known as Soma, is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chandraghanta
Indian subcontinent
Chandraghanta is a form of the Hindu goddess Mahadevi, venerated as the destroyer of demons and protector of her devotee…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Chang'e
China
In Chinese mythology, Chang'e, originally known as Heng'e, is the goddess of the Moon and wife of Hou Yi, the great arch…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Changxi
China
Changxi or Changyi is a Chinese lunar goddess worshiped in the traditional Chinese pantheon. Known from ancient times, …
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Chantico
Aztec Empire
In Aztec religion, Chantico is the deity reigning over the fires in the family hearth. She broke a fast by eating papri…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Chaos gods
Ancient Mesopotamia
A chaos deity is a deity or more often a figure or spirit in mythology which is associated with or being a personificati…
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Charismatic Christianity
Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Charismatic Christianity
Ancient Persia
Charismatic Christianity is a form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts as an…
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Charismatic movement
Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Charismatic movement
Ancient Persia
The charismatic movement in Christianity is a movement within established or mainstream denominations to adopt beliefs a…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Charites
Ancient Greece
The Charites are goddesses of Greek mythology who personify beauty and grace. According to Hesiod, their names were Agl…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chaturbhuja
Indian subcontinent
Chaturbhuja is a concept in Hindu iconography in which a deity is depicted with four arms. Several Hindu deities are of…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Che Kung
China
Che Kung, also known as Che Da Yuan Shuai, was originally a military commander of the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279),…
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Chelamma
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chelamma
Indian subcontinent
Chelamma is a Hindu goddess of the Southern Karnataka region of India.
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Canaanite3000 BCE – 300 BCE
Chemosh
Ancient Levant
Chemosh is a Canaanite deity worshipped by Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples who occupied the region known as Moab, in mo…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Chen Fu Zhen Ren
China
Chen Fu Zhen Ren is an ancestral deity of the Indonesian Chinese people living throughout Banyuwangi Regency, Java, Bali…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Chen Jinggu
China
Chen Jinggu is a Chinese a historical protective goddess of women, children, and pregnancy, and is believed by her worsh…
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Chenjiamman
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chenjiamman
Indian subcontinent
Chenjiamman or Senjiamman (kamalakaniamman) is the guardian deity of Gingee. Her shrine sits atop the Rajagiri hillock …
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Chernava
Early Slavs
In Russian folklore, Chernava is Sea Tsar's daughter, spirit and personification of the river of the same name. She is …
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Chernobog and Belobog
Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Chernobog and Belobog
Early Slavs
Chernobog and Belobog are a pair of disputed Polabian deities. Chernobog appears in Helmold's Chronicle as a god of mis…
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Chernoglav
Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Chernoglav
Early Slavs
Chernoglav or Chernoglov is the god of victory and war worshipped in Rügen, probably in the town of Jasmund, mentioned t…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chhaya
Indian subcontinent
Chhaya or Chaya, also known as Savarna, is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chhinnamasta
Indian subcontinent
Chhinnamasta, often spelled Chinnamasta, and also called Chhinnamastika, Chhinnamasta Kali, Prachanda Chandika and Jogan…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Chicomecōātl
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Chicōmecōātl "Seven Serpent", was the Aztec goddess of agriculture during the Middle Culture period.…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Chīmalmā
Aztec Empire
Chimalman or Chīmalmā /t͡ʃiːmalmaː/ is a goddess in Aztec mythology, and was considered by the Aztecs to be the mother o…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Chimalmat
Maya civilization
Vucub-Caquix is the name of a bird demon defeated by the Hero Twins of an ancient Maya myth preserved in an 18th-century…
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Etruscan900 BCE – 100 BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
Etruria
The Chimera of Arezzo is regarded as the best example of ancient Etruscan art. The British art historian David Ekserdji…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Chin (deity)
Maya civilization
Chin, together with Cu, Cavil, and Maran, is mentioned as the name of the male deity said to have demonstrated sexual in…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Chin (Mayan god)
Maya civilization
Chin, together with Cu, Cavil, and Maran, is mentioned as the name of the male deity said to have demonstrated sexual in…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Chinese gods and immortals
China
Chinese gods and immortals are beings in various Chinese religions seen in a variety of ways and mythological contexts.
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Chinjugami
Japanese300 CE – present
Chinjugami
Japan
Chinjugami is a kami that is worshipped in order to gain its protections for a specific building or region. In modern t…
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Chirakan-Ixmucane
Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Chirakan-Ixmucane
Maya civilization
In Maya mythology, Chriakan-Ixmucane was a creator goddess formed out of four earlier creator gods. She is one of the t…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Chislobog
Early Slavs
Chislobog is a slavic pseudo-deity of time and/or numbers invented in the 20th century, mentioned in the Book of Veles, …
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Chista
Ancient Persia
Chista is the yazata most closely associated with wisdom, knowledge, and insight in Zoroastrianism. Her name is derived…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Chitou Furen
China
Chitou Furen is a deity in Taoist traditions. She is mainly worshipped at Longshan Temple and Dalongdong Baoan Temple, …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Chitragupta
Indian subcontinent
Chitragupta is a Hindu deity who serves as the registrar of the dead. He is responsible for maintaining a record of the…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Chiyou
China
Chiyou is a mythological being that appears in Chinese mythology. He was a tribal leader of the Nine Li tribe in ancien…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Chloris (nymph)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Chloris was a minor nymph who was associated with spring, flowers and new growth, believed to have d…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Chort
Early Slavs
A chort is an anthropomorphic malign spirit or demon in Slavic folk tradition. Chorts are often depicted identically to…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Christ
Ancient Rome
Jesus, also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and by various other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jew…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Christianity
Ancient Persia
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. The Gospels state tha…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Chronos
Ancient Greece
Chronos, also spelled Chronus, is a personification of time in Greek mythology, who is also discussed in pre-Socratic ph…
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Chrysus
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Chrysus
Ancient Greece
Chrysus in Greek mythology is a minor god and the personification of gold.
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Chthonic
Ancient Mesopotamia
In Greek mythology, deities referred to as chthonic or chthonian were gods or spirits who inhabited the underworld or ex…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Chthonic deities
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, deities referred to as chthonic or chthonian were gods or spirits who inhabited the underworld or ex…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Chuhaister
Early Slavs
Chuhaister is a Ukrainian tutelary deity of the forests. He is specific to the Carpathians.
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Chun Kwan
China
Chun Kwan is a deity in China with surname Ng (吳). At the reign of Emperor Lizong in South Song Dynasty, Guangdong was …
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Chur (pseudo-deity)
Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Chur (pseudo-deity)
Early Slavs
Chur is a Slavic pseudo-deity speculated in 19th century to exist in Slavic mythology.
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Church of the Most High Goddess
Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Church of the Most High Goddess
Ancient Egypt
Mary Ellen Tracy is the high priestess of the Church of the Most High Goddess, who was convicted in 1989 of a single mis…
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Cian
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Cian
Iron Age Europe
In Irish mythology, Cian or Cían, nicknamed Scal Balb, was the son of Dian Cecht, the physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann,…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
Cihang Zhenren
China
Cihang Zhenren is a Daoist deity and character in the classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods. He is a disciple o…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cihuacōātl
Aztec Empire
Cihuacōātl was one of a number of motherhood and fertility goddesses in Aztec mythology. She was sometimes known as Qui…
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Cihuatecayotl
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cihuatecayotl
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Cihuatecayotl is the god of the West wind. His brothers are Mictlanpachecatl, Tlalocayotl, and Huit…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cihuateteo
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, the Cihuateteo or "Divine Women", were the spirits of women who died in childbirth. They were liken…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Cintāmaṇicakra
Asia
Cintāmaṇicakra, also known as Cakravarticintāmaṇi, is a bodhisattva and a manifestation of Avalokiteśvara. He is counte…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cinteotl
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Centeōtl, also known as Centeōcihuātl or Cinteōtl, is the maize deity. Cintli means "dried maize st…
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Cintēteo
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cintēteo
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, the Cintēteo are the four gods of maize. They are sons of the goddess Centeōtl and the god Cinteōtl…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Cinxia
Ancient Rome
In ancient Roman religion, birth and childhood deities were thought to care for every aspect of conception, pregnancy, c…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cipactli
Aztec Empire
Cipactli was the first day of the Aztec divinatory count of 13 X 20 days and Cipactonal "Sign of Cipactli" was considere…
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Cipactonal
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cipactonal
Aztec Empire
Cipactonal is the Aztec god of astrology and calendars. Oxomoco and Cipactonal were said to be the first human couple, …
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Circe
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Circe is a witch, sometimes considered a goddess or a nymph. In most accounts, Circe is described a…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Cissonius
Iron Age Europe
Cissonius was an ancient Celtic god. After Visucius, Cissonius was the most common name associated with Mercury.
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Citlalatonac
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Citlalatonac
Aztec Empire
Citlalatonac was a god in Aztec mythology.
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Citlālicue
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Citlālicue
Aztec Empire
Citlāllīcuē, also Citlālinīcuē and Ilamātēcuhtli, was a creator goddess in Aztec mythology.
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
City Dionysia
Ancient Greece
The Dionysia was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central events of which were proce…
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Chinese1600 BCE – present
City God (China)
China
A City God is a tutelary deity in Chinese folk religion who is believed to protect the people and the affairs of the par…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Civateteo
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, the Cihuateteo or "Divine Women", were the spirits of women who died in childbirth. They were liken…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Cizin
Maya civilization
Cizin is a Maya god of death and earthquakes. He is the most important Maya death god in the Maya culture. Scholars ca…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Cizin (Deity)
Maya civilization
Cizin is a Maya god of death and earthquakes. He is the most important Maya death god in the Maya culture. Scholars ca…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Clementia
Ancient Rome
In Roman mythology and ancient religion, Clementia is the goddess of clemency, leniency, mercy, forgiveness, penance, re…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Clergy of ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
The clergy of ancient Egypt was made up of a multitude of priests who worshipped the many gods of the Egyptian religion.
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Clio
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Clio, also spelled Kleio, Cleio, or Cleo, is the muse of history, or in a few mythological accounts,…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Clíodhna
Iron Age Europe
In Irish mythology, Clíodhna is a Queen of the Banshees of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Clíodna of Carrigcleena is the potent …
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Clitumnus
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Clitumnus
Ancient Rome
In Roman mythology, Clitumnus was a son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the god of the Clitunno River in Umbria.
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Cloacina
Ancient Rome
In Roman mythology and culture, Cloacina, also spelled Cluacina, was a goddess who presided over the ancient Cloaca Maxi…
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Clota
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Clota
Iron Age Europe
In Celtic mythology, Clṻd /klɨːd/ or Clọ:tā /klɔːtaː/ is a hypothesised/inferred Brittonic goddess of the River Clyde. …
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Clotho
Ancient Greece
Clotho or Klotho, is a mythological figure. She was one of the Three Fates or Moirai. In ancient Greek mythology, she …
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Clymene (wife of Iapetus)
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Clymene (wife of Iapetus)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Clymene or Klymene is the name of one of the three thousand Oceanid nymphs, usually the wife of Iape…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cōātlīcue
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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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Cochimetl
Aztec Empire
In Aztec mythology, Yacatecuhtli was a patron god of commerce and travelers, especially business travelers. His symbol …
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Cocidius
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Cocidius
Iron Age Europe
In Romano-British religion, Cocidius was a deity worshipped in northern Britain. The Romans equated him with Mars, god …
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Codex Borbonicus
Aztec Empire
The Codex Borbonicus is an Aztec codex written by Aztec priests shortly before or after the Spanish conquest of the Azte…
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Codex Chimalpopoca
Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Codex Chimalpopoca
Aztec Empire
Codex Chimalpopoca or Códice Chimalpopoca is a postconquest cartographic Aztec codex which is officially listed as being…
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Aztec1300 CE – 1521 CE
Codex Ixtlilxochitl
Aztec Empire
Codex Ixtlilxochitl is a pictorial Aztec Codex created between 1580 and 1584, during the Spanish colonial era in Mexico.…
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Coeus
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Coeus
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Coeus, also called Koios or Polus, was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Ear…
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Cofgod
Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Cofgod
Scandinavia
'Cofgod' was an Old English term for a household god in Anglo-Saxon paganism.
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Colossus of Rhodes
Ancient Greece
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of t…
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