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Abe no Seimei

安倍晴明

onmyōji
  • Shintō
'Aḇrāhām
אַבְרָהָם

Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ

Ābrahām

إِبْرَاهِيْمُ
prophet
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
Asklēpiós

Ἀσκληπιός

god of medicine, healing, rejuvenation and physicians
  • Greek religion
Aithḗr

Αἰθήρ

primordial god and personification of the upper sky
  • Greek religion
Agní

अग्नि

god of fire
  • Hinduism
Ahurō Mazdā̊
𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃
lord of wisdom, god of the sky
  • Zoroastrianism
Alaz

Alaz

god of fire
  • Turkic mythology
almáttki Áss

almáttki Áss

god
  • Norse religion
Amamikyu

阿摩美久、阿摩彌姑

creation goddess of the Ryukyu Islands
  • Ryukyuan religion
Amaterasu

天照

goddess of the sun
  • Shintō
Ame-no-Uzume

天宇受売、天鈿女

goddess of dawn
  • Shintō
Amphitrítē

Ἀμφιτρίτη

queen of the sea; goddess of the sea
  • Greek religion
Anánkē

Ἀνάγκη

personification of necessity and inevitability
  • Greek religion
Anansi, Ananse

Anansi, Ananse

trickster
  • Akan folklore
Aphrodī́tē

Αφροδίτη

goddess of love, lust, passion, pleasure, beauty and sexuality
  • Greek religion
Apóllōn

Ᾰ̓πόλλων

Apollō

god of oracles, healing, archery, music and arts, light, knowledge, herds and flocks, and protection of the young
  • Greek religion
  • Roman religion
Apulu

𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌀

god of the sun and light, thunder and lightning, healing and plague
  • Etruscan religion
Ares

Ἄρης

god of war and courage
  • Greek religion
Ariel
אֲרִיאֵל

Ἀριήλ

angel
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
Artemis

Ἄρτεμις

goddess of nature, childbirth, wildlife, healing, the hunt, sudden death, animals, virginity, young women, and archery
  • Greek religion
Asase Ya, Asase Afua

Asase Ya, Asase Afua

goddess of earth, fertility, love, peace, procreation, sky, and truth
  • Akan religon
Asmodeus, Ashmedai
אַשְמְדּאָי

Ἀσμοδαῖος

آشماداي
king of demons
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
Astaroth, Ashtaroth, Astarot, Asteroth
אַשְמְדּאָי

Ἀσμοδαῖος

آشماداي
devil
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
Astarte

𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕

Ᾰ̓στᾰ́ρτη

goddess of war, beauty, hunting and love
  • Canaanite religion
Athēnâ

Ἀθηνᾶ

goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicraft
  • Greek religion
Atum

tm

ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ

primordial god
  • Egyptian religion
Âu Cơ

甌姬

mountain snow goddess
  • Vietnamese folk religion
Ay Ata
𐰖:𐱃𐰀
moon god
  • Turkic mythology
Azrael
עֲזַרְאֵל

Αζραήλ

عَزْرَائِيل، عِزْرَائِيل
angel of death
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
Baeuqloxdoh supreme god
  • Moism
Bai Baianai
𐰉𐰀𐰖 𐰉𐰀𐰖𐰀𐰣𐰀𐰖
spirit of forests, animals and patron of hunters
  • Yakut mythology
Báidì

白帝

one of the Highest Gods of the Five Regions
  • Chinese folk religion
Báiwúcháng

白無常

one of the two gods escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
  • Chinese folk religion
Baldr, Balldr

Baldr, Balldr

god
  • Germanic religion
Barachiel, Barakel
בַּרַכְאֵל
archangel
  • Judaism
  • Eastern Catholic Churches
  • Orthodox Catholic Church
Bathalà/Maykapál

Bathalà/Maykapál

the supreme being and creator of the Universe
  • Tagalog religion
Beelzebub, Baʿal Zebub
בַּעַל־זְבוּב‎
demon
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
Belial, Beliar
בְּלִיַּעַל‎
devil
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
Belphegor, Beelphegor
בעל פְּעוֹר
devil
  • Judaism
Benzaiten

弁才天、弁財天

goddess of all that flows: water, music, arts, love, wisdom, wealth, fortune; one of the Seven Gods of Fortune
  • Shintō
Bhūmi

भुमि

goddess of the Earth
  • Hinduism
Beowulf

Bēowulf

hero
  • English folklore
Bíā

Βία

personification of force
  • Greek religion
Boréas, Borrhâs

Βορέας, Βορρᾶς

god of the north wind, storms, and winter
  • Greek religion
Bragi

Bragi

god of poetry
  • Norse religion
Brahmā

ब्रह्मा

creator of the Universe; god of creation, knowledge, and the Vedas
  • Hinduism
Bùdài, Qìcǐ

布袋、契此

buddha of the future; one of the Seven Gods of Fortune
  • Chán Buddhism
  • Zen Buddhism
Gautama

गौतम

Buddha
  • Buddhism
  • Manichaeism
Burkut

Bürküt

eagle god
  • Turkic mythology
Cáishén

財神

god of wealth
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
Cāngdì

蒼帝

one of the Highest Gods of the Five Regions
  • Chinese folk religion
Cāngjié

倉頡

historian
  • Chinese folk religion
Cáo Guójiù

曹國舅

one of the Eight Immortals
  • Daoism
Cernunnos

Cernunnos

god
  • Celtic religon
  • Gallo-Roman religion
Chaac

Chaahk

god of rain, thunder, and lightning
  • Maya religion
Cháng'é, Héng'é

嫦娥、姮娥

goddess of the Moon
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
  • Hàn Buddhism
Chénghuángshén

城隍神

settlement protector
  • Chinese folk religion
Chìdì

赤帝

one of the Highest Gods of the Five Regions
  • Chinese folk religion
Chīyóu

Txiv Yawg

蚩尤

leader of Nine Lí tribe
  • Chinese folk religion
Chrónos

Χρόνος

personification of time
  • Greek religion
Chử Đồng Tử

褚童子

one of the Four Immortals
  • Vietnamese folk religion
Cizin

Cizin

god of death
  • Maya religion
Cocijo, Guziu

Cocijo, Guziu

god of lightning
  • Zapotec religion
Daikokuten

大黒天

god of wealth, fortune, the household, agriculture, fertility, sexuality and war; one of the Seven Gods of Fortune
  • Shintō
Dàodé Tiānzūn, Tàishàng Lǎojūn

道德天尊、太上老君

one of the Grand Pure Ones
  • Daoism
Dattātreya

दत्तात्रेय

paradigmatic monk
  • Hinduism
Dažʹbóg

Дажьбо́г

god of the Sun
  • Slavic religion
Dellingr

Dellingr

god
  • Norse religion
Dēmḗtēr

Δημήτηρ

goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law
  • Greek religion
Dhṛtarāṣṭra

धृतराष्ट्र

持國天王、提頭頼吒

ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང

ท้าวธตรฐ

one of the Four Heavenly kings
  • Buddhism
Diana

Diana

goddess of the hunt, wild animals, fertility and the Moon
  • Roman religion
Diónūsos

Διόνυσος

god of wine, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre
  • Greek religion
Durgā

दुर्गा

mother goddess; goddess of power, strength and protection
  • Hinduism
Dzahui, Dzahui

Dzahui, Dzahui

god of rain
  • Mixtec religion
Ebisu

恵比寿、恵比須

god of water, fisheries, business and wealth; one of the Seven Gods of Fortune
  • Shintō
Eileíthuia

Εἰλείθυια

goddess of childbirth
  • Greek religion
Enki, Ea, Ae

𒀭𒂗𒆠

𒀭𒂍𒀀

god of water
  • Mesopotamian religion
Enlil, Elil, Ellil, Nunamnir

𒀭𒂗𒆤

𒀭𒂗𒆤

god of the wind, air, earth and storms
  • Mesopotamian religion
Ēṓs, Héōs, Aúōs, Āṓs

Ἠώς, Ἕως, Αὔως, Ἀώς

personification of the dawn
  • Greek religion
Éris

Ἔρις

goddess of strife and discord
  • Greek religion
Erkliğ Han

Erkliğ Han

god of space
  • Turkic mythology
  • Altai mythology
Èrláng Shén

二郎神

god
  • Chinese folk religion
Erlik

Erlik

god of death and the underworld
  • Mongolian mythology
  • Turkic mythology
Érōs

Ἔρως

god of love, lust, desire and sex; primordial god and personification of love
  • Greek religion
Esege Malan

Эсеге Малан

creator god
  • Mongolian mythology
Etügen Eke

Etügen Eke

earth goddess
  • Turkic mythology
Fènghuáng

鳳凰

bird
  • Chinese folk religion
Forseti

Forseti

god of justice and reconciliation
  • Norse religion
Fukurokuju

福禄寿

god of the fortune; one of the Seven Gods of Fortune
  • Shintō
Fúxī

伏羲

culture hero
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
Fúxīng

福星

god of fortune; one of the Three Stars
  • Chinese folk religion
Gabriel
גַּבְרִיאֵל

Γαβριήλ

Gabriēl

جَبْرَائِيل، جِبْرَائِيل
archangel
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
Gaîa

Γαῖᾰ

personification of the Earth
  • Greek religion
Gaṇeśa

गणेश

god of new beginnings, wisdom and luck; remover of obstacles; supreme god (Ganapatya)
  • Hinduism
Geb

gbb

god of the Earth
  • Egyptian religion
Guān Yǔ

關羽

military general
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
  • Hàn Buddhism
Guānshìyīn

觀世音

bodhisattva associated with compassion
  • Hàn Buddhism
  • Daoism
  • Chinese folk religion
Guðrún

Guðrún

Kriemhilt

noble woman
  • Germanic folklore
Gunnarr

Gunnarr

Gunther

king of Burgundy
  • Germanic folklore
Hā́idēs, Ploútōn

ᾍδης, Πλούτων

king of the Underworld; god of the dead and riches
  • Greek religion
Hagen, Högni

Hǫgni

Hagen

warrior
  • Germanic folklore
Hán Xiāngzǐ

韓湘子

one of the Eight Immortals
  • Daoism
Hanumān

हनुमान्

god of wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline
  • Hinduism
Hasinaw-uk-kamuy

ハシナウ・ウク・カムイ

goddess of the hunt
  • Ainu religion
Hé Xiāngū

何仙姑

one of the Eight Immortals
  • Daoism
Hḗbē

Ἥβη

goddess of eternal youth and old age, prime of life, and forgiveness; cupbearer to the gods
  • Greek religion
Hekátē

Ἑκᾰ́τη

goddess of magic, spells, the moon, the night, crossroads, and ghosts
  • Greek religion
Hēidì

黑帝

one of the Highest Gods of the Five Regions
  • Chinese folk religion
Heimdallr

Heimdallr

god
  • Norse religion
Hēiwúcháng

黑無常

one of the two gods escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
  • Chinese folk religion
Hḗlios

Ἥλιος

personification of the Sun
  • Greek religion
Hēmérā

Ἡμέρα

personification of day
  • Greek religion
Hḗphaistos

Ἥφαιστος

god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, artisans, metallurgy, carpenters, forges, sculpting, and blacksmiths
  • Greek religion
Hḗrā

Ἥρα

queen of the gods; goddess of marriage, women, marital harmony and the protector of women during childbirth
  • Greek religion
Heracles, Alkaios, Alkeidēs

Ἡρακλῆς, Ἀλκαῖος, Ἀλκείδης

divine hero
  • Greek mythology
Hercules

Hercules

hero
  • Roman mythology
Hermês

Ἑρμῆς

god of boundaries, roads, travelers, merchants, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, language, oratory, wit and messages
  • Greek religion
Hermóðr

Hermóðr

god
  • Norse religion
Hestíā

Ἑστία

goddess of the domestic and civic hearth, the home, sacred and sacrificial fire, virginity, family and the state
  • Greek religion
Himiko

卑弥呼

shamaness-queen
  • Japanese shamanism
Hippolytē

Ἱππολύτη

queen of the Amazons
  • Greek mythology
Höðr

Höðr

god
  • Norse religion
Hóngjūn Lǎozǔ

鴻鈞老祖

ancestor of immortals
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
Hœnir, Hǿnir

Hœnir, Hǿnir

god
  • Norse religion
Hòutǔ

后土

goddess of all land and earth
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
Hòu Yì

后羿

archer
  • Chinese folk religion
Huā Mùlán

花木蘭

heroin
  • Chinese folklore
Huángdì

黃帝

one of the highest gods of the Five Regions
  • Chinese folk religion
Huītzilōpōchtli

Huītzilōpōchtli

god of war and will, lord of the Sun and fire; patron god of the Mexica; ruler of the south
  • Aztec religion
Hunahpu

Hunahpu

hero
  • Maya mythology
Inaba no Shirousagi

因幡の白兎

hare
  • Shintō
Inari

稲荷

god of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, agriculture and industry, and general prosperity and worldly success
  • Shintō
Inanna, Ishtar

𒀭𒈹

𒀭𒈹

goddess of love, war and fertility
  • Mesopotamian religion
Indra

इन्द्र

king of the devas; king of Svarga; god of weather, lightning, thunder, storms and rain
  • Hinduism
Inti

Inti

sun god
  • Inca religion
Ἶρις

Îris

goddess of the rainbow
  • Greek religion
Isis

ꜣst

goddess of warfare, health, marriage and love
  • Egyptian religion
Ítreksjóð

Ítreksjóð

god
  • Norse religion
Itzamna

Itzamna

creator god
  • Maya religion
Izanagi, Izanaki

伊邪那岐、伊耶那岐、伊弉諾

creator god
  • Shintō
Izanami

伊邪那美、伊耶那美、伊弉冉、伊弉弥

creator goddess
  • Shintō
Jegudiel
יַחְדִּיאֵל
archangel
  • Orthodox Catholic Church
Jerahmeel
יְרַחְמְאֵל
archangel
  • Judaism
  • Orthodox Catholic Church
  • Eastern Catholic Churches
  • Lutheranism
  • Anglicanism
Jīngwèi

精衛

goddess
  • Chinese folk religion
Jiǔwěihú

九尾狐

fox
  • Chinese folk religion
Jophiel
יוֹפִיאֵל‎
archangel
  • Judaism
  • Anglicanism
Juḥā, Naṣr al-Dīn
جُحَا، نصر الدين‎
trickster
  • Arab folklore
  • Persian folklore
  • Turkish folklore
  • Uzbek folklore
  • Uyghur folklore
Juno

Iūnō

queen of the gods; goddess of marriage and childbirth
  • Roman religion
Jupiter

Iūpiter, Iuppiter

king of the gods; god of the sky and Diurnal thunder
  • Roman religion
Jurōjin

寿老人

god of longevity; one of the Seven Gods of Fortune
  • Shintō
Kayra
𐰴𐰖𐰺𐰀
creator god
  • Turkic mythology
Kʼawiil

Kʼawiil

god associated with lightning, serpents, fertility and maize
  • Maya religion
Kʼinich Ajaw

Kʼinich Ajaw

sun god
  • Maya religion
Kālī

काली

mother goddess; goddess of time, change, creation, power, destruction and death
  • Hinduism
Kamuy-huci

カムイフチ

goddess of the hearth
  • Ainu religion
Kārtikeya

कार्तिकेय

god of victory and war; commander of the gods
  • Hinduism
King Arthur

Brenin Arthur

Arthur Gernow

Roue Arzhur

Roi Arthur

king of Britain
  • English folklore
Kisshōten

吉祥天

goddess of fortune
  • Shintō
Krátos

Κράτος

personification of strength
  • Greek religion
Kṛṣṇa

कृष्ण

god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; lord of yogis; Svayam Bhagavan (Krishnaism-Vaishnavism)
  • Hinduism
Kṣitigarbha

क्षितिगर्भ

地藏

་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་

พระกษิติครรภ

bodhisattva
  • Buddhism
Kuāfù

夸父

giant
  • Chinese folk religion
Kubai

Kubai

goddess of birth and children
  • Turkic mythology
Kushinadahime, Kushiinadahime, Inadahime

櫛名田比売、奇稲田姫、稲田姫

goddess of rice, agriculture, marriage, love, childbirth, and child rearing
  • Shintō
Kyzaghan
𐰚𐰃𐰔𐰀𐰏𐰀𐰣
god of war
  • Turkic mythology
K’uk’ulkan

K’uk’ulkan

serpent
  • Maya religion
Lạc Long Quân, Sùng Lãm

貉龍君、崇纜

king of the Hồng Bàng dynasty
  • Vietnamese folk religion
Lakṣmī, Śrī

लक्ष्मी, श्री

mother goddess; goddess of prosperity, fortune, wealth, power, abundance, beauty and maya; supreme goddess (Vaishnavism); Para Brahman
  • Hinduism
Lán Cǎihé

藍采和

one of the Eight Immortals
  • Daoism
Laon

Laon

supreme creator goddess
  • Visayan religion
Lētṓ

Λητώ

childhood goddess
  • Greek religion
Leviathan
לִוְיָתָן

Λεβιάθαν

sea serpent
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
Lǐ Tiěguǎi

李鐵拐

one of the Eight Immortals
  • Daoism
Liễu Hạnh

柳杏

one of the Four Immortals
  • Vietnamese folk religion
  • Đạo Mẫu
Língbǎo Tiānzūn

靈寶天尊

one of the Grand Pure Ones
  • Daoism
Lóðurr

Lóðurr

god
  • Norse religion
Loki

Loki

god
  • Norse religion
Lóngwáng

龍王

dragon king; god of water and weather
  • Chinese folk religion
Lǚ Dòngbīn

呂洞賓

one of the Eight Immortals
  • Daoism
Lùxīng

祿星

god of emoluments; one of the Three Stars
  • Chinese folk religion
Magni

Magni

god
  • Norse religion
Mahākāla

महाकाल

大黑天

མ་ཧཱ་གཱ་ལ།

มหากาล

god of time, maya, creation, destruction and power
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism
Mágū

麻姑

immortal associated with elixir of life; protector of women
  • Daoism
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Korean shamanism
Manqu Qhapaq

Manqu Qhapaq

founder of the Inca civilisation
  • Inca mythology
Mâni
مانی
prophet
  • Manichaeism
Máni

Máni

personification of the Moon
  • Norse religion
Mañjuśrī

मञ्जुश्री

文殊師利

འཇམ་དཔལ་

bodhisattva who represents prajñā
  • Mahāyāna
  • Vajrayāna
Mars

Mārs

god of war, guardian of agriculture and the Roman people
  • Roman religion
Mẫu Địa Tiên, Lục Cung Thánh Mẫu

母地仙、陆宮聖母

one of the four heavenly mothers in the Four Palaces
  • Vietnamese folk religion
  • Đạo Mẫu
Mẫu Thoải, Thủy Cung Thánh Mẫu

母水、水宮聖母

one of the four heavenly mothers in the Four Palaces
  • Vietnamese folk religion
  • Đạo Mẫu
Mẫu Thượng Ngàn, Lâm Cung Thánh Mẫu

母上𡶨、林宮聖母

one of the four heavenly mothers in the Four Palaces
  • Vietnamese folk religion
  • Đạo Mẫu
Mẫu Thượng Thiên, Mẫu Đệ Nhất

母上天、母第一

one of the four heavenly mothers in the Four Palaces
  • Vietnamese folk religion
  • Đạo Mẫu
Māui

Māui

culture hero, trickster
  • Polynesian mythology
Māzǔ

媽祖

goddess of the sea
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
  • Hàn Buddhism
Meili

Meili

god
  • Norse religion
Mercury

Mercurius

god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, merchants and thieves
  • Roman religion
Mergen
𐰢𐰼𐰏𐰤
god of abundance and wisdom
  • Turkic mythology
Michael
מִיכָאֵל

Μῐχᾱήλ

Michaēl

مِيكَائِيل
archangel
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
Mímir, Mim

Mímir, Mim

god
  • Norse religion
Minerva

Minerva

goddess of poetry, medicine, commerce, weaving, the crafts and wisdom
  • Roman religion
Mixcōhuātl, Camaxtle

Mixcōhuātl, Camaxtle

god of hunting, war, and of many tribes; the Milky Way
  • Aztec religion
Móði

Móði

god
  • Norse religion
Modimo, Molimo

Modimo, Molimo

creator god, supreme god and god of the sky
  • Sotho-Tswana religion
Momotarō

桃太郎

hero
  • Japanese folklore
Moshé, Mūsā
מֹשֶׁה

Μωϋσῆς

Mōsēs, Mōȳsēs

مُوسَىٰdiv>
prophet
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
Muḥammad
مُحَمَّد
prophet
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
Mukuru

Mukuru

supreme creator
  • Himba-Herero religion
Nanna, Sin, Suen

𒀭𒂗𒍪

  • Islam

𒀭𒋀𒆠

god of the Moon
  • Mesopotamian religion
Némesis

Νέμεσις

goddess of retribution
  • Greek religion
Nephthys

nbt-ḥwt

goddess of mourning, the night/darkness, temple service, childbirth, the dead, protection, magic, health, embalming and beer
  • Egyptian religion
Neptune

Neptūnus

god of the sea
  • Roman religion
Nézhā

哪吒

protection god
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
  • Hàn Buddhism
Ngai

Ngai

supreme god
  • Kikuyu religion
Nī́kē

Νῑ́κη

goddess of victory
  • Greek religion
Ninhursag, Damgalnuna, Ninmah

𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕

𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕

mother goddess; goddess of fertility, mountains and rulers
  • Mesopotamian religion
Nuógōng

傩公

highest god
  • Nuo folk religion
Nuópó

傩婆

highest goddess
  • Nuo folk religion
Nut

nwt

Ⲛⲉ

goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy and the Universe
  • Egyptian religion
Nǚwā

女媧

culture hero
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
  • Hàn Buddhism
Nyambe

Nyambe

god of creation
  • Bantu religion
Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma

Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma

supreme god and sky father
  • Akan religion
Nýx

Νύξ

personification of night
  • Greek religion
Nzambi a Mpungu

Nzambi a Mpungu

supreme god, eternal sky father, god of the Sun
  • Kongo religion
Nzambici

Nzambici

Moon, Earth and sky mother
  • Kongo religion
Od iyesi

Ут Иясе

god of fire
  • Mongolian mythology
  • Turkic mythology
Óðinn

Óðinn

god
  • Germanic religion
Óðr

Óðr

god
  • Norse religion
Ọlọrun

Ọlọrun

monarch of the heavens, supreme monarch of gods, sky, Earth, Universe
  • Yoruba religion
Osiris

wsjr

god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life and vegetation
  • Egyptian religion
Oya

Oya

orisha of storms, wind, thunder, lightning, the dead
  • Yoruba religion
Pán

Πάν

god of nature, the wild, shepherds, flocks, and mountain wilds
  • Greek religion
Pángǔ

盤古

primordial being; creation figure
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
Pariacaca

Pariacaca

god of storms; creator god
  • Inca religion
Pārvatī, Umā, Gaurī

पार्वती, उमा, गौरी

mother goddess; goddess of power, nourishment, devotion, motherhood, fertility, and harmony; supreme goddess (Shaivism)
  • Hinduism
Persephónē

Περσεφόνη

queen of the underworld; goddess of the dead, the underworld, grain and nature
  • Greek religion
Perunŭ

Перунъ

god of the sky, lightning, thunder, war, justice and physical realm
  • Slavic religion
Phóbos

Φόβος

personification of fear
  • Greek religion
Píxiū

貔貅

hybrid creature
  • Chinese folk religion
Poseidôn

Ποσειδῶν

king of the sea; god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses
  • Greek religion
Príāpos

Πρίαπος

god of fertility, vegetables, nature, livestock, fruit, beekeeping, sex, genitals, masculinity, and gardens
  • Greek religion
Qʼuqʼumatz

Qʼuqʼumatz

god of wind and rain (Kʼicheʼ)
  • Maya religion
Qamata

Qamata

god
  • Xhosa religion
Qílín

麒麟

hybrid creature
  • Chinese folk religion
Qín Qióng

秦瓊

military general
  • Chinese folk religion
Quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcoatl

god of life, light and wisdom, lord of the day and the winds; ruler of the west
  • Aztec religion
Ra

rꜥ

𒊑𒀀

𐤓𐤏

ⲣⲏ

god of the Sun
  • Egyptian religion
Rādhā

राधा

primordial goddess, mother goddess, hladini shakti; goddess of love, compassion, and devotion; supreme goddess (Krishnaism)
  • Hinduism
Rāma

राम

the ideal man; embodiment of dharma
  • Hinduism
Robin Hood heroic outlaw
  • English folklore
Rukmiṇī

रुक्मिणी

mother goddess; goddess of fortune
  • Hinduism
Raphael
רָפָאֵל

Ραφαήλ

سمسمائيل، سمائل
archangel
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
Rhéā

Ῥέᾱ

mother goddess
  • Greek religion
Ruhanga

Ruhanga

creator and sky god
  • Rutara religion
Ryūjin

龍神

tutelary god of the sea
  • Shintō
Samantabhadra

समन्तभद्र

普賢

ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ་

bodhisattva associated with practice and meditation
  • Buddhism
Sandalphon
סַנְדַּלְפוֹן

Σανδαλφών

archangel
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
Sarasvatī

सरस्वती

goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech and learning; Saraswati River
  • Hinduism
Sariel
שָׂרִיאֵל

Σαριηλ

ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ

archangel
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
Satī

सती

goddess of power, marital felicity and longevity
  • Hinduism
Selaphiel
שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל
archangel
  • Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Selḗnē

Σελήνη

personification of the Moon
  • Greek religion
Set, Seth

stẖ

god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners
  • Egyptian religion
Shàngdì

上帝

highest god
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Chinese Protestant Christianity
Shénnóng

神農

culture hero
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Vietnamese folk religion
Shēnshū

神荼

one of the two gods who feed evil spirits to tigers
  • Chinese folk religion
Shòuxīng

壽星

god of longevity; one of the Three Stars
  • Chinese folk religion
Shu

šw

god of peace, lions, air and wind
  • Egyptian religion
Shuten-dōji

酒呑童子

demon leader
  • Shintō
Sigurðr

Sigurðr

Sîvrit

one who killed a dragon
  • Germanic folklore
Sinbad
سِنْدِبَاد
sailor
  • Arab folklore
Sītā

सीता

mother goddess; goddess of beauty and devotion
  • Hinduism
Śiva, Mahādevá

शिव, महादेव

god of time; lord of yogis; the cosmic dancer; patron of yoga; meditation and arts; master of poison and medicine; the supreme being (Shaivism)
  • Hinduism
Ṣaṣṭhī

षष्ठी

goddess of children, reproduction, childbirth, mid-wives
  • Hinduism
Suìrén

燧人

culture hero
  • Chinese folk religion
Sūn Wùkōng

孫悟空

monkey king
  • Chinese folk religion
Supay

Supay

god of death
  • Inca religion
Sūrya

सूर्य

god of the Sun; ruler of the planets
  • Hinduism
Susanoo

素戔嗚、須佐之男

god of the sea, storms and fields
  • Shintō
Svarožicĭ, Sovarogŭ

Сварожиць, Соварогъ

god of fire; god of protection and war
  • Slavic religion
Tàibái Jīnxīng

太白金星

god
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
Tamamo-no-Mae

玉藻前

fox spirit
  • Shintō
Tản Viên Sơn Thánh, Sơn Tinh

傘圓山聖、山精

god of Ba Vì mountain range; one of the Four Immortals
  • Vietnamese folk religion
Tefnut

tfn.t

ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ

god of moisture, moist Air, dew and rain
  • Egyptian religion
Tengri

𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃

supreme god
  • Tengrism
Terra

Terra

Earth
  • Roman religion
Tēzcatlipōca

Tēzcatlipōca

god of providence, the invisible and darkness, lord of the Night; ruler of the north
  • Aztec religion
Thánatos

Θᾰ́νᾰτος

personification of peaceful death
  • Greek religion
Thánh Gióng, Phù Đổng Thiên Vương, Sóc Thiên Vương

聖揀、扶董天王、朔天王

folk hero; one of the Four Immortals
  • Vietnamese folk religion
Thémis

Θέμις

goddess of justice, divine law, divine order, and custom
  • Greek religion
Tláloc

Tláloc

god of rain
  • Aztec religion
Tōnacācihuātl

Tōnacācihuātl

goddess of the creation
  • Aztec religion
Tōnacātēcuhtli

Tōnacātēcuhtli

god of the creation
  • Aztec religion
Trần Quốc Tuấn, Hưng Đạo Đại Vương

陳國峻、興道大王

prince, stateman, military commander
  • Vietnamese folk religion
Triptólemos

Τριπτόλεμος

patron of the Eleusinian mysteries; founder of agriculture; judge of the afterlife
  • Greek religion
Tsukuyomi

月読

god of the Moon
  • Shintō
Tǔdìgōng

土地公

tutelary god of a specific location
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Hàn Buddhism
  • Daoism
Týr

Týr

god
  • Germanic religion
Þórr

Þórr

god
  • Germanic religion
Ülgen
𐰈𐰞𐰏𐰅𐰣
creator god
  • Turkic mythology
Uriel
אוּרִיאֵל

Οὐριήλ

ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ

archangel
  • Rabbinic Judaism
  • Orthodox Catholic Church
  • Oriental Orthodox Churches
  • Lutheranism
  • Anglicanism
Ullr

Ullr

god
  • Norse religion
Umay
𐰆𐰢𐰖
goddess of newborn children and souls
  • Turkic mythology
Unkulunkulu

Unkulunkulu

supreme creator
  • Zulu religion
Ouranós

Οὐρᾰνός

personification of the sky and the heavens
  • Greek religion
Urcuchillay

Urcuchillay

god that watches over animals
  • Inca religion
Utu, Shamash

𒀭𒌓

𒀭𒌓

god of the Sun and justice
  • Mesopotamian religion
Vaiśravaṇa

वैश्रवण

多聞天王、毗沙門天王

རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས་

ท้าวกุเวร

one of the Four Heavenly kings; one of the Seven Gods of Fortune
  • Buddhism
Váli

Váli

god
  • Norse religion
Varuṇa

वरुण

god of the sky, oceans, and water
  • Hinduism
Vāyu

वायु

god of air, wind, and breath

  • Hinduism

god
  • Norse religion
Velesŭ, Volosŭ

Велесъ, Волосъ

god of the Earth, waters, forests, underworld, music, magic, trickery, cattle and wealth
  • Slavic religion
Venus

Venus

goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory
  • Roman religion
Vesta

Vesta

goddess of the hearth, home, family, virginity and sacred fire
  • Roman religion
Vichama

Vichama

god of death
  • Inca religion
Viracocha, Wiraqocha, Huiracocha

Viracocha, Wiraqocha, Huiracocha

creator god
  • Inca religion
Vili

Vili

god
  • Norse religion
Víðarr

Víðarr

god
  • Norse religion
Viṣṇu

विष्णु

god of preservation; god of time; the protector of good; bestower of karma; the supreme being (Vaishnavism)
  • Hinduism
Virūḍhaka

विरूढक

增長天王、毗樓勒叉

འཕགས་སྐྱེས་པོ

ท้าววิรุฬหก

one of the Four Heavenly kings
  • Buddhism
Virūpākṣa

विरूपाक्ष

廣目天王、毗樓博叉

སྤྱན་མི་བཟང

ท้าววิรูปักษ์

one of the Four Heavenly kings
  • Buddhism
Vulcanus

Vulcanus

god of fire, metalworking, and the forge
  • Roman religion
Wèi Zhēng

魏徵

politician and historian
  • Chinese folk religion
William Tell

Wilhelm Tell

Guillaume Tell

Guglielmo Tell

Guglielm Tell

mountain climber and marksman
  • Swiss folklore
Xièzhì

獬豸

creature
  • Chinese folk religion
Xīpe Totēc

Xīpe Totēc

god of ritual flaying and agriculture, lord of seasons, regeneration and crafts, patron of goldsmiths; ruler of the east
  • Aztec religion
Xīwángmǔ

西王母

mother goddess
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
Xuánzàng

玄奘

monk
  • Buddhism
Xbalanque

Xbalanque

hero
  • Maya mythology
Yamata no Orochi

ヤマタノオロチ, 八岐大蛇, 八俣遠呂智, 八俣遠呂知

eight-head eight-tail dragon
  • Shintō
Yer Tanrı

Yer Tanrı

Earth god
  • Turkic mythology
  • Altai mythology
Yēšū́aʿ
יֵשׁוּעַ

Ἰησοῦς

Yyšw

عِيسَىٰ
prophet; son of the God (Christianity)
  • Christianity
  • Manichaeism
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
Yìnglóng

應龍

god of rains
  • Chinese folk religion
Yopaat

Yopaat

storm god
  • Maya religion
Yùchí Róng, Yùchí Gōng

尉遲融、尉遲恭

military general
  • Chinese folk religion
Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn

元始天尊

one of the Grand Pure Ones
  • Daoism
Yùhuáng, Yùdì

玉皇、玉帝

primordial god
  • Chinese folk religion
Yuki-onna

雪女

spirit
  • Japanese folklore
Yùlǜ

鬱壘

one of the two gods who feed evil spirits to tigers
  • Chinese folk religion
Zartošt
زرتشت
prophet
  • Zoroastrianism
  • Baháʼí Faith
  • Manichaeism
  • Ahmadiya
Ζέφυρος

Zéphuros

god of the west wind
  • Greek religion
Zeús

Ζεύς

king of the gods; god of the sky, lightning, thunder, Law, and order
  • Greek religion
Zàojūn, Zàoshén

灶君、灶神

god protecting the hearth and family
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Daoism
Zhōng Kuí

鍾馗

vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings
  • Daoism
Zhōnglí Quán

鍾離權

one of the Eight Immortals
  • Daoism
Zhùróng

祝融

god of fire and the south
  • Chinese folk religion
Zhyge Alu hero
  • Yi mythology


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