The ancient Greeks had numerous water deities. The philosopher Plato once remarked that the Greek people were like frogs sitting around a pond—their many...

A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water. Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important...

In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses. These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical...

The Roman deities most widely known today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts (see interpretatio graeca), integrating Greek myths, iconography...

religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as a water deity, vegetation deity, sky deity, solar deity, fire deity, or any other...

semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would...

pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the Greek primordial deities. Pontus was Gaia's son and has no father; according to the Greek poet Hesiod, he was born without coupling...

A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops. in some cases these deities are directly associated...

A love deity is a deity in mythology associated with romance, sex, lust, or sexuality. Love deities are common in mythology and may be found in many polytheistic...

Orisha Loco, patron of healers and plants Mami Wata, a pantheon of water deities associated with healing and fertility Ọsanyìn, spirit of herbalism Sopona...

January 6. Water deities are usually a focus of worship at specific springs or holy wells, but there are also more abstract ocean deities, and deities representing...

(Latin, "Greek translation"), or "interpretation by means of Greek [models]", refers to the tendency of the ancient Greeks to identify foreign deities with...

Water sprites differ from corporeal beings, such as selkies, mermaids, and sirens, as they are not purely physical and are more akin to local deities...

religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the sky. The daytime sky deities are typically distinct from the nighttime ones...

A lunar deity is a deity who represents the Moon, or an aspect of it. Lunar deities and Moon worship can be found throughout most of recorded history...

symbols. Poseidon (/pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ-, poʊ-/; Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the...

Earth goddesses are often associated with the chthonic deities of the underworld. In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding...

Egyptian texts mention deities' names without indicating their character or role, while other texts refer to specific deities without even stating their...

Liminal deity List of deities List of night deities List of fictional demons List of theological demons List of ghosts Psychopomp Time and fate deities Sailor...

whose name in Ancient Greek described a combination of wisdom and cunning. Mnemosyne, Titan of memory, and one of the deities worshipped by the Cult...

deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof. Such deities are usually associated with power and strength. Solar deities...

Deities of wine and beer include a number of agricultural deities associated with the fruits and grains used to produce alcoholic beverages, as well as...

Deities depicted with horns or antlers are found in many religions across the world. In religions that venerate animal deities, horned bulls, goats, and...

: 94–95  The Roman pantheon had numerous deities, both Greek and non-Greek.: 96–97  The more famed deities, found in the mythologies and the 2nd millennium...

Ancient Greek: Ἄρης, Árēs [árɛːs]) is the Greek god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were...

A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as wind is nothing more than moving air. Many polytheistic religions...

Neptune has 16 known moons, which are named for minor water deities and a water creature in Greek mythology. By far the largest of them is Triton, discovered...

to assume a single transcendent deity. The worship of these deities, and several others, was found across the Greek world, though they often have different...

Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism. Deities in Hinduism are as diverse as its traditions, and a Hindu can choose to be polytheistic...

These deities include the "Great Old Ones" and extraterrestrials, such as the "Elder Things", with sporadic references to other miscellaneous deities (e...