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Beings Festivals Figures Locations Objects Practices
figure in Latin script figure description religion/folklore
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
Akṣobhya अक्षोभ्य

阿閦佛

མི་བསྐྱོད་པ་

พระอักโษภยพุทธะ

one of the Five Tathāgatas
  • Mahāyāna
  • Vajrayāna
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
Amitābha अमिताभ

阿彌陀佛

འོད་དཔག་མེད་, ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་

อมิตาภพุทธะ

one of the Five Tathāgatas
  • Mahāyāna
  • Vajrayāna
Amoghasiddhi अमोघसिद्धि

不空成就佛

དོན་ཡོད་གྲུབ་པ་

พระอโมฆสิทธิพุทธะ

one of the Five Tathāgatas
  • Mahāyāna
  • Vajrayāna
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 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 school
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
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
Högni Hǫgni

Hagen

warrior
  • Germanic folklore
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
Jīnchán 金蟾 toad that brings good fortune
  • Chinese folk religion
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
Mágoi Μάγοι

Magi

three unnamed wise men
  • Christianity
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

مُوسَىٰ
prophet
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
Muḥammad
مُحَمَّد
prophet
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
Mukuru Mukuru supreme creator
  • Himba-Herero religion
Nanna, Sin, Suen 𒀭𒋀𒆠

𒀭𒂗𒍪

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
Presbyter Ioannes Presbyter Ioannes patriarch, presbyter and king
  • Christian folklore
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
Ratnasambhava रत्नसम्भव

寶生如來

རིན་ཆེན་འབྱུང་གནས་, རིན་ཆེན་འབྱུང་ལྡན་

one of the Five Tathāgatas
  • Mahāyāna
  • Vajrayāna
Robin Hood 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; personification of the 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
Tāne Tāne god of forests and birds (Māori); god of beauty and peace (Tahitian)
  • Māori mythology
Tāwhirimātea, Tāwhiri Tāwhirimātea, Tāwhiri god of weather
  • Māori mythology
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
Tiki Tiki the first man
  • Māori mythology
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
Tūmatauenga Tūmatauenga primary god of war, hunting, cooking, fishing, and food cultivation
  • Māori mythology
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

大日如来、毘盧遮那佛

རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད་

พระไวโรจนพุทธะ

one of the Five Tathāgatas
  • Mahāyāna
  • Vajrayāna
Vaiśravaṇa वैश्रवण

多聞天王、毘沙門天王

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、毘樓勒叉

འཕགས་སྐྱེས་པོ

ท้าววิรุฬหก

one of the Four Heavenly kings
  • Buddhism
Virūpākṣa विरूपाक्ष

廣目天王、毘樓博叉

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 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 Zhyge Alu hero
  • Yi mythology


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