The god concept has been around for many millenia. How many can we find. One line answer per god/goddess please - name of the deity and the religion and/or era. Plus an optional short description. If you have web references that give a neat list then paste the list and not the link. Try to remove any duplicates given from previous posts. I'll start with some examples - Gaia - Earth mother Zeus - Ancient Greece God - Christianity Allah - Islam
Some Viking gods. Odin Odin was the chief god in the Norse mythology, and the father of Thor, Balder, Hoder, Tyr, Bragi, Heimdall, Ull, Vidar, Hermod and Vali. His wives were Fjorgyn, Frigga and Rind. He had a bad habit to roam around Midgard in human disguise seducing and impregnating women. This is why many mortals were able to trace their ancestry back to him. Thor Thor was the son of Odin and Fjorgyn. He was the god of thunder, the sky, fertility and the law. Armed with his strengthgiving items, a belt and the hammer Mjölnir, he had a simple way of righting wrongs: he more or less killed everything that moved. The other gods -mostly Loki- occasionally took advantage of Thor's simplicity. Loki Loki can be called the 'wizard of lies' and is in many ways the most interesting god in Asgard. Loki was related to Odin, but their relationship was rather strange. He came to Asgard either as of right or because Odin and he entered into a blood-brotherhood. Frey Frey was a fertility god of the the Vanir race. He was the son of Njord and came to Asgard as a hostage along with his father and sister Freya. Freya Freya was the goddess of sex and later also war and death. She married the god Od, who deserted her. After being abandoned she divided her time between mourning his absence and being promiscuous. Idun The goddess of spring and immortal youth was called Idun. She was the daughter of the dwarf Ivald and married to the god Bragi. Sif Sif was the goddess who married Thor and bore his stepson (by Odin), Ull. The vikings (and their gods) admired golden hair, and she was exceptionally proud of hers, so Loki cut it all off while she was asleep. Hel Hel was a goddess (or a monster), a daughter of Loki and Angrboda, who ruled over Niflheim, which was the land of the dead. There were different opinions of whether she was alive or dead. Ull, in his role as god of winter, was supposed to spend a few months each year as Hel's lover. Hel and her ghostly army were going to support the other gods at Ragnarok, after which her domain would go out in flames.
They sound like the Vedic gods. I wonder if there was ever a historical connection between the Vikings and the Vedic Hindus.
Roman gods, starting with the coolest: Apollo - God of the Sun Jupiter - King of the Gods Juno - Queen of the Gods Neptune - God of the Sea Pluto - God of Death Diana - Goddess of the Moon Mars - God of War Venus - Goddess of Love Cupid - God of Love Mercury - Messenger of the Gods Minerva - Goddess of Wisdom Ceres - The Earth Goddess Proserpine - Goddess of the Underworld Vulcan - The Smith God Bacchus - God of Wine Saturn - God of Time Vesta - Goddess of the Home Janus - God of Doors Uranus - Father of Saturn Maia - Goddess of Growth Flora - Goddess of Flowers Plutus - God of Wealth
SamCDKey: The descendents of the Aryans/Indo-Europeans reflect their ancestry in their language and in their religion. Quite litterally, Tyr, Zeus, Jupiter, Dyaus Pitar, and the Dagda are the same deity.
Mars is not a god...it is a planet. Mars is beautifull planet. of all the "Gods" I heard of...none have proof of existence...thus there are no Gods. There is only Mars, it has proof of existence.
"We have more Gods than you can shake a stick at. Godchecker's Mythology Encyclopedia currently features over 2,850 deities." http://www.godchecker.com/
El, Yahweh & Asherah El was a local Canaanite diety that the Jews worshipped. Muslims call him Allah, Christians call him God. His name was later changed to Yahweh. Yahweh had a wife, mistress, concubine or consort called Asherah. So presumably she would be a goddess.:m: Sophia was a Greek goddess. It meant Wisdom. The Jews took the name Wisdom and made her a goddess.
Greek/Roman gods are listed below. The Romans essentially adapted the Greek gods to their own culture. Not all the gods had equivalents. Where no equivalent exists, the God appears in the list as "..." rather than a name. Greek Name / Roman Name : Description Zeus / Jupiter : Lord of the Sky, Gods, and Thunder, Rain-god, Cloud-gatherer Hera / Juno : Protector of Marriage Poseidon / Neptune : Ruler of the Sea Hades, Polydectes / Pluto : God of the Underworld and Precious Metals ... / Libitina : Goddess of the Underworld Pallas Athena / Minerva : Goddess of the City, Education/Science, and War Phoebus Apollo / Apollo : God of Sun, Truth, Music, Healing Artemis, Orthia, Phoebe / Diana : Goddess of Wild Things, Hunter-in-Chief Aphrodite, Anadyomene / Venus : Goddess of Love and Beauty Hermes, Pyschopompus / Mercury : God of Commerce and Market, Zeus' Messenger Ares / Mars : God of War Enyo / Bellona : Lesser Goddess of War Hephaestus / Vulcan, Mulciber : God of the Forge and Fire, Workman to the immortals Hestia / Vesta :Goddess of the Hearth and Home; also Fertility(Greek only) ... / Priapus : God of Fertility Eros / Cupid, Amor : God of Love Hymen / ... : God of the Wedding Feast Hebe / ... : Goddess of Youth ... / Juventus : God of Youth Iris / ... : Goddess of the Rainbow Persephone, Kora / Persipina, Libera : Goddess of Spring [Season], Underworld through Hades Demeter / Ceres : Goddess of the Corn, Earth, Harvest Dionysus, Lycaeus / Bacchus, Liber : God of the Vine, Wine, Merriment Pan / Inuus,Faunus : God of Flocks, Sheep Selene / Luna : Goddess of the Moon Helios / Sol : God of the Sun ... / Terminus : Guardian of Boundaries ... / Priapus : Cause of Fertility ... / Pales : Strengthener of Cattle ... / Sylvanus : Helper of Plowmen and Woodcutters ... / Saturn : Protector of the Sowers and the Seed ... / Janus : God of good beginnings Eileithyia, Ilithyia / Lucina : Goddess of Childbirth ... / Pomona & Vertumnus : Powers Protecting Orchards and Gardens Aether / ... : God of Light Eos / Aurora, Mater Matuta : Goddess of the Dawn Asklepios / Aesculapius : God of Health and Medicine Hygea / ... : Goddess of Health Aeolus / ... : King of the Winds Boreas / Aquilo : North Wind Zephyr / Favonius : West Wind Notus / Auster : South Wind Eurus / Eurus : East Wind Pontus / ... : God of the Deep Sea Nereus / ... : "Old Man of the Sea" Triton / ... : Trumpeter of the Sea Ate / ... : Goddess of Mischief Eris / Discordia : Goddess of Discord Maia / Fauna, Bono Dea : Goddess of Fields, "Good Goddess" ... / Flora : Goddess of Flowers Hypnos / Somnus : God of Sleep ... / Juturna : Goddess of Springs [Water] Nike / Victoria : Goddess of Victory Peitha / Suadela : Goddess of Persuasion Hecate / Trivia : Goddess of the Crossways, the Dark Side of the Moon, and Magic Tyche / Fortuna : Goddess of Fortune ... / Voluptas : Goddess of Pleasure Poena / ... : Goddess of Punishment Nemesis / ... : Goddess of Revenge Hespera / ... : Goddess of Dusk Morpheus / ... : God of Dreams Phosphor / Lucifer : Light-bearer, Star that brings in the day Fama / ... : God of fame, rumor
Egyptian gods: Amen "The Hidden One," a primordial creation-deity Anubis Egyptian god of the dead Bast Egyptian cat goddess Bes Egyptian dwarf god believed to guard against evil spirits and misfortune Chons Egyptian moon god Dua Protector of the stomach of the deceased Geb God of the Earth Hathor Egyptian cow goddess Isis Egyptian mother goddess Ka Egyptian name for the vital force of life Maat Egyptian goddess of truth and justice Min Egyptian fertility god Mut Wife of Amen, mother of Khons Nephthys Egyptian goddess of the dead Nut Egyptian goddess of the sky and of the heavens Osiris Egyptian god of the underworld and of vegetation Qetesh Goddess of love and beauty Re Egyptian sun god Selket Scorpion goddess, helper of women in childbirth Set Egyptian god of chaos Shu Egyptian god of the air Sobek Egyptian crocodile god Taweret Hippopotamus goddess and protective deity of childbirth Thoth Egyptian moon god Wepwawet God of war and of the funerary cult
Moloch. The one true god. Send your children to dance the flames with gentle, loving, kind Moloch. That is all.
LOL The Shinto pantheon has a collection of more than 8000000 kami (Japanese for "gods" or "spirits"). It starts with the 7 divine Gods who make the God Izanagi and the Godess Izanami. Izanagi - together with his wife gave birth to the islands of Japan. Izanami - the wife, she also gave birth to fire (ouch!) Seiobo - Queen Mother of the West". She cultivates a garden of peach trees that blossom only every 1000 years and if one of these peaches are eaten – you get eternal life. Tobosaku – Bloody peach stealer! Gama-Sennin - A sage with a lot of magical talent (he can become a toad or look young) Chokaro - He has a magic pumpkin that can become a horse! Cool ne? Shishi – kind of dog lion. Benten - The Goddess of luck, love, eloquence, wisdom and the fine arts. She rides on a dragon!!! Bishamon - is the patron of the warriors. Daikoku - The god of wealth and the patron of the farmers. Ebisu - the son of Daikoku and the patron of the fishermen. Fukurokuju - The god of wisdom, good luck and longevity. Hotei - He is also the god of laughter and happiness (by being content with what you have). Jurojin - The god of longevity
there are 33 000 000 demigods in the vedas, but they are not actually god but living entities that get materially elevated to positions of universal management on the strength of their piou s activities
there is is only one god of this universe, and we as humans could never hope to comprehend what the gods name maybe. some suggest that there are lesser gods... gods created by the one true god. and that these lesser gods are the ones vieing for power and your minds. the one that has won out, has proposed and made mandatory the one god concept as fundamental, to brush all other gods aside like so much straw. the mormons, i have learned would suggest that Jehovah is one of the highest and most favored of the lesser gods, and has served the purpose towards setting mankinds focus towards a one god ideal. you can use all kinds of words to describe god. but they are human words, and are not worthy of the attempting to name god. i use the term god, or elohiem... as general description for the creator. but i would never propose to suggest a name. -MT