#deity__divinity__god any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
supertype: #spiritual_being__spiritualbeing__supernatural_being an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
instance: #Hypnos #Morpheus #the_Fates
member of: #pantheon
subtype: #Demogorgon (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld
subtype: #demigod__daemon a person who is part mortal and part god
instance: #Adonis
subtype: #sea-god a deity believed to live in or to control the sea
subtype: #sun-god__sungod a god associated with the sun
subtype: #Celtic_deity a deity worshipped by the Celts
instance: #Amaethon #Ana #Angus_Og__Aengus__Oengus__Angus #Arawn #Arianrhod__Arianrod #Boann #Brigit #Dagda #Danu__Dana #Don.Celtic_deity__don #Dylan #Epona #Fomor__Fomorian #Gwydion #Gwyn #Lir__Ler #Llew_Llaw_Gyffes #LLud #Llyr #Lug #Manannan #Manawydan__Manawyddan #Morrigan__Morrigu__morrigu #Tuatha_De_Danann__Tuatha_de_Danann__Tuatha_De
subtype: #Egyptian_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
instance: #Amen__Amon #Amen-Ra__Amon-Ra #Anubis #Bast #Geb__Keb #Horus #Isis #Khepera #Min #Nephthys #Nut #Osiris #Ptah #Ra__Re #Sekhet__Eye_of_Ra #Set__Seth #Thoth
subtype: #Semitic_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
instance: #Adad #Adapa #Anshar #Antum #Anu #Anunnaki__Enuki #Apsu #Aruru #Ashur__Ashir #Ashtoreth #Astarte #Ishtar__Mylitta #Baal #Bel #Dagon #Dagan #Damkina__Damgalnunna #Dumuzi__Tammuz #Ea #Enki #Enlil__En-lil #Ereshkigal__Eresh-kigal__Ereshkigel #Girru #Gula #Igigi #Inanna #Ki #Kishar #Lilith #Mama #Marduk__Merodach__Baal_Merodach__Bel-Merodach #Molech__Moloch #Nabu__Nebo #Nammu #Namtar__Namtaru #Nanna #Nergal #Nina #Ningal #Ningirsu #Ningishzida #Ninkhursag__Ninhursag__Ninkharsag #Ninurta__Ninib #Nusku #Ramman #Sarpanitu__Zirbanit__Zarpanit #Shamash #Sin #Tashmit__Tashmitum #Tiamat #Utnapishtim #Utu__Utug #Zu__Zubird
subtype: #Hindu_deity a deity worshipped by the Hindus
subtype: #avatar the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"
subtype: #Rama avatar of Vishnu; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama
instance: #Ramachandra #Balarama #Parashurama
instance: #Jagannath__Jagannatha__Jagganath__Juggernaut #Kalki #Krishna
instance: #Aditi #Aditya #Agni #Asura #Ahura #Asvins #Bhaga #Brahma #Brihaspati #Bhumi_Devi #Devi #Chandi #Dharma #Durga #Dyaus-pitar__Dyaus #Ganesa__Ganesha__Ganesh__Ganapati #Garuda #Gauri #Hanuman #Indra #Ka #Kali #Kama #Mara #Kartikeya__Karttikeya #Lakshmi #Marut #Mitra #Parjanya #Parvati__Anapurna__Annapurna #Prajapati #Pushan #Rahu #Ribhus__Rhibhus #Rudra #Sarasvati #Savitar #Shakti__Sakti #Siva__Shiva #Skanda #Soma #Surya #Uma #Ushas #Vajra #Varuna #Vayu #Vishnu #Yama
subtype: #Persian_deity a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
instance: #Mithras__Mithra #Ormazd__Ormuzd__Ahura_Mazda #Ahriman
subtype: #Bodhisattva__Boddhisatva Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
subtype: #Avalokitesvara__Avalokiteshvara a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people
instance: #Maitreya
subtype: #Arhat__Arhant__lohan a Buddhist who has attained nirvana
subtype: #Chinese_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
subtype: #Kwan-yin__Kuan_Yin (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon
instance: #Chang_Kuo-lao__Chang_Kuo #Wen_Ch'ang__Wen-Ti #Taoist_Trinity #Tien-pao__Heavenly_Jewel #Ling-pao__Mystic_Jewel #Shen-pao__Spiritual_Jewel
subtype: #Japanese_deity a deity worshipped by the Japanese
instance: #Amaterasu_Omikami__Amaterasu #Hachiman #Hotei #Izanagi #Izanami #Kami #Kwannon #Ninigi__Ninigino-Mikoto
subtype: #goddess__goddes a female deity
subtype: #earth-goddess__earthgoddes a goddess of fertility and vegetation
subtype: #earth_mother__earthmother the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility
subtype: #earth-god__earthgod a god of fertility and vegetation
subtype: #demiurge a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
subtype: #Greco-Roman_deity__Graeco-Roman_deity a deity of classical mythology
subtype: #nymph (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
subtype: #Oread (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
subtype: #Asterope__Sterope (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades
subtype: #water_nymph__waternymph (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water
subtype: #sea_nymph__seanymph (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus
subtype: #Nereid (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
instance: #Thetis
subtype: #Siren a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
subtype: #Lorelei a siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
instance: #Calypso #Oceanid
subtype: #naiad (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
subtype: #dryad__woodnymph a deity or nymph of the woods
subtype: #hamadryad the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
instance: #Napaea__Napea
instance: #Echo #Hesperides__Atlantides #Hyades #Pleiades.nymph__pleiade #Daphne #Salmacis
instance: #Aesculapius #Bacchus #Priapus #Leto__Latona
subtype: #Greek_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
subtype: #Grace (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors
instance: #Aglaia #Euphrosyne #Thalia
subtype: #forest_god__satyr one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
instance: #Silenus
subtype: #silenus__silenu any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)
subtype: #Olympic_god__Olympian a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans
subtype: #Muse in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
instance: #Calliope #Clio #Erato #Euterpe #Melpomene #Polyhymnia #Terpsichore #Thalia.Muse__thalia #Urania
subtype: #Titan (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
instance: #Cronus #Hyperion #Oceanus #Cocus #Crius #Iapetus #Atlas #Epimetheus #Prometheus
subtype: #Titaness (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology
instance: #Thea__Theia #Rhea #Themis #Mnemosyne #Phoebe #Tethys
instance: #Aeolus #Aether #Phoebus_Apollo__Apollo__Phoebus #Aphrodite__Cytherea #Ares #Eris #Thanatos #Nyx #Artemis__Cynthia #Boreas #Ate #Pallas_Athena__Athena__Athene__Pallas__Pallas_Athene #Chaos #Demeter #Dionysus #Doris #Erebus #Eros #Gaea__Gaia__Ge #Hebe #Helios #Hecate #Hephaestus__Hephaistos #Hermes #Hermaphroditus #Hygeia #Hera__Here #Hestia #Hymen #Minos #Ariadne #Moirai__Moirae #Clotho #Lachesis #Atropos #Momus__Momos #Nemesis #Nereus #Nike #Ouranos__Uranus #Pan__the_goat_god #Pasiphae #Pontos__Pontus #Poseidon #Proteus #Persephone__Despoina__Kore__Cora #Phaethon #Hades__Pluto__Aides__Aidoneus #Pythia__Pythoness #Rhadamnathus #Selene #Eos #Triton #Tyche #Zephyr #Zeus
subtype: #Roman_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
subtype: #faun ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
instance: #Venus.Roman_deity__venu__Urania #Mors #Mars #Diana #Minerva #Saturn.Roman_deity__saturn #Ceres.Roman_deity__cere #Nox__Night #Cupid__Amor #Sol #Vulcan #Mercury.Roman_deity__mercury #Janus #Juno #Vesta.Roman_deity__vesta #Parcae #Nona #Decuma #Morta #Victoria.Roman_deity__victoria #Faunus #Neptune #Proserpina__Proserpine #Dis__Orcus #Luna #Aurora #Tellus #Fortuna #Jove__Jupiter #Ops #Sylvanus__Silvanus
subtype: #Norse_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
subtype: #Aesir (Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard
subtype: #Vanir (Norse mythology) race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir
subtype: #Norn any of the three Fates or goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae
instance: #Urd__Urth #Verdandi__Verthandi #Skuld
instance: #Balder__Baldr #Bragi__Brage #Elli #Forseti #Frey__Freyr #Freya__Freyja #Frigg__Frigga #Heimdall__Heimdal__Heimdallr #Hela__Hel #Hoenir #Hoth__Hothr__Hoder__Hodr #Idun__Ithunn #Loki #Nanna.Norse_deity__nanna #Njord__Njorth #Odin #Sif #Sigyn #Thor #Tyr__Tyrr #Ull__Ullr #Vali #Vitharr__Vithar__Vidar
subtype: #Teutonic_deity (Teutonic mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
instance: #Donar #Nerthus__Hertha #Wotan
subtype: #Anglo-Saxon_deity (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
instance: #Tiu #Woden__Wodan #the_Weird_Sisters__the_Three_Weird_Sisters #Wyrd__Weird
subtype: #Phrygian_deity deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
instance: #Cybele__Dindymene__Great_Mother__Magna_Mater__Mater_Turrita
subtype: #Quetzalcoatl an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent
subtype: #saint a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
subtype: #patron_saint a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation
subtype: #Santa_Claus__Kriss_Kringle__Father_Christmas__Saint_Nick__St_Nick the legendary patron saint of children
instance: #Saint_Bridget__Bridget__St_Bridget__Brigid__Saint_Brigid__St_Brigid__Bride__Saint_Bride__St_Bride #St_Christopher__Christopher__Saint_Christopher
instance: #Saint_Crispin__Crispin__St_Crispin #Saint_David__David__St_David #Saint_Francis_of_Assisi__Francis_of_Assisi__St_Francis_of_Assisi__Saint_Francis__St_Francis__Giovanni_di_Bernardone #Saint_Nicholas__Nicholas__St_Nicholas
subtype: #war_god__god_of_war a god worshipped as giving victory in war
subtype: #snake_god__snakegod__zombi__zombie a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
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