Gods & Goddesses

Greek Deities


  • Zeus: Divine God
  • Hera: Wife of Zeus, Mother Goddess
  • Apollo: God of prophecy, archery, and music
  • Aphrodite: Goddess of love
  • Ariadne: Goddess of the labyrinth
  • Aries: God of action and war
  • Artemis: Goddess of the hunt and protection
  • Athena: Goddess of war and wisdom
  • Calliope: Muse of epic poetry(female)
  • Clio: Muse of history(female)
  • Demeter: Earth goddess
  • Dionysus: God of wine and ecstasy
  • Eileithia: Goddess of childbirth
  • Erato: Muse of love poetry(female)
  • Eros: God of love
  • Euterpe: Muse of music(female)
  • Gaia: Primal earth goddess
  • Hecate: Goddess of Witchcraft, ghosts, and the dead
  • Hades: God of the Underworld
  • Helios: God of the sun
  • Hephaistos: God of sun, fire, and forge
  • Hermes: Messenger to the gods
  • Hestia: Goddess of hearth and home
  • Melpomene: Muse of tragedy(female)
  • Metis: Wisdom
  • Moerae: Three goddesses of fate — Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos
  • Mnemosyne: Goddess of memory, mother of Muses
  • Nike: Goddess of victory
  • Pan: God of the forests
  • Persephone: Queen of the underworld
  • Phoebe: Goddess of the moon
  • Polyhymnia: Muse of singing(female)
  • Poseidon: God of the sea
  • Psyche: Goddess of the soul
  • Terpsichore: Muse of dance(female)
  • Tethys: Goddess of the sea
  • Thalia: Muse of comedy(female)
  • Urania: Muse of astronomy(female)

Roman Deities


  • Jupiter: Great God; storms, thunder, and lightening
  • Juno: Queen of Gods; women, marriage, childbirth, household prosperity
  • Apollo: God of the sun, music, poetry, fine arts, prophecy, eloquence, and medicine
  • Bacchus: God of liquid spirits, fruits, and parties
  • Ceres: Goddess of harvest, agriculture, fertility, and fruitfulness
  • Cupid: God of love and passion
  • Diana: Goddess of the moon, hunting, children, and Witches
  • Fannus: God of the woodlands
  • Fates: Three goddesses of destiny; daughters of the night
  • Flora: Goddess of nature
  • Furies: Goddesses of vengeance
  • Janus: Two-faced god of beginnings
  • Mars: God of war and action
  • Mercury: Messenger of the gods, trace and commerce, travelers
  • Minerva: Goddess of wisdom, practical arts, and war
  • Neptune: God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
  • Pluto: God of the underworld
  • Saturn: God of harvest and golden ages in history
  • Venus: Goddess of love
  • Vesta: Goddess of the hearth, home, and community
  • Vulcan: God of fire, craftspeople, metalworkers, and artisans

Celtic Deities


  • Dagda: Father God(the good god)
  • Danu(Anu)/Don: Mother Goddess
  • Abarta: Warrior energy(Irish)
  • Aine: Goddess of love and fertility(Irish)
  • Amaethon: God of agriculture(Welsh)
  • Aonghus: God of love(Irish)
  • Badh: Goddess of battle — one of the three faces of Morrigan(Irish)
  • Belenus: Sun god(Welsh/Irish)
  • Bran: God of sea voyages
  • Bran the Blessed: God of the underworld(British)
  • Brigantia: Goddess of the water, war, healing, and prosperity
  • Brigid: Goddess of healing, fertility, poetry, and the forge(Irish)
  • Ceridwen: Goddess of fertility(Welsh)
  • Dian Cecht: God of healing(Irish)
  • Dylan: God of the sea(Welsh)
  • Epona: Goddess of sweet water, fertility, and horses(Welsh)
  • Lir: God of the sea(Irish)
  • Lugh: God of the sun(Irish)
  • Macha: Goddess of war — one of the three faces of the Morrigan
  • Morrigan: Goddess of war; original goddess of the earth and agriculture
  • Nemain: Goddess of war(Irish)
  • Nodens: God of healing(British)
  • Nuada: God of valor
  • Ogma: God of eloquence(British)
  • Rhiannon: Goddess of suffering and patience(Welsh)
  • Scathach: Goddess of martial arts and warrior-princess of the Land of Shadows
  • Taliesin: Prophet and bard(Welsh)
  • Tuatha de Danann: People of the Goddess Dana

Norse/Germanic Deities


  • Aegir: God of the sea(Germanic)
  • The Aesir: The youngest branch of the family of gods(Germanic)
  • Baba Yaga: Avenger of women(Slavic)
  • Buri: Ancestor of the gods(Germanic)
  • Dazhbog: God of the sun(Slavic)
  • Forseti: God of justice(Germanic)
  • Freyja: Goddess of fertility(Germanic)
  • Frigg: Queen of the Gods
  • Gefion: Goddess of fertility(Germanic)
  • Hel: Goddess of the underworld and the dead(Germanic)
  • Huginn and Muninn: Ravens — Thought and Memory — belonging to Odin; messengers(Germanic)
  • Idun: Goddess of youth and apples(Germanic)
  • Jumala: Creator god of Finnish mythology
  • Kied Kie Jubmel: Lord of the herbs, stone god(Lapp)
  • Leib-Olmai: Lord of the bears(Lapp)
  • Loki: God of fire(Germanic)
  • Luonnotar: Creatrix goddess(Finnish)
  • Madder-Akka and Madder-Atcha: Divine couple who created humankind(Lapp)
  • Mati Syra Zemlya: Moist Earth Mother(Slavic)
  • Menu: Moon god(Baltic)
  • Nerthus: Mother Goddess(Germanic)
  • Njord: God of the sea(Germanic)
  • Norns: Goddesses of Fate — Urd(Past), Verdandi(Present), Skuld(Future) (Germanic)
  • Odin: Father of the gods; gifted in eloquence 
  • Perunu: God of thunder(Slavic)
  • Potrimpo: God of fertility(Slavic)
  • Rig: Watchman of the gods(Germanic)
  • Saule: Goddess of the sun(Slavic)
  • Skadi: Goddess of vengeance and the hunt(Germanic)
  • Svarazic: God of fire(Slavic)
  • Tapio: God of the forest(Finnish)
  • Thor: God of thunder(Germanic)
  • Tuoni: God of the dead(Finnish)
  • Tyr(Tiwaz) God of the sky and bravery(Germanic)
  • Valkyries: Female battle and shield maidens who take brave warriors to Valhalla, the idyllic abode of Odin’s ghostly army(Germanic)
  • The Vanir: The older of the two branches of the Germanic family of gods
  • Vidar: God of justice(Germanic)

Egyptian Deities


  • Amon: First worshipped as a fertility god; rose to prominence for a time as the most important god of Egypt
  • Anath: Mistress of heaven, protector of the king; known for her ferocity
  • Anubis: God of the dead and protection; Input is his female counterpart
  • Anukis: Goddess of water
  • Apis: The Black Bull, symbol of fertility and the undying soul
  • Aten: Sun god who turned in to a monotheistic entity, then lost his footing among the other gods and goddesses
  • Bastet: Goddess of cats, fertility, music, the moon, and protection from evil(associated with Sekhmet)
  • Bes: God of good fortune and protection of pregnant women; Besest is the female side of Bes
  • Geb: God of the Earth
  • Hathor: Goddess of business, beauty, joy, love, harmony, children, and the all-seeing “Eye of Ra”
  • Horus: God of the sky, divine child
  • Hauhet: Goddess of boundless infinity; Hu is her male counterpart
  • Hekat: Goddess of midwifery and childbirth, associated with water
  • Isis: Goddess of All; Divine Mother; partnered with Osiris
  • Ius-a’as: Goddess of creation
  • Ma’at: Goddess of truth
  • Mehet-Weret: Goddess of sky and floods
  • Merit: Goddess of music
  • Min: God of roads, fertility, and agriculture; protector of travelers
  • Neith: Goddess of destiny, war, and the mother of Ra; protector of the dead; bisexual
  • Nekhbet: Primal Mother Goddess; divine nurse
  • Nephthys: Goddess of secrets, initiation, and the dead
  • Nut: Goddess of the sky
  • Osiris: God of vegetation and the dead; rules with Isis
  • Ptah: God of learning, architecture, and building
  • Ra: God of the sun
  • Renenet: Goddess of prosperity and the home
  • Sekhmet: Goddess of protection
  • Selket: Goddess of scorpions, protector of the dead, travelers, and weather
  • Seshat: Goddess of writing and patron of libraries
  • Seth: God of storms and chaos; although unfriendly and cruel, he was respected
  • Shu: Goddess of moisture
  • Sobek: Crocodile God of lakes and protection
  • Taweret: Hippo goddess of childbirth
  • Tefnut: God of air
  • Thoth: God of knowledge, wisdom, and the moon
  • Wadjet: Serpent goddess of protection, children, and the land
  • Wenut: The “swift one” — moves things quickly; hare or serpent
  • Wosret: The powerful woman