Lists Of Deities By Cultural Sphere

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This is an index to deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world, listed by region or culture.

Africa

Poster of a Mami Wata, "serpent priestess" painted ca. 1926 by German (Hamburg) artist Schleisinger, displayed in shrines as a popular image of Mami Wata in Africa and in the Diaspora.[1][2]

North Africa

Osiris, lord of the dead. His green skin symbolizes rebirth

Sub-Saharan Africa

Americas

Central America

North America

South America

  • Incan deities
  • Guarani deities
  • Mapuche deities
  • Muisca deities

Asia

Central Asia

  • Turkic deities

East Asia

North Asia

  • Siberian deities

South Asia

The image illustrates the Hindu belief that each part of the cow embodies a particular deity

Southeast Asia

West Asia

Caucasus

  • Armenian deities
  • Georgian deities
  • Vainakh deities

Europe

Oceania

References

  1. Jell-Bahlsen 1997, p. 105
  2. Chesi 1997, p. 255)

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