Household deities

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Articles relating to household deities, deities or spirits that protect the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. It has been a common belief in paganism as well as in folklore across many parts of the world. A type of household deities are those that are not one singular deity, but a type, or species of animistic deity, who usually have lesser powers than major deities. This type was common in the religions of antiquity, such as the Lares of ancient Roman religion, the Gashin of Korean shamanism, and Cofgodas of Anglo-Saxon paganism. These survived Christianisation as fairy-like creatures existing in folklore, such as the Anglo-Scottish Brownie and Slavic Domovoy.