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Creator gods, male gods responsible for the creation of the Earth, world, and universe in human religion and mythology. In monotheism , the single God is often also the creator. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Creator gods .
A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
Apollo, god of medicine, music, poetry, song and dance; Athena, goddess of wisdom and smart war; Dionysus, god of wine; Hephaestus, god of forge and sculpture; Poseidon, god of the sea, one of the big three; Zeus, god of the sky and lightning, one of the big three; Hades, god of the Underworld, one of the big three; Demeter, goddess of agriculture
As the god of mousike, [b] Apollo presides over all music, songs, dance, and poetry. He is the inventor of string-music and the frequent companion of the Muses, functioning as their chorus leader in celebrations. The lyre is a common attribute of Apollo. Protection of the young is one of the best attested facets of his panhellenic cult persona.
Khepri – A solar creator god, often treated as the morning aspect of Ra and represented by a scarab beetle [15] Khnum – A Ram god, the patron deity of Elephantine, who was said to control the Nile flood and give life to gods and humans [16] Khonsu – A Moon god, son of Amun and Mut [17] Maahes – A Lion god, son of Bastet [18] [19] [6]
Sia or Saa, an ancient Egyptian god, was the deification of perception in the Heliopolitan Ennead cosmogony and is probably equivalent to the "intellectual energies of the heart of Ptah in the Memphite theology." [1] He also had a connection with writing and was often shown in anthropomorphic form [2] holding a papyrus scroll. This papyrus was ...
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In classical music, Väinämöinen appears as the main character in the first movement of Jean Sibelius' original music for the "Days of the Press" celebrations of 1899. The first tableaux in this music known as Väinämöinen's Song later became the first movement of Sibelius' 1911 orchestral suite Scènes Historiques .