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  2. List of African deities and mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of African spirits as well as deities found within the traditional African religions.It also covers spirits as well as deities found within the African religions—which is mostly derived from traditional African religions.

  3. List of fire deities - Wikipedia

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    Cacus, god who was the fire-breathing giant son of Vulcan, and who might have been worshipped in ancient times; Fornax, goddess of the furnace; Sol, personification and god of the Sun; Stata Mater, goddess who stops fires; Vesta, goddess of the hearth and its fire, Roman form of Hestia. Vulcan, god of crafting and fire, Roman form of Hephaestus

  4. Category:African gods - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "African gods" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abassi (spirit) Abonsam;

  5. West African mythology - Wikipedia

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    West African mythology is the body of myths of the people of West Africa. It consists of tales of various deities, beings, legendary creatures , heroes and folktales from various ethnic groups. Some of these myths traveled across the Atlantic during the period of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to become part of Caribbean , African-American and ...

  6. List of earth deities - Wikipedia

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    An Earth god or Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth associated with a figure with chthonic or terrestrial attributes. There are many different Earth goddesses and gods in many different cultures mythology. However, Earth is usually portrayed as a goddess. Earth goddesses are often associated with the chthonic deities of the underworld. [1]

  7. List of solar deities - Wikipedia

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    Horus, god of the sky whose right eye was considered to be the Sun and his left the Moon; Khepri, god of the rising Sun, creation and renewal of life; Ptah, god of craftsmanship, the arts, and fertility, sometimes said to represent the Sun at night; Ra, god of the Sun; Sekhmet, goddess of war and of the Sun, sometimes also plagues and creator ...

  8. List of thunder gods - Wikipedia

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    Kiwanuka (god of thunder and lightning, Buganda, Uganda) Umvelinqangi (god of thunder, earthquakes, sun and sky in Zulu mythology) Ta Kora (God of War and Strife in the Akom religion, as well as God of Thunder and lightning in the Northern Akan peoples' sect of Akom, such as the Asante) Bobowissi (God of Thunder in the Southern Akan peoples ...

  9. List of rain deities - Wikipedia

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    Anẓar, god of rain in Berber mythology. Achek, wife of the rain god Deng in Dinka mythology; Mangwe, a water spirit known as "the flooder" in the beliefs of the Ila people of Zambia [1] Oya, goddess of violent rainstorms in Yoruba mythology; Sinvula, god of rain in Bantu mythology; Nanvula/Nomvula goddess of rain Bantu mythology