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2. Twelve Olympians - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Greece portal. Myths portal. v. t. e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. [2] They were called Olympians because ...

3. List of Celtic deities - Wikipedia

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   General deities were known by the Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses called upon for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The local deities from Celtic nature worship were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in ...

4. List of Germanic deities - Wikipedia

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   A scene from one of the Merseburg Incantations: gods Wodan and Balder stand before the goddesses Sunna, Sinthgunt, Volla, and Friia (Emil Doepler, 1905). In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses.

5. List of Slavic deities - Wikipedia

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   Radegast is a god mentioned by Adam of Bremen, and the information is repeated by Helmold. He was to occupy the first place among the gods worshipped at Rethra. Earlier sources state that the main god of Rethra was Svarozhits, thus Radegast is considered to be a epithet of Svarozhits or a local variant of his cult. A white horse was dedicated ...

6. Celtic mythology - Wikipedia

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   e. Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples. [1] Like other Iron Age Europeans, Celtic peoples followed a polytheistic religion, having many gods and goddesses. The mythologies of continental Celtic peoples, such as the Gauls and Celtiberians, did not survive their conquest by the Roman Empire, the loss of their ...

7. List of Mesopotamian deities - Wikipedia

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   He was either the son of An, or the goddess Nammu, [74] and is the former case the twin brother of Ishkur. [74] His wife was the goddess Damgalnuna [74] and his children include the gods Marduk, Asarluhi, Enbilulu, the sage Adapa, and the goddess Nanshe. [74] His sukkal, or minister, was the two-faced messenger god Isimud. [74]

8. Lists of deities - Wikipedia

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   See also. v. t. This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. List of deities by classification. Lists of deities by cultural sphere. List of fictional deities. List of goddesses. List of people who have been considered deities; see also Apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king.

9. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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   Gods. Aker – A god of Earth and the horizon [3] Amun – A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom [4] Anhur – A god of war and hunting [5][6][7] Anubis – The god of funerals, embalming and protector of the dead [8] Aten – Sun disk deity who became the focus of the ...