- Source: List of art deities
The following list of art deities is arranged by continent with names of mythological figures and deities associated with the arts. Art deities are a form of religious iconography incorporated into artistic compositions by many religions as a dedication to their respective gods and goddesses. The various artworks are used throughout history as a means to gain a deeper connection to a particular deity or as a sign of respect and devotion to the divine being.
Africa and the Middle East
= Afroasiatic Middle East
=Canaanite
Kotar or Kothar-wa-Khasis
Egyptian
Bastet
Bes
Hathor
Isis
Khnum
Meret
Ptah
Seker
Mesopotamian
Ishtar
Nuska
Western Eurasia
= Celtic
=Abhean
Brigid
Gwydion
= Norse-Germanic
=Bragi
Odin
= Etruscan
=Menrva
Greek / Hellenic
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
Artemis, goddess of the moon, archery and virginity
Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, fertility and love
Eros, god of love (greek cupid)
Muses
Calliope, goddess of epic poetry
Clio, goddess of history
Erato, goddess of erotic poetry
Euterpe, goddess of lyric poetry
Melpomene, goddess of tragedy
Polyhymnia, goddess of hymns
Terpsichore, goddess of dance
Thalia, goddess of comedy
Urania, goddess of astronomy
Roman
Apollo
Minerva
= Western Asia
=Anatolian - Urarte
Arubani
Hindu-Vedic
Saraswati
Hayagriva
= Uralic
=Väinämöinen
Asia-Pacific / Oceania
= Meitei
=Khamlangba, associated with smiths
Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi, associated with enchantment
Lainaotabi, associated with charm, magic, pottery, sorcery, spell, weaving and witchcraft
Nongpok Ningthou, associated with dance, music and festival
Nongthang Leima, associated with enchantment and seduction
Panthoibi, associated with dance, festival, handicrafts, pottery, spinning and weaving
Phouoibi, associated with trickery to men
Pisatao, associated with smiths
Thangching, associated with divine plays
= Far East Asia
=Chinese
Cao Guojiu, patron god of the theater
Han Xiangzi
Nüwa
Zhang Guolao, who carries a fish-drum
Japanese
Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto
Benzaiten
Vietnamese
Phạm Thị Trân, the founder of Chèo
Từ Đạo Hạnh, the founder of the art of water puppetry
Tổ nghề Sân khấu, the three are said to be the founders of theatrical forms of Vietnam
= Austronesia
=Filipino
Bait Pandi: the Bagobo goddess of weavers who taught women weaving
Fu Dalu: the T'boli goddess of the abaca; speak and guide weavers on how to create patterns and designs, which are remembered in dreams
Mamiyo: the Ifugao stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving
Monlolot: the Ifugao winder of thread on the spindle, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving
Rirryaw Añitu: place spirit Añitus who played music and sang inside a cave in Sabtang, while lighting up fire; believed to have change residences after they were disturbed by a man
Tumungkuyan: leaders of the Salakap from Batak beliefs who paint tree trunks that support the sky using the blood of the epidemic-dead
= Polynesian
=Hawaiian
Lono
Pele
Native Americas
= North America
=Kokopelli (shared among various Southwestern Native American mythologies)
= Mexico
=Aztec
Huehuecóyotl
Xochipilli
Haitian Vodou
Erzulie
Maîtresse Délai
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Penciptaan menurut Kitab Kejadian
- Sejarah dunia
- Parshvanatha
- Kresna
- Georgius
- Mitologi Aztek
- Kitsune
- List of art deities
- List of lunar deities
- List of Egyptian deities
- List of solar deities
- List of Hindu deities
- Wrathful deities
- List of Roman deities
- List of tree deities
- List of knowledge deities
- List of night deities
