Writen by Isa Moon
Pantheons are the group/family of gods/goddesses for a culture. The following are a list of some of the deities for the cultures listed. If you are interested in learning about different pantheons I suggest visiting http://web.raex.com /~obsidian/PanIndex.html. It is a wonderful website and I got much of the information for this lesson from it.
God/Goddess | What they do/are |
British | |
Agrona | warrior Goddess associated with Rivers |
Belatucadros | God of the common soldier |
Boudicca | victory Goddess |
Brigit | Goddess of fire, smith craft, poetry, childbirth, motherhood |
Maponus | God of poetry & music |
Modron | mother Goddess, appears as washerwoman |
Irish | |
Aedh | Lord of fire |
Aengus | God of beauty & perfection of form |
Aine | Faery Goddess of love & desire |
Boudicca | Goddess of Victory |
Brigit | Goddess of fire, smith craft, poetry, childbirth, motherhood |
Daghda | God of water & fertility |
Dioncecht | God of healing |
Donn | God of the underworld & the dead |
Eochaid | God of the sun & lightening |
Etan | Goddess of craftsmanship & artisans |
Flidais | Goddess of the hunt, forests & wildlife, lust & sex |
Goibhniu | God of smith craft & brewing |
Ler | God of the sea |
Liban | female water spirit |
Lugh | sun God, head of the pantheon |
The Morrigan | guides the fallen soldiers to the afterlife |
Nechtain | male water spirit |
Nuada | warrior God |
Oghma | God of knowledge, magick, eloquence |
Scathach | warrior Goddess |
Welsh | |
Aeron | war God |
Arawn | God of the underworld & the dead |
Arianrhod | Goddess of the night |
Beli | God of Gods, head of pantheon |
Ceridwen | Goddess of knowledge |
Gwydion | God of magicians & tutors |
Math | God of magick & knowledge |
Mabon | God of youth |
Rhiannon | Goddess of horses |
Taliesin | God of bards |
Taran | war God |
Egypt | |
Amon-Ra | sun God, head of Pantheon |
Anubis | God of dead & mortuaries |
Bast | cat Goddess |
Bes | God of childbirth, protector against evil |
Hapy | God of the Nile |
Hathor | Goddess of love & sexuality, music & dance |
Heket | Goddess of childbirth |
Horus | God of vengeance |
Isis | Goddess of motherhood, healing, rebirth & reincarnation |
Khnum | God of craftsmen & potters |
Khonsu | moon God, healing |
Ma'at | Goddess of law, truth, & order |
Nephthys | Goddess of mortuaries, protector of Pharaohs' spirit |
Nut | sky Goddess |
Onuris | God of war, the hunt, & the chase |
Osirus | God of eternal life |
Sekhmet | war Goddess |
Seshet | Goddess of writing, history, libraries, & archives |
Seth (Set) | brother of Osirus, the darkness in the light |
Taurt | Goddess of childbirth & women |
Thoth | God of knowledge, magick, art, & science |
Greek | Roman | |
Aeblus | Lord of winds | |
Algos | God of pain & suffering | |
Aphrodite | Venus | Goddess of love, sex, & beauty |
Apollo | God of the sun, music, & archery | |
Ares | Mars | God of warfare & battle |
Aridne | Flora | Goddess of vegetation |
Artemis | Diana | Goddess of the wilderness & all things in it, the hunt, woman, childbirth |
Athena | Minerva | Goddess of war & government |
Demeter | Ceres | Goddess of harvest & cultivated land |
Dionysios | Baccus | God of wine, fruition, & ecstatic celebration |
Eros | Cupid | bringer of passion & love |
Hades | Pluto/Dispater | Lord(s) of the underworld (Pluto) & dead (Dispater) |
Hebe | Juventas | Goddess of domestic virtues & work |
Hekate | Goddess of crossroads & night travel, patroness of witchcraft | |
Hephaestus | Vulcan | God of craftsmen & smith craft |
Hera | Juno | Goddess of matronly virtues & womankind |
Hermes | Mercurius | God of messages, fertility, fortune & fate, music, dreams, omens, protector of travels |
Hestia | The Penates | Goddess(s) of home & family |
Iris | Goddess of the rainbow | |
Pan | Faunus | God of field, grove, & wooded glen |
Plutos | God of prosperity & wealth | |
Poseidon | Neptune | God of the sea |
Selene | Diana | Goddess of the moon |
Zeus | Jupiter | Lord of the universe, king of the Gods |
Eos | Aurora | Goddess of dawn |
Bellona | Goddess of frenzied & violent war | |
Janus | God of space, time & passage | |
Liber | God of vegetation & husbandry | |
Lucifer | the morning star | |
Vesper | the evening star | |
Vesta | guardian of the household | |
Fauna | Goddess of animals |