List of fertility deities

Coatlicue, Aztec goddess of fertility, life, death and rebirth

A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with sex, fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth. In some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols. Fertility rites may accompany their worship. The following is a list of fertility deities.

African mythology

Ancient Egyptian Mythology

Min, ancient Egyptian god of fertility and lettuce

Arabian mythology

Armenian mythology

Aztec mythology

Baltic mythology

Canaanite mythology

Chinese mythology

In Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Celtic mythology

Catholic hagiology

Note: Catholicism is a monotheistic religion, and as such, saints are not considered deities. See Intercession of saints and Hagiography for details about those aspects of Catholic doctrine.

Etruscan mythology

Finnish mythology

Germanic mythology

Greek mythology

Hawaiian mythology

Hindu mythology

Parvati

Hittite mythology

Hurrian mythology

Inca mythology

Indigenous Australian mythology

Inuit mythology

Japanese mythology

Maya mythology

Inanna, Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility and warfare

Mesopotamian mythology

Muisca mythology

Native American mythology

Norse mythology

Oceania mythology

Persian mythology

Roman mythology

Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility

* These 8 gods/goddesses consummate marriage and some of them are listed in the Indigitamenta [4]

Sami mythology

Slavic mythology

Taíno mythology

Turco-Mongol mythology

Ugaritic mythology

Vodou

References

  1. Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad (1955). Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah - The Life of Muhammad Translated by A. Guillaume. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 38.
  2. Al-Kalbi, Hisham (1952). Kitab Al-Asnam Translated by Nabih Amin Faris. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 17.
  3. Rice, Edward (May 1978). Eastern Definitions: A Short Encyclopedia of Religions of the Orient. New York: Doubleday. p. 433. ISBN 9780385085632.
  4. Philip Wilkinson, Neil Philip. Mythology. ISBN 978-1-4053-1820-4. p.17. 2007

See also

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