Time and fate deities

Time and fate deities are personifications of time, often in the sense of human lifetime and human fate, in polytheistic religions. In monotheism, Time can still be personified, as in Father Time in European folklore, or Zurvan in Persian (Zoroastrian) tradition. In the book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible, the terms עדן `iddan "time" vs. זמן zĕman "season" express a contrast similar to that of Greek Chronos vs. Kairos.

Ancient Near East

Ancient Egyptian religion

Assyro-Babylonian religion

Classical Antiquity

Ancient Greek religion

Ancient Roman religion

Europe

Etruscan

Norse

Baltic

Slavic

Romanian

Other European

Asia

Bali

Buddhism

Hinduism

The Philippines

Tibet

Zoroastrianism

Africa

Igbo

Nubia

Yoruba

Americas

Lakota

See also


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