The Names of Gods from Around the World
This is a list of some of the more common Gods that are used and invoked amongst Wiccan and modern Pagan groups. Although this by no means is a complete list, I have personally known and been in groups that have used these names in their practices. They are commonly known and used worldwide as well. Adonis - Greek God of rebirth and vegetation, worshiped in mystery religions for untold eons.
Apollo - Greek/Roman young solar God, God of light, truth and prophecy, God of archery, medicine and healing, God of music, poetry, and the arts
Anubis - Egyptian God of the Dead
Aten - Egyptian Supreme God, solar deity
Brahma - Hindu Creator God
Coyote - First Nations Trickster God
Cernunnos - Celtic God of the Wild Hunt, fertility and masculine energy.
Dagda - Irish Father God, somewhat comical and bawdy
Dionysus - Greek/Roman God of wine, of ritual ecstasy, God of agriculture, music, and theater, communication between living and dead
Eros - Greek God of sexuality and fertility
Ganesh - Hindu God with elephant head, remover of obstacles, God of beginnings, patron of arts and sciences, of intelligence and wisdom
Gopala - Hindu Child God, young Krishna, playful and mischievous while always aware of divinity
Govinda - Sikh God, preserver, protective father
Great Spirit - First Nations supreme Deity, Creator, Source
Hades - Greek God of the Underworld and Death
Hephaestus - Greek God of the Forge, of technology, craftsmen, sculptors, fire and volcanoes.
Hermes - Greek God of boundaries and travelers, shepherds and cowherds, orators, writers and poets, invention, commerce, and thieves. Messenger of the Gods. Trickster God.
Herne - British God of vegetation, vine, and the wild hunt
Holly King - English God of winter (rest, withdrawal)
Horus - Egyptian Sky God, God of sun and moon, God of war and the hunt
Krishna - Hindu Supreme God, essence of all creation
Loki - Norse God, shape-shifter and gender-changer
Lugh - Celtic God of smiths and artisans, harvest god
Mercury - Roman God of commerce, messenger of the Gods, speed and travel.
Mithras - Persian God of light
Oak King - English God of summer (expansion, growth, activity)
Odin - Norse Father God , God of wisdom, wealth, inspiration, poetry, battle, hunting, magic, prophecy
Osiris - Egyptian God of the Underworld and the harvest
Pan - Greek nature God, Horned God, god of shepherds and flocks, of wild forests and fields, virility, fertility and spring
Ra - Egyptian God, solar deity
Rama - Hindu God representing the perfect human man and husband
Set / Seth - Egyptian God of chaos
Shiva - Hindu God, the destroyer of obstacles, transformer
Sunna - Norse Sun God
Tammuz - Egyptian green God
Thoth - Egyptian God of magic and wisdom
Vishnu - Hindu God, sustainer
Zeus - Father God, Sky God
You may also hear these phrases used as names of the Gods in Wicca and other Pagan groups, but they are more appropriately used as titles to refer to the Gods, rather than a proper name for the divine male forces of nature.
Child God - Title used for Gods in the form of infants, such as Gopala, Baby Jesus, Horus (also Son God).
Father God - Title used for Pagan patriarchs, such as Zeus, Dagda, Odin.
Green Man - Title used for the Earth Gods, such as Tammuz, Herne, Dionysus (also Green God).
Horned God - Title used for Wiccan Gods of the animals or the hunt, symbolizing virility and strength, such as Pan, Cernunnos, Herne, Pashupati.
Lover God - Title used for Gods who aspect as consorts of the Goddess and lover to his devotees, such as Krishna, Cernunnos, Pan.
Sacrificial Gods - Title used for deities whose ritual sacrifice provides life for the people, such as Osiris, Jesus, Adonis, and other Sun Gods and Green Gods
Sun God - Title used for Solar Gods, such as Christ, Sunna, Apollo, Ra.
Triple God - Title used for the godhead as a trinity, such as Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Again there are others used by different belief systems, but these are the most common or well known. They may be found to cross cultural boundaries and myths under similar or slightly altered variations of their names and powers respectively. But all are Gods by virtue of the masculine aspected divinity. Blessed Be.
Apollo - Greek/Roman young solar God, God of light, truth and prophecy, God of archery, medicine and healing, God of music, poetry, and the arts
Anubis - Egyptian God of the Dead
Aten - Egyptian Supreme God, solar deity
Brahma - Hindu Creator God
Coyote - First Nations Trickster God
Cernunnos - Celtic God of the Wild Hunt, fertility and masculine energy.
Dagda - Irish Father God, somewhat comical and bawdy
Dionysus - Greek/Roman God of wine, of ritual ecstasy, God of agriculture, music, and theater, communication between living and dead
Eros - Greek God of sexuality and fertility
Ganesh - Hindu God with elephant head, remover of obstacles, God of beginnings, patron of arts and sciences, of intelligence and wisdom
Gopala - Hindu Child God, young Krishna, playful and mischievous while always aware of divinity
Govinda - Sikh God, preserver, protective father
Great Spirit - First Nations supreme Deity, Creator, Source
Hades - Greek God of the Underworld and Death
Hephaestus - Greek God of the Forge, of technology, craftsmen, sculptors, fire and volcanoes.
Hermes - Greek God of boundaries and travelers, shepherds and cowherds, orators, writers and poets, invention, commerce, and thieves. Messenger of the Gods. Trickster God.
Herne - British God of vegetation, vine, and the wild hunt
Holly King - English God of winter (rest, withdrawal)
Horus - Egyptian Sky God, God of sun and moon, God of war and the hunt
Krishna - Hindu Supreme God, essence of all creation
Loki - Norse God, shape-shifter and gender-changer
Lugh - Celtic God of smiths and artisans, harvest god
Mercury - Roman God of commerce, messenger of the Gods, speed and travel.
Mithras - Persian God of light
Oak King - English God of summer (expansion, growth, activity)
Odin - Norse Father God , God of wisdom, wealth, inspiration, poetry, battle, hunting, magic, prophecy
Osiris - Egyptian God of the Underworld and the harvest
Pan - Greek nature God, Horned God, god of shepherds and flocks, of wild forests and fields, virility, fertility and spring
Ra - Egyptian God, solar deity
Rama - Hindu God representing the perfect human man and husband
Set / Seth - Egyptian God of chaos
Shiva - Hindu God, the destroyer of obstacles, transformer
Sunna - Norse Sun God
Tammuz - Egyptian green God
Thoth - Egyptian God of magic and wisdom
Vishnu - Hindu God, sustainer
Zeus - Father God, Sky God
You may also hear these phrases used as names of the Gods in Wicca and other Pagan groups, but they are more appropriately used as titles to refer to the Gods, rather than a proper name for the divine male forces of nature.
Child God - Title used for Gods in the form of infants, such as Gopala, Baby Jesus, Horus (also Son God).
Father God - Title used for Pagan patriarchs, such as Zeus, Dagda, Odin.
Green Man - Title used for the Earth Gods, such as Tammuz, Herne, Dionysus (also Green God).
Horned God - Title used for Wiccan Gods of the animals or the hunt, symbolizing virility and strength, such as Pan, Cernunnos, Herne, Pashupati.
Lover God - Title used for Gods who aspect as consorts of the Goddess and lover to his devotees, such as Krishna, Cernunnos, Pan.
Sacrificial Gods - Title used for deities whose ritual sacrifice provides life for the people, such as Osiris, Jesus, Adonis, and other Sun Gods and Green Gods
Sun God - Title used for Solar Gods, such as Christ, Sunna, Apollo, Ra.
Triple God - Title used for the godhead as a trinity, such as Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Again there are others used by different belief systems, but these are the most common or well known. They may be found to cross cultural boundaries and myths under similar or slightly altered variations of their names and powers respectively. But all are Gods by virtue of the masculine aspected divinity. Blessed Be.
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