Knowledge deity
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Name | Place and Religion of Origin | Notes |
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Anulap | Polynesian mythology (specifically Micronesia) | |
Coeus | Greek mythology | Coeus was not a god but in fact a titan. |
Erlang Shen | Chinese mythology | Erlang Shen is often depicted with and extra 'truth-seeing' eye int he centre of his head. |
Fabulinus | Roman mythology | Offerings were given to Fabulinus when a child spoke its first words because he was the god that taught children to speak. |
Ogma | Irish mythology | Ogma was thought to have invented the first Irish alphabet, Ogham. |
Omoikane | Shintoism | Omoikane's name literally means Serving One's Thoughts. |
Thoth | Egyptian mythology | Thoth became credited by the ancient Egyptians as the inventor of writing, and was also considered to have been the scribe of the underworld. |
Saraswati | Indian mythology | Saraswati is the first of the three great goddesses of Hinduism. She is the Goddess of Knowledge and all literary arts including music, arts, and speech. |