List of war deities

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For the Midway Games video game, see War Gods (video game).

The following is a list of war deities.


Name Primary cultural affiliation God/goddess Other affiliations/roles
Agrona Celtic mythology (Britain) Goddess
Alaisiagae
(Beda/Boudihillia)
Celtic mythology (Romano-British) Goddesses
Anat Semitic mythology Goddess
Ankt Asia Minor/Egyptian mythology Goddess
Ares Greek mythology God Bloodlust, violence
Ares Enyalius Greek mythology (Sparta) God
Astarte Semitic mythology Goddess Fertility, sexuality
Athena Greek mythology Goddess Wisdom
Badb Irish mythology Goddess
Bast Egyptian mythology
(Egyptian, originally protector goddess of Lower Egypt. Later partly supplanted by Sekhmet)
Goddess Perfumes, ointments, embalming
Belatu-Cadros Celtic mythology
(Northern Britain,
esp. Cumberland and Westmorland)
God
Bishamonten Shinto (Japanese mythology) God Punisher of evildoers
Brigid Irish mythology Goddess
Bugid Y Aiba Voodoo (Haiti, Puerto Rico) God
Camulus Celtic mythology God
Cariocecus Lusitanian mythology God
Catubodua Celtic mythology (Gaul) Goddess
Chi You Chinese mythology
Korean mythology
God
Cocidius Celtic mythology (Northern Britain) God Hunting
Esus Celtic mythology (Gaul) God Agriculture, commerce
Honos Roman mythology God Chivalry, honor
Huitzilopochtli Aztec mythology God Tenochtitlan, the Sun, death, storms
Ictinike Lakota mythology God Deceit, trickery
Indra Hindu mythology God Weather
Kukailimoku Hawaiian mythology God
Laran Etruscan mythology God
Mars Roman mythology God Fertility, vegetation, cattle
Menhit Nubian mythology
Egyptian mythology
Goddess
Menrva Etruscan mythology Goddess Wisdom, art, schools, commerce
Menthu Egyptian mythology God Strength, virility, victory
Mextli Aztec mythology God Storms
Mórrígan Irish mythology Goddess
Neit Irish mythology God
Neith Egyptian mythology Goddess
Nemain Irish mythology Goddess
Odin (Óðinn) Germanic/Norse mythology God Wisdom, magic, poetry, victory, hunting
Ogoun Voodoo (Haiti God Fire, iron, politics
Oro Polynesian mythology (Tahiti) God Peace
Perun Slavic mythology God Thunder, lightning, horses, carts, weapons, fire
Pikullos Prussian mythology God
Resheph Mesopotamian mythology (Chaldea)
Phoenician mythology
Egyptian mythology
God Plague, deer, gazelle
Rudianos Celtic mythology (Gaul) God
Samulayo Polynesian mythology (Fiji) God
Segomo Celtic mythology
(Gaul, perhaps Britain and Ireland)
God
Sekhmet Egyptian mythology
(Egyptian, originally Upper Egypt then spread of her cult to Lower Egypt through conquest)
Goddess Menstruation, Vengeance
Set Egyptian mythology God Many, see article
Smertios Celtic mythology
(Gaul)
God
Sopdu Egyptian mythology God Many, see article
Teoyaomicqui Aztec mythology God Slain warriors
Tezcatlipoca Aztec mythology God Night, the north, beauty, temptation
Thor (Þórr) Germanic/Norse mythology God Thunder, slayer of giants
Tyr (Týr) Germanic/Norse mythology God Identified with Mars, perhaps justice, perhaps treaties