Sky deity

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The sky has important religious significance. Most Polytheistic religions have a deity whose portfolio includes or is even limited to the sky. This position is usually reserved for the deity who reigns over the others, or at least is one of the most powerful, and incorporates the concept of the Sky Father. The Hebrew God who forms the basis of monotheism may have originated as such a God, and is so characterized by some other cultures, such as the Chinese.

Sky deities include:

• Ouranos/Uranus and Zeus/Jupiter (Greek/Roman mythology)
• Shu, Nut, Horus (Egyptian mythology)
• Indra, Varuna (Hindu scripture)
• Tyr, Ullr (Norse mythology)
• Cabaguil (Maya mythology)
• Torngasoak (Inuit mythology)
• Anu (Sumerian mythology)
• Nyame (Ashanti mythology)
• Denka (Dinka mythology)
• Altjira, Baiame (Aboriginal mythology)
• Sin (Haida mythology)
• Shanga (Yoruba mythology)
• Gamab (Khoikhoi mythology)
• Tengri (Altaic mythology)
• Ukko (Finnish mythology)
• List of Lithuanian sky deities

[edit] See also

• Thunder god
• Water deity
• Solar deity
• Lunar deity
• Death deity
• Deities of the earth
• War deities
• Category Deities of agriculture
• Category Deities of love