List of nature deities

The Dryad by Evelyn De Morgan, depicting a Greek dryad or tree nymph

In nature worship, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature such as water deity, vegetation deity, sky deity, solar deity, fire deity or any other naturally occurring phenomena such as death deity or fertility deity. Accepted in panentheism, pantheism, deism, polytheism, animism, totemism, shamanism and paganism the deity embodies natural forces and can have characteristics of the mother goddess, Mother Nature or lord of the animals.

African mythology

Arabian mythology

Aztec mythology

Baltic mythology

Celtic mythology

Chinese mythology

Twelve Deities of Flowers

Egyptian mythology

English mythology

Etruscan mythology

Finnish mythology

Greek mythology

Hinduism

Inca mythology

Japanese mythology

Māori mythology

Maya mythology

Mesopotamian mythology

Micronesian mythology

Native American mythology

Nordic folklore

Norse mythology

Germanic mythology

Roman mythology

Slavic mythology

Turco-Mongol

Vodou

References

  1. Bradford Rambling and Social Club, Yorkshire
  2. Walter Burkert, (1985) Greek Religion, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-36280-2.
  3. World English Dictionary
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