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Diana and Callisto by Titian

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Diana and Callisto by Titian

Deities of youth

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of youth) Idun (이둔) Norse ♀ the goddess of youth Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of wisdom

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of wisdom) Aset Egyptian ♀ the supreme goddess of magic and wisdom Athena (아테나) Greek ♀ the city, handicrafts, agriculture, wisdom Minerva (미네르바) Roman ♀ the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena Odin (오딘) Norse ♂ war, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hunt Sarasvati Indian ♀ a goddess of speech, wisdom and learning Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of winter

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of winter) Skadi (스카디) Norse ♀ Norse goddess Uller (울레르) Norse ♂ Norse god Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of wind and/or hurricane [風]

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of wind and/or hurricane [風]) Tezcatlipoca Nahuatl ♂ the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of west

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of west) White Tiger Chinese ♂ one of four symbols Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of wealth [富]

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of wealth [富]) Freyja (프레이야) Norse ♀ a goddess of love, beauty, fertility and wealth 關羽 (관우, GuānYǔ) Chinese ♂ a god of wealth Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of water, sea, ocean and/or river

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of water, sea, ocean and/or river) Abnoba Gaulish ♀ She has been interpreted to be a forest and river goddess, and is known from about nine epigraphic inscriptions. Ægir (아에기르) Norse ♂ the god of seashore and ocean Amphitrite Greek ♀ sea Mazu (媽祖) Chinese ♀ sea, ocean, 바다, 해양 Neptunus (넵투누스) Roman ♂ the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon Poseidon (포세이돈) Greek ♂ sea, ocean, 바다, 해양 Rán (란) Norse ♀ sea goddess, wife of Ægir 河伯 (하백) Chinese ♂ 河神 若 (약) Chinese ♂ 海神 Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of war and/or battle

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of war and/or battle Agasaya Semitic ♀ Agasaya, "The Shrieker," is a Semitic war goddess who was merged into Ishtar in her identity as warrior of the sky. Ares (아레스) Greek ♂ the god of war Bellona Roman ♀ Roman goddess Odin (오딘) Norse ♂ the god of war, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hunt Tezcatlipoca Nahuatl ♂ the god of the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of vine

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of vine) Bacchus Roman ♂ vine Dionysus (디오니소스) Greek ♂ vine Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of victory

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of victory) Nike (니케) Greek ♀ victory Odin (오딘) Norse ♂ war, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hunt Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of vengeance

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of vengeance) Erinyes Greek ♀ The Erinyes (Ερινύες) or Eumenides (or Furies in Roman mythology) were female personifications of vengeance. Invidia Roman ♀ Invidia was the sense of envy or jealousy, who might be personified for strictly literary purposes, as a goddess, a Roman equivalent to Nemesis in Greek mythology. Nemesis Greek ♀ Nemesis (in Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia ("the goddess of Rhamnous"), at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, in Greek mythology was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess. Poena Roman ♀ Poena (also Poine) is the spirit of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis, the goddes of divine retribution. The Latin word poena, "pain, punishment, penalty", gave rise to English words such as subpoena. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of underworld and/or hell

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of underworld and/or hell) Achthonian Greek ♀ Achthonian was a goddess of Earth and the underworld from Greek mythology. Ala Igbo ♀ Ala, also known as Ale, Alla and Ane/Ani in Igbo mythology is the goddess of fertility, who also rules the underworld. Proserpina Roman ♀ Roman goddess Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of tutelary [守護]

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of tutelary [守護]) Abgal Arabian ♂ Abgal is a pre-Islamic north Arabian god, known from the Palmyrian desert regions as a tutelary god of Bedouins and camel drivers. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of thunder [雷]

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of thunder [雷]) Lei Gong (雷公) Chinese ♂ thunder, 번개, 雷 Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of temptation

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of temptation) Tezcatlipoca Nahuatl ♂ the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of tears

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of tears) Baldr (발드르) Norse ♂ the god of tears and light Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of sun

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of sun) Sól Norse ♀ Sól is the goddess of the sun, a daughter of Mundilfari and Glaur and the wife of Glen, and the name of the Younger Futhark's rune. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of summer

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of summer) Aestas Roman ♀ Aestas ("summer", or "summer heat") is the Roman personification of summer. Creiddylad Celtic, Welsh ♀ Welsh goddess of Summer and Flowers Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association http://www.thaliatook.com/OGOD/aestas.html

Deities of star (星)

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of star [星]) Aušrinė Lithuanian ♀ Aušrinė is a Lithuanian feminine deity of the Morning Star (Venus) in the Lithuanian mythology. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of spring

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of spring) Ataegina Lusitanian ♀ Ataegina (Portuguese: Atégina) was the goddess of rebirth (spring), fertility, nature, and healing in the Lusitanian mythology, in the cultural area of Lusitania. Flora Roman ♀ Flora was a goddess of flowers and the season of spring. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of south

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of south) Zhū Què (朱雀) Chinese ♂ one of four symbols Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of smith

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of smith) Athena (아테나) Greek ♀ the city, handicrafts, agriculture, wisdom, heroic endeavour Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of sky and weather

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of sky and weather) Aditi India (Hindu) ♀ a Hindu goddess of the sky, consciousness, the past, the future and fertility. Also mother of the gods. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of rulership

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of rulership) Tezcatlipoca Nahuatl ♂ the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife. Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of animals

Deities of animals Aega Greek ♀ Aega ("goat" or "gust of wind"; also Aex) was a minor Nature goddess, goddess of domesticated animals. Demeter Greek ♀ the goddess of grain and fertility, the pure nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of agriculture

Deities of agriculture, corn, grain and/or harvest Acca Larentia (Acca Laurentia) Roman ♀ a mythical woman, later goddess, in Roman mythology Athena Greek ♀ the goddess of the city, handicrafts, agriculture, and wisdom Ceres Roman ♀ the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter Demeter Greek ♀ the goddess of grain and fertility, the pure nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law Minerva Roman ♀ the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association