deities
Heavenly powers worshipped
Deities is the plural of deity—gods and goddesses.
The word encompasses divine beings across all religions and mythologies: Greek deities like Zeus and Athena, Hindu deities, ancient Egyptian deities.
Deity carries a more formal or academic tone than god, making deities the preferred term in comparative religion and anthropology.
Sacred ritual table
- prayerAddress to deity
- templeSacred worship structure
- shrineSacred devotional place
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
sacrifice · offering · incense · libation · pilgrimage · idol · statue · hymn
Greek gods or top athletes
- AsgardiansDeities of Nordic mythology
- TitansElder Greek deities
- Tuatha Dé DanannAncient Irish deity tribe
- EnneadSacred group of nine
Divine winged messengers
- demonsMalevolent supernatural beings
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- djinnSpirit in Arab folklore
- nymphsMinor female nature deities
faeries · ancestors · guardian · messenger · trickster · nature spirits · household gods · tutelary
Having boundless power
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
almighty · omniscient · omnipresent · supreme · celestial · heavenly · godhead · godhood
altar
Sacred ritual table
ritual · sacrifice · offering · incense · libation · pilgrimage · idol · statue · hymn · chanting
Olympians
Greek gods or top athletes
- AsgardiansDeities of Nordic mythology
- TitansElder Greek deities
- Tuatha Dé DanannAncient Irish deity tribe
Ennead · Muses · Furies · hierarchy · council · realm · domain
angels
Divine winged messengers
nymphs · faeries · ancestors · guardian · messenger · trickster · nature spirits · household gods · tutelary · animism
omnipotent
Having boundless power
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
sanctity · almighty · omniscient · omnipresent · supreme · celestial · heavenly · godhead · godhood · creator
mythos
Body of foundational legends
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- demigodsHalf-mortal, half-divine beings
heroes · epics · sagas · cosmogony · creation · underworld · avatars · incarnations · trickster · thunderer
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- MesoamericaMaya, Aztec, Aztecs, Aztec Empire, Olmec
- Roman religionJupiter, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Neptune
- Animismanimist, ancestors, totems, spirit mediums, forest spirits
- Hindu worshippuja, aarti, mantra, darshan, arcana
- beingsbeings, being, entities, entity, creatures
deitiesmortals
Beings destined to expire
humans · mankind · humanity · human beings · earthlings
deitiesdemons
Malevolent supernatural beings
devils · fiends · evil spirits · fallen angels · Satan
deitiesnothingness
Complete absence of existence
the void · atheism · nonexistence · matter · physical reality
- ancient deitiesGods of antiquity
- female deitiesSacred feminine immortals
- Greek deitiesDivine beings of ancient Greece
- household deitiesGods protecting a dwelling
- guardian deitiesGods protecting people/places
- pagan deitiesGods outside Abrahamic faiths
divine, goddess, deity, atheist, atheism, deify, divinity, divination, godliness