guardian deity
Watching over mortals
A guardian deity is a god or divine being believed to protect a specific person, family, place, or group.
Many cultures have traditions of such protective spirits—household gods, patron saints, tutelary spirits watching over cities or nations.
The concept spans from ancient Roman lares to personal guardian angels: Each village had its own guardian deity.
- protective spiritBenevolent entity safeguarding someone
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- numenIndwelling divine presence
- watching overGuarding or protecting attentively
- divine protectorGodly keeper of safety
protection · spirit guide · shield · celestial beings · penates · kami · idol · guidance · ancestral worship · ancestor spirits · genius loci · Japanese mythology · household god · hearth and home · divine intervention · benevolent · temple · sentinel
- Buddhist FiguresDalai Lama, Gautama Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, Tara, Buddha
protective vs. harmful supernatural entity
guardian deitydemon
Malevolent supernatural being
evil spirit · devil · fiend · vengeful ghost · death god