mountain gods
Summit divine beings
Mountain gods are deities believed to inhabit or embody mountains, found across many cultures from the Greek Olympians to Japanese kami to Andean apus.
They typically govern weather, fertility, and the fortunes of those living in their shadow.
Worship often involves offerings or pilgrimages to peaks considered sacred: The villagers made offerings to the mountain gods before the harvest.
- ZeusGreek sky god
- ParvatiHindu goddess of fertility
- prayerAddress to deity
- prayer flagsStrung cloths carrying blessings
- peakUtmost height attained
divine presence · summit · high altitude · snow-capped peaks · offering · spirit offering · mythos · chant · shrine · snowcap · sacred · festival · majesty · hymn · pilgrimage · wilderness · temple · incense
- Japanese mythologyAmaterasu, kami, storm god, creation myth, divine ancestry
- Chinese Mythologycreation story, Jade Emperor, white snake, celestial beings, fox spirits
- Chinese Religionancestor veneration, Confucianism, Daoism, Taoism, Buddhism
- minor deitiesgodlings, demigods, Lares, penates, kami
- nature spiritualitynature worship, pantheism, nature deities, sacred earth, paganism
- Andean spiritualitycurandero, sun worship, coca leaves, healers, healing ritual
mountain godssea gods
Immortals ruling the waters
water spirits · Poseidon · naiads · water nymphs · Tiamat
mountain, mountains, mountainous, mountaineer, mountaineering, mountainside, gods, godliness, goddess