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Weber also identified the link between a pantheon of gods and the development of monotheism, proposing that the domination of a pantheon by a particular god within that pantheon was a step towards followers of the pantheon seeing that god as "an international or universal deity, a transnational god of the entire world". [4]
Following is a list of pantheons of deities in specific spiritual practices: . African pantheons; Armenian pantheon; Aztec pantheon; Buddhist pantheon; Berber pantheon; Burmese pantheon
The Pantheon (UK: / ˈ p æ n θ i ə n /, US: /-ɒ n /; [1] Latin: Pantheum, [nb 1] from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) ' [temple] of all the gods ') is an ancient 2nd century Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church (Italian: Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy.
During the Third Dynasty of Ur, the Sumerian pantheon was said to include sixty times sixty (3600) deities. [16]: 182 Enlil was the god of air, wind, and storm. [27]: 108 He was also the chief god of the Sumerian pantheon [27]: 108 [28]: 115–121 and the patron deity of the city of Nippur.
Kek and Kauket – The god and goddess of Chaos and Darkness, as well as being the concept of primordial darkness [59] Neper and Nepit – A god and goddess of Grain [60] [61] Nu and Naunet – Personifications of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and members of the Ogdoad [62]
'Athtar is the god associated with the planet Venus and was the most common god to south Arabian cultures. He is a god of thunderstorms and natural irrigation. As Athtar was considered remote, worship was usually directed to the patron deity of a kingdom/culture. Attested [a] A'im A'im is a god who was worshipped by the Azd of al-Sarah. [7 ...
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere; List of fictional deities; List of goddesses; List of people who have been considered deities; see also apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king
Quirinus, Sabine god identified with Mars; Romulus, the founder of Rome, was deified as Quirinus after his death. Quirinus was a war god and a god of the Roman people and state, and was assigned a flamen maior; he was one of the Archaic Triad gods. Quiritis, goddess of motherhood. Originally Sabine or pre-Roman, she was later equated with Juno.