A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops. in some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols. Fertility rites may accompany their worship. The following is a list of fertility deities.
Oshun (known as Ochún or Oxúm in Latin America) also spelled Ọṣun, is an orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifá and Yoruba religions. She is one of the most popular and venerated orishas. Oshun is the deity of the river and fresh water, luxury and pleasure, sexuality and fertility, and beauty and love. She is connected to destiny and divination.
Ancient Egyptianedit
Min, ancient Egyptian god of fertility and lettuce
Osiris, god of the afterlife, the dead, and the underworld agency that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile River
Renenutet, goddess of the true name, the harvest and fertile fields
Lakapati: the hermaphrodite Tagalog deity and protector of sown fields, sufficient field waters, and abundant fish catch;[3] a major fertility deity;[4] deity of vagrants and waifs;[5] a patron of cultivated lands and husbandry[6]
Ikapati: the Sambal goddess of cultivated land and fertility[7]
Lakan-bakod: the Tagalog god of the fruits of the earth who dwells in certain plants;[8] the god of crops;[9] the god of rice whose hollow statues have gilded eyes, teeth, and genitals; food and wine are introduced to his mouth to secure a good crop;[10] the protector of fences[11]
Kukarog: the Bicolano giant who was swept by waters into the sea, where his genital can be seen as a rock jutting from the ocean[12]
Ibabasag: the Bukidnon goddess of pregnant women[13]
Vietnameseedit
Bà mụ, consisting of twelve goddesses responsible for creating each part of the child
Inari Ōkami, deity of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, and industry; this deity is of ambiguous gender and may be portrayed as male, female, or ambiguous
Nanshe, Sumerian goddess of social justice, prophecy, fertility, and fishing
Sharra Itu, Identified with Asratum, later Ašrat-aḫītu (Ašratum the foreigner) or (the other Ašratum)
Inanna/Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, justice, and political power. Her symbols were lions, doves & the 8-pointed star, wife of Dumuzid
Turco-Mongoledit
Umay, goddess of fertility and reproduction, believed to have saved two children (one boy and one girl) from a massacre. She is believed to have offered protection and guidance to the children, who managed to raise the Turcic communities. In the form of a deer, she is accepted by the Turks to be the protective power of the race, and therefore she is called in many texts as "Mother Umay".
Ēostre, spring and fertility goddess; in earlier times probably a dawn goddess as her name is cognate to Eos
Freyr, god associated with peace, marriages, rain, sunshine, and fertility, both of the land and people
Freyja, a goddess associated with fertility and sister of the above god
Frigg, goddess associated with prophecy, marriage, and childbirth; in one myth, she also demonstrates a more direct connection with fertility, as a king and queen pray to her for a child
Gefjun, Danish goddess of ploughing and possibly fertility
Njordr, since his name is cognate with the above goddess, it's possible he was originally an earth/fertility deity before transforming into a sea god thanked for a bountiful catch
Thor, some strains of Norse paganism saw him as a fertility god (possibly due to bringing rain) and the father of Freyr and Freyja instead of Njordr
Greekedit
Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, love, pleasure, sexuality and procreation.
Aphaea, local goddess associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, chastity and childbirth
Demeter, goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility and sacred law
Dionysus, god of wine, grapes, and festivity, associated with fertility, particularly that of the vine and males
Priapus, Greek god of fertility, gardens and male genitalia
Hermes, messenger of the gods, possibly associated with male fertility
Hera, goddess of marriage, women, women's fertility, childbirth
Heracles, god of strength and athletes, had an association with male fertility as well as agriculture.
Ilithyia, (also called Eileithyia) goddess of childbirth and midwifery
Pan, god of shepherds and flocks, associated with fertility, particularly that of animals
Phanes, primeval deity of procreation and new life
Priapus, rustic god of fertility, protection of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of fertility deities news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility sex pregnancy childbirth and crops in some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences in others they are more abstract symbols Fertility rites may accompany their worship The following is a list of fertility deities Contents 1 African 1 1 Ancient Egyptian 1 2 Yoruba 2 Native American 2 1 Aztec 2 2 Inca 2 3 Inuit 2 4 Mayan 2 5 Muiscan 2 6 Taino 2 7 Vodou 3 Asian 3 1 Arabian 3 2 Armenian 3 3 Canaanite 3 4 Chinese 3 5 Filipino 3 6 Vietnamese 3 7 Hittite Hurrian 3 8 Indian 3 9 Iranian 3 10 Phoenician 3 11 Japanese 3 12 Mesopotamian 3 13 Turco Mongol 4 European 4 1 Albanian 4 2 Baltic 4 3 Celtic 4 4 Etruscan 4 5 Finno Ugric 4 6 Germanic 4 7 Greek 4 8 Irish 4 9 Roman 4 10 Sami 4 11 Slavic 5 Oceanian 5 1 Hawaiian 5 2 Indigenous Australian 6 See also 7 ReferencesAfrican editAla Igbo goddess of fertility Asase Ya Ashanti earth goddess of fertility Deng Dinka sky god of rain and fertility Mbaba Mwana Waresa Zulu goddess of fertility rainbows agriculture rain and bees Orie Ohafia goddess of fertility Oshun known as Ochun or Oxum in Latin America also spelled Ọṣun is an orisha a spirit a deity or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifa and Yoruba religions She is one of the most popular and venerated orishas Oshun is the deity of the river and fresh water luxury and pleasure sexuality and fertility and beauty and love She is connected to destiny and divination Ancient Egyptian edit nbsp Min ancient Egyptian god of fertility and lettuceAmun creator god associated with fertility Bastet cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility Hathor goddess of music beauty love sexuality and fertility Heqet frog goddess of fertility Heryshaf god of creation and fertility Isis goddess of motherhood magic and fertility Knum Creator of the human body source of the Nile associated with fertility creation of life Mesenet goddess of childbirth Min god of fertility and reproduction Osiris god of the afterlife the dead and the underworld agency that granted all life including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile River Renenutet goddess of the true name the harvest and fertile fields Sobek god of the river warfare and fertility Sopdet goddess of the fertility of the soil Tawaret goddess of fertility and childbirth Tefnut goddess of water and fertilityYoruba edit Eshu OyaNative American editAtahensic Iroquois goddess associated with marriage childbirth and feminine endeavors Kokopelli Hopi trickster god associated with fertility childbirth and agriculture Hanhepi Wi Lakota goddess associated with the moon motherhood family and femininityAztec edit Chimalma goddess of fertility life death and rebirth Tonacatecuhtli god of sustenance Tonacacihuatl goddess of sustenance Tonantzin Coatlicue goddess of fertility life death and rebirth Xochipilli god of love art games beauty dance flowers maize fertility and song Xochiquetzal goddess of fertility beauty female sexual power protection of young mothers pregnancy childbirth and women s crafts Quetzalcoatl god of fertility wind water and chocolate Inca edit Mama Ocllo mother goddess associated with fertility Sara Mama goddess of grain Pachamama fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting and causes earthquakesInuit edit Akna goddess of fertility and childbirth Pukkeenegak goddess of children pregnancy childbirth and the making of clothesMayan edit Akna goddess of motherhood and childbirth Goddess I goddess of eroticism female fertility and marriage Ixchel jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine Maya maize god gods of maize Maximon a Mayan god and modern folk saint associated with crops death and fertility and SightMuiscan edit Chaquen god of sports and fertility in the religion of the MuiscaTaino edit Atabey goddess mother goddess of fresh waters and fertility of people Yucahu masculine spirit of fertility of crops such as Yucca along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart Vodou edit Ayida Weddo loa of fertility rainbows and snakes Gede family of spirits that embody the powers of death and fertilityAsian editArabian edit Attar god Armenian edit Anahit goddess of fertility healing wisdom and water Aramazd generous king and creator god of fertility rain and abundanceCanaanite edit Hadad storm and thus rain god responsible for crops growing also known as Adad and Ba al Nikkal goddess of fruits Tanit consort of Baʿal Hammon at CarthageChinese edit Chu Sheng Niangniang Goddess of Fertility Jiutian Xuannu a fertility goddess as well as a deity of war and long life 1 Yunxiao Niangniang goddess of childbirth Qiongxiao Niangniang goddess of childbirth Bixiao Niangniang goddess of childbirth Chen Jinggu goddess of childbirth 2 Filipino edit Main article List of Philippine mythological figures Lakapati the hermaphrodite Tagalog deity and protector of sown fields sufficient field waters and abundant fish catch 3 a major fertility deity 4 deity of vagrants and waifs 5 a patron of cultivated lands and husbandry 6 Ikapati the Sambal goddess of cultivated land and fertility 7 Lakan bakod the Tagalog god of the fruits of the earth who dwells in certain plants 8 the god of crops 9 the god of rice whose hollow statues have gilded eyes teeth and genitals food and wine are introduced to his mouth to secure a good crop 10 the protector of fences 11 Kukarog the Bicolano giant who was swept by waters into the sea where his genital can be seen as a rock jutting from the ocean 12 Ibabasag the Bukidnon goddess of pregnant women 13 Vietnamese edit Ba mụ consisting of twelve goddesses responsible for creating each part of the childHittite Hurrian edit Hutellurra Irsirra and Tawara goddesses of midwifery and nursing children Shaushka goddess of fertility war and healingIndian edit nbsp ParvatiBanka Mundi goddess of the hunt and fertility Bhavani goddess of fertility Bhumi goddess of the earth and fertility Chandra lunar god associated with fertility Gayatri goddess of Vedas and embodiment of the Gayatri Mantra Lajja Gauri goddess associated with abundance and fertility Lakshmi goddess of prosperity wealth fortune and fertility Manasa snake goddess associated with fertility and prosperity Matrikas a group of 7 16 goddesses who are associated with fertility and motherly power Parvati goddess associated with fertility marital felicity devotion to the spouse asceticism and power Prithvi goddess of the earth and the fertility form of Bhumi Rohini minor goddess of fertility and fortune Sinivali goddess associated with fecundity and easy birth Yogamaya goddess of fertility and maya illusion Iranian edit Anahita or Anahit the divinity of the Waters and hence associated with fertility healing and wisdom Spenta Armaiti or Sandaramet female divinity associated with earth and Mother Nature Ashi a divinity of fertility and fortune 14 Phoenician edit Asherah Mother Goddess of nature groves amp trees exiled by Hezekiah Japanese edit Kichijōten goddess of happiness fertility and beauty Kuebiko god of agriculture and knowledge Inari Ōkami deity of fertility rice agriculture foxes and industry this deity is of ambiguous gender and may be portrayed as male female or ambiguous Shinda fertility god of the Ainu peopleMesopotamian edit Asherah Ancient semitic goddess of motherhood and fertility Ashratum the wife of Amurru Asratum glorified one a cognate of Athirat Dumuzid Tammuz Mesopotamian dying amp rising god Dumuzid sipad the Shepherd husband of Inanna Gatumdag Sumerian fertility goddess and tutelary mother goddess of Lagash Nanshe Sumerian goddess of social justice prophecy fertility and fishing Sharra Itu Identified with Asratum later Asrat aḫitu Asratum the foreigner or the other Asratum Inanna Ishtar Mesopotamian goddess of love beauty sex desire fertility war justice and political power Her symbols were lions doves amp the 8 pointed star wife of DumuzidTurco Mongol edit Umay goddess of fertility and reproduction believed to have saved two children one boy and one girl from a massacre She is believed to have offered protection and guidance to the children who managed to raise the Turcic communities In the form of a deer she is accepted by the Turks to be the protective power of the race and therefore she is called in many texts as Mother Umay European editAlbanian edit Prende goddess of love beauty and fertilityBaltic edit Laima goddess of luck and fate associated with childbirth pregnancy marriage and death Zemes mate goddess of the earth associated with fertilityCeltic edit Brigid Irish goddess associated with fertility spring healing smithing and poetry Cernunnos horned god associated with the fertility of animals and nature Damara fertility goddess worshiped in Britain Damona Gaulish fertility goddess Epona goddess of horses mules donkeys and the fertility of these animals Hooded Spirits a group of deities theorised to be fertility spirits Nantosuelta goddess of nature the earth fire and fertility Onuava goddess of fertility Rosmerta Gallo Roman goddess of fertility and abundanceEtruscan edit Fufluns god of plant life happiness health and growth in all things equivalent to the Greek Dionysus Thesan goddess of the dawn associated with the generation of life Turan goddess of love fertility and vitalityFinno Ugric edit Akras Finnish god of fertility Rauni or Raun Finnish Estonian goddess of fertility Peko or Pellon Pekko Karelian Seto god of fertility Metsik West Estonian spirit of fertility Norovava Mordovian goddess of fertility Sun Soconava Mari goddess of fertility and birth Mu Kyldysin Udmurt god of fertility and earth Zarni An Komi goddess of fertility represented by a golden woman Babba or Aranyanya Hungarian goddess fertility represented by a golden woman Kaltes Ekwa Ob Ugric goddess of fertility represented by a golden womanGermanic edit Eostre spring and fertility goddess in earlier times probably a dawn goddess as her name is cognate to Eos Freyr god associated with peace marriages rain sunshine and fertility both of the land and people Freyja a goddess associated with fertility and sister of the above god Frigg goddess associated with prophecy marriage and childbirth in one myth she also demonstrates a more direct connection with fertility as a king and queen pray to her for a child Gefjun Danish goddess of ploughing and possibly fertility Nerthus earth goddess associated with fertility Njordr since his name is cognate with the above goddess it s possible he was originally an earth fertility deity before transforming into a sea god thanked for a bountiful catch Thor some strains of Norse paganism saw him as a fertility god possibly due to bringing rain and the father of Freyr and Freyja instead of NjordrGreek edit Aphrodite goddess of beauty love pleasure sexuality and procreation Aphaea local goddess associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle Artemis goddess of the hunt the wilderness wild animals the Moon chastity and childbirth Demeter goddess of the harvest agriculture fertility and sacred law Dionysus god of wine grapes and festivity associated with fertility particularly that of the vine and males nbsp Priapus Greek god of fertility gardens and male genitaliaHermes messenger of the gods possibly associated with male fertility Hera goddess of marriage women women s fertility childbirth Heracles god of strength and athletes had an association with male fertility as well as agriculture Ilithyia also called Eileithyia goddess of childbirth and midwifery Pan god of shepherds and flocks associated with fertility particularly that of animals Phanes primeval deity of procreation and new life Priapus rustic god of fertility protection of livestock fruit plants gardens and male genitalia Tychon minor daemon of fertility Persephone goddess of springtime growth flowers and vegetationIrish edit DagdaRoman edit Bacchus Roman version of Dionysus identified with Roman Liber god of agricultural and male fertility Bona Dea goddess of fertility healing virginity and women Candelifera goddess of childbirth Carmenta goddess of childbirth and prophecy Domidicus the god who leads the bride home Domitius the god who installs the bride Fascinus embodiment of the divine phallus Fecunditas goddess of fertility Feronia goddess associated with fertility and abundance Flora goddess of flowers and springtime Inuus god of sexual intercourse Jugatinus the god who joins the pair in marriage Juno goddess of marriage and childbirth equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera has the epithet Lucina 15 Liber god of viniculture wine and male fertility equivalent to Greek Dionysus in archaic Lavinium a phallic deity Libera female equivalent of Liber also identified with Proserpina Romanised form of Greek Proserpina Manturna the goddess who kept the bride at home Mater Matuta deity of female maturation also protector in childbirth Mutunus Tutunus phallic marriage deity associated with the Greek god Priapus Partula goddess of childbirth who determined the duration of each pregnancy Pertunda goddess who enables sexual penetration of the virgin bride an epithet of Juno 16 Picumnus god of fertility agriculture matrimony infants and children Prema goddess who made the bride submissive allowing penetration also an epithet of Juno who has the same function 17 Robigus fertility god who protects crops against disease Subigus the god who subdues the bride to the husband s will Venus goddess of beauty love desire sex and fertility Virginiensis the goddess who unties the girdle of the bride Sami edit Beiwe goddess of fertility and sanity Rana Niejta goddess of spring and fertilitySlavic edit Dzydzilelya Polish goddess of love marriage sexuality and fertility Jarilo god of fertility spring the harvest and war Kostroma goddess of fertility Mokos Old Russian goddess of fertility the Mother Goddess protector of women s work and women s destiny Siebog god of love and marriage Svetovid god of war fertility and abundance Ziva goddess of love and fertilityOceanian editGedi mythology Fijian god of fertility who taught mankind the use of fire Makemake Rapa Nui creator god associated with fertility Tagroa Siria Fijian god associated with fertility Sido Soido Melanesian god associated with fertility Tangaroa Rarotongan god of the sea and creation associated with fertilityHawaiian edit Haumea goddess of fertility and childbirth Kamapua a demi god of fertility Laka patron of the hula dance and god of fertility Lono god associated with fertility agriculture rainfall and music Nuakea goddess of lactationIndigenous Australian edit nbsp Rainbow Serpent Australian creator god and god of rain and fertilityAnjea goddess or spirit of fertility Birrahgnooloo Kamilaroi goddess of fertility Dilga Karadjeri goddess of fertility and growth Julunggul Yolngu rainbow snake goddess associated with fertility initiation rebirth and the weather Kunapipi mother goddess and the patron deity of many heroes Rainbow Serpent creator god and god of rain and fertility Ungud snake god or goddess associated with rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe s shaman Wollunqua snake god of rain and fertilitySee also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fertility deities The Dinner Party this artwork features a place setting for Fertile Goddess 18 Fertility rite Fertility and religion Earth Mother Religion and agriculture Agricultural spiritualism Lists of deities in Sanamahism Earth goddess Fall of man Agricultural revolutionReferences edit Liu Peng 2016 Conceal my Body so that I can Protect the State The Making of the Mysterious Woman in Daoism and Water Margin Ming Studies 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