Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion. (The intimate connection between "holy war" and the "one true god" belief of monotheism has been noted by many scholars, including Jonathan Kirsch in his book God Against The Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism and Joseph Campbell in The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology.)[1][2]
Boryet, Kipsigis Death-wielding god of war. Boryet (also luket) is the act of war. Death (Me'et) is observed as a consequence of war. War is thus personified as such.
Ghanaian
Akan
Ta Kora, God of War and Strife for the Akan, and additionally God of Thunder for the Northern Akan peoples, such as the Asante
Europe
Balto-Slavic
Baltic
Kara Māte, Latvian goddess of war
Kauriraris, Lithuanian god of war and war steeds
Junda, Lithuanian goddess of war
Slavic
Jarovit, god of vegetation, fertility, and spring, also associated with war and harvest
Perun, god of thunder and lightning, associated with war
Hera, in the Illiad she has a martial character and fights (and wins) against Artemis; however, this warlike aspect of her appears nowhere else in the surviving corpus, suggesting it was dropped early on
Honos, god of chivalry, honor, and military justice
Juno, has a consistent martial character and the patron goddess of Rome, the mother of Mars and Bellona
Mars, god of war and agriculture, equivalent to Ares as far as being war gods; aside from this they have very little in common
Minerva, goddess of wisdom, medicine, music, crafts, and war, while somewhat equivalent to the Greek Athena, the Romans did not emphasize her war aspect like the Greeks did
Nerio, warrior goddess and personification of valor
Victoria, personification of victory, equivalent to the Greek goddess Nike
Aring Sinukûan: the Kapampangan solar deity governing war and death. He taught early humans metallurgy, woodcutting, rice cultivation, and warfare[10]
Apolake: the Tagalog god of the sun and warriors[11]
Sidapa: another Tagalog god of war, he specifically settles conflicts among mortals[12]
Doce Pares: From the Spanish "Twelve Pairs", they are a group of twelve young Tagalog men who went on a quest to retrieve the Golden Calf of Mount Banahaw, together with José Rizal as a culture hero. They are said to return as giants, bearing the Golden Calf, to aid mankind in war.[13]
Lumalayag: the Tagbanwa spirits who challenge and fight the Salakap, spirits of plague and sickness.[15]
Talagbusao: the bloodthirsty Bukidnon god of war.[8]
Pamdiya: the Manobo gods who initiate and preside over war.[8]
Darago: the Bagobo god of warriors, whose consort is Mandarangan.[16]
Mandarangan: the Bagobo war deity married to Darago and resides at the top of Mount Apo. Human sacrifices made to him are rewarded with health, valour in war, and success in the pursuit of wealth.[16]
Vietnamese
Trần Hưng Đạo, Vietnamese god of exorcism and the god of war.
Độc Cước, the protector of coastal settlements. Legend has it that he split himself in two with his axe, each half guards coastal villages against sea ogres.
Ogoun, loa who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics, and war
References
^Kirsch, J. (2004). God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism. Viking Compass. ISBN9780670032860. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
^"Occidental Mythology (Masks of God): Joseph Campbell: 9780140194418: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
^ Morris, Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Robert: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire p. 612
^pseudo-Aristotle, De mundo, Aristotelis Opera, Volume 3, Oxford, Bekker, 1837
^Cahill, Suzanne E. (18 July 2013). "Sublimation in Medieval China: The Case of the Mysterious Woman of the Nine Heavens". Journal of Chinese Religions. 20 (1): 91–102. doi:10.1179/073776992805307692.
^Calderon, S. G. (1947). Mga alamat ng Pilipinas. Manila : M. Colcol & Co.
^Demetrio, F. R., Cordero-Fernando, G., & Zialcita, F. N. (1991). The Soul Book. Quezon City: GCF Books.
^Mojares, R. B. (1974). Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. 2, No. 3: The Myth of the Sleeping Hero: Three Philippine Cases. University of San Carlos Publications.
^ abcLoarca, Miguel de. (1582) 1903. Relation of the Filipinas Islands. In Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands 5.
^Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.
^ abDemetrio, F. R., Cordero-Fernando, G., & Zialcita, F. N. (1991). The Soul Book. Quezon City: GCF Books
^Hackett 2001, pp. 158–59. sfn error: no target: CITEREFHackett2001 (help)
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God of war and War gods redirect here For other uses see God of War disambiguation and War Gods disambiguation A war god in mythology associated with war combat or bloodshed They occur commonly in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions Ares the Greek god of war Mars the Roman god of war Sarutahiko Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion The intimate connection between holy war and the one true god belief of monotheism has been noted by many scholars including Jonathan Kirsch in his book God Against The Gods The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism and Joseph Campbell in The Masks of God Vol 3 Occidental Mythology 1 2 The following is a list of war deities Contents 1 North Africa 1 1 Egyptian 1 2 Berber 2 Sub Sahara Africa 2 1 Nilo Saharan 2 2 Western African Congo 2 3 Eastern African Congo 2 4 Ethiopian 2 5 Kenya 2 6 Ghanaian 3 Europe 3 1 Balto Slavic 3 1 1 Baltic 3 1 2 Slavic 3 2 Celtic 3 2 1 Lusitanian 3 3 Norse Germanic 3 3 1 Continental Germanic 3 3 2 Norse 3 4 Graeco Roman 3 4 1 Greek Hellenic 3 4 2 Roman 3 5 Balkan 3 6 Uralic 3 6 1 Hungarian 4 Asia 4 1 Turkic 4 2 Mongolian 4 3 East Asia 4 3 1 Chinese 4 3 2 Japanese 4 3 3 Korean 4 4 Southeast Asia 4 4 1 Filipino 4 4 2 Vietnamese 4 5 South Asia 4 5 1 Hindu Vedic and non Vedic 4 5 2 Manipuri 4 6 West Asia 4 6 1 Armenian 4 6 2 Canaanite 4 6 3 Hebrew 4 6 4 Hittite 4 6 5 Hurrian 4 6 6 Mesopotamian 4 6 7 Nuristani 5 Oceania 5 1 Polynesia 5 2 Hawaiian 5 3 Maori 6 Americas 6 1 North America 6 1 1 Great Plains 6 1 2 Pacific Northwest 6 2 Central American and the Caribbean 6 2 1 Aztec 6 2 2 Mayan 6 2 3 Voodoo 7 ReferencesNorth Africa EditEgyptian Edit Anhur god of war not a native god Bast cat headed goddess associated with war protection of Lower Egypt and the pharaoh the sun perfumes ointments and embalming Horus god of the king the sky war and protection Maahes lion headed god of war Menhit goddess of war she who massacres Montu falcon headed god of war valor and the Sun Neith goddess of war hunting and wisdom Pakhet goddess of war Satis deification of the floods of the Nile River and an early war hunting and fertility goddess Sekhmet goddess of warfare pestilence and the desert Set god of the desert and storms associated with war Sobek god of the Nile the army military fertility and crocodiles Sopdu god of the scorching heat of the summer sun associated with war Wepwawet wolf god of war and death who later became associated with Anubis and the afterlifeBerber Edit Gurzil bull headed warrior god 3 Sub Sahara Africa EditNilo Saharan Edit Nubian Apedemak Nubian lion headed warrior god Western African Congo Edit Yoruba Kokou Ogoun OyaEastern African Congo Edit Igbo Amadioha EkwensuEthiopian Edit Maher god of war Kenya Edit Kalenjin Boryet Kipsigis Death wielding god of war Boryet also luket is the act of war Death Me et is observed as a consequence of war War is thus personified as such Ghanaian Edit Akan Ta Kora God of War and Strife for the Akan and additionally God of Thunder for the Northern Akan peoples such as the AsanteEurope EditBalto Slavic Edit Baltic Edit Kara Mate Latvian goddess of war Kauriraris Lithuanian god of war and war steeds Junda Lithuanian goddess of warSlavic Edit Jarovit god of vegetation fertility and spring also associated with war and harvest Perun god of thunder and lightning associated with war Svetovid god of war fertility and abundance Zorya Utrennyaya goddess of the morning star sometimes depicted as a warrior goddess who protected men in battleCeltic Edit Agrona reconstructed Proto Celtic name for the river Aeron in Wales and possibly the name of an associated war goddess Alaisiagae a pair of goddesses worshiped in Roman Britain with parallel Celtic and Germanic titles Andarta Brittonic goddess theorized to be associated with victory overcoming enemies war Andraste Gaulish warrior goddess Anann Irish goddess of war death predicting death in battle cattle prosperity and fertility Badb Irish goddess of war who took the form of a crow member of the Morrigan Bandua Gallaecian God of War Belatucadros war god worshipped by soldiers and equated with the Roman war god Mars Camulus god of war of the Belgic Remi and British Trinovantes Catubodua Gaulish goddess assumed to be associated with victory Cicolluis Gaulish and Irish god associated with war Cocidius Romano British god associated with war hunting and forests Macha Irish goddess associated with war horses and sovereignty member of the Morrigan The Morrigan Irish triple goddess associated with sovereignty prophecy war and death on the battlefield Neit Irish god of war husband of Nemain of Badb Nemain Irish goddess of the frenzied havoc of war member of the Morrigan Rudianos Gaulish god of war Segomo Gaulish god of war Teutates British and Gaulish god of war and the tribeLusitanian Edit Neto god believed to be associated with war death and weaponryNorse Germanic Edit Idise by Emil Doepler Continental Germanic Edit Baduhenna a western Frisii goddess of warfare Idis Germanic itis ides the West Germanic cognates of North Germanic dis they are connected with battle magic and fettering enemy armies Sandraudiga goddess whose name may mean she who dyes the sand red suggesting she is a war deity or at least has a warrior aspect Tyr god of war single combat law justice and the thing who later lost much of his religious importance and mythical role to the god Wōden Wōden god associated with wisdom poetry war victory and deathNorse Edit Dis a group of lesser goddesses who are sometimes connected with battle magic valkyrie may be a kenning for them Freyja goddess associated with love beauty fertility gold seidr war and death Odin god associated with wisdom war battle and death Tyr god associated with law justice victory and heroic glory Ullr god associated with archery skiing bows hunting single combat and glory Valkyries choosers of the slain and connected to Odin ruler of Valhalla they may be the same as the dis aboveGraeco Roman Edit Greek Hellenic Edit Alala spirit of the war cry Alke spirit of courage and battle strength Amphillogiai goddesses of disputes Androktasiai spirits of battlefield slaughter Ares the main Greek god of war despised by all the city states except Sparta Athena goddess of wisdom war strategy and weaving more beloved by ancient Greeks than Ares and tutelary deity of Athens Sparta s rival Bia spirit of force and compulsion Deimos personification of terror Enyalius god of war in early periods apparently an epithet of Ares they were differentiated later Enyo goddess of war sometimes appears to be identical to Eris Eris goddess of discord and strife Hera in the Illiad she has a martial character and fights and wins against Artemis however this warlike aspect of her appears nowhere else in the surviving corpus suggesting it was dropped early on Homados spirit of the din of battle Hysminai female spirits of fighting and combat Ioke spirit of onslaught battle tumult and pursuit Keres female spirits of violent or cruel death including death in battle by accident murder or ravaging disease Kratos personification of strength and power Kydoimos spirit of the din of battle Makhai male spirits of fighting and combat Nike spirit of victory Palioxis spirit of backrush flight and retreat from battle Pallas Titan god of war craft and of the springtime campaign season Perses the Titan of destruction Phobos spirit of panic fear flight and battlefield rout Phonoi spirits of murder killing and slaughter Polemos spirit of war Proioxis spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit Zeus Stratios Zeus had the epithet Stratios Stratios which means of armies 4 Roman Edit Juno Sospita Statue holding a spear and shield Bellona goddess of war Honos god of chivalry honor and military justice Juno has a consistent martial character and the patron goddess of Rome the mother of Mars and Bellona Mars god of war and agriculture equivalent to Ares as far as being war gods aside from this they have very little in common Minerva goddess of wisdom medicine music crafts and war while somewhat equivalent to the Greek Athena the Romans did not emphasize her war aspect like the Greeks did Nerio warrior goddess and personification of valor Victoria personification of victory equivalent to the Greek goddess Nike Virtus god of bravery and military strengthEtruscan Laran god of war Menrva goddess of war art wisdom and healthBalkan Edit Danubian Rider Sabazios Thracian RiderUralic Edit Hungarian Edit Hadur god of war and the metalsmith of the godsAsia EditTurkic Edit Kyzaghan Turkic deity of warMongolian Edit Begtse originally a Mongolian war god was later adopted into Tibetan Buddhism Dayisun TngriEast Asia Edit Chinese Edit Guan Yu Chinese god of loyalty righteousness and valor Chiyou god of war Di Qing Star of Military Fortune God of Valor Erlang Shen a three eyed warrior Guan Yu Han dynasty general God of loyalty righteousness and valor Jinzha marshal of the center altar Jiutian Xuannu goddess of war sex and longevity 5 Li Jing Guardian of Celestial Palace Muzha marshal of the center altar Nezha Wang Shan Song dynasty general Primordial Lord General of Heaven Guardian of Celestial Palace Wen Qiong 6 Yue Fei Zhao Lang Zhao Gongming God of Military Fortune Guardian of Celestial Palace Protector of Households Xue Rengui Tang dynasty general Japanese Edit Futsunushi god of swords martial arts and conquest god of the Mononobe clan Hachiman Daimyōjin Shinto god of war on land and agriculture divine protector of the Minamoto clan mostly worshiped by samurai Sarutahiko god of war and misogi Takemikazuchi god of war conquest martial arts sumo and lightning general of the Amatsukami god of Kashima and Ujigami of Nakatomi clan Suwa Myōjin Takeminakata no kami god of valor and duty protector of the Japanese religion Bishamonten Buddhist god of warKorean Edit Yi Sun sin admiral of Joseon Dynasty god of military guardian of sea Choe Yeong general of Goryeo period god of shamans protector of humanity Pagunseong the star at the edge of the Big Dipper in Taoism symbolizing swords Baekmashinjang god of war who rides a white horse Dungapshinjang god of war who has the ability of shapeshifting Byeorakshinjang god of war who uses thunder and lightning sometimes punishes the evil Damuncheonwang Buddhist god of war Southeast Asia Edit Filipino Edit Main article List of Philippine mythological figures Chacha the Bontok god of warriors 7 Hipag the Ifugao spirits of war that give soldiers courage on the field of war but are ferocious and cannibalistic 8 Apolaqui the Pangasinense war god 9 Aring Sinukuan the Kapampangan solar deity governing war and death He taught early humans metallurgy woodcutting rice cultivation and warfare 10 Apolake the Tagalog god of the sun and warriors 11 Sidapa another Tagalog god of war he specifically settles conflicts among mortals 12 Doce Pares From the Spanish Twelve Pairs they are a group of twelve young Tagalog men who went on a quest to retrieve the Golden Calf of Mount Banahaw together with Jose Rizal as a culture hero They are said to return as giants bearing the Golden Calf to aid mankind in war 13 Balangaw a Hiligaynon and Bisaya god of the rainbow and war 14 Inaginid a Hiligaynon and Bisaya god of war 14 Makanduk a Hiligaynon and Bisaya god of war 14 Lumalayag the Tagbanwa spirits who challenge and fight the Salakap spirits of plague and sickness 15 Talagbusao the bloodthirsty Bukidnon god of war 8 Pamdiya the Manobo gods who initiate and preside over war 8 Darago the Bagobo god of warriors whose consort is Mandarangan 16 Mandarangan the Bagobo war deity married to Darago and resides at the top of Mount Apo Human sacrifices made to him are rewarded with health valour in war and success in the pursuit of wealth 16 Vietnamese Edit Trần Hưng Đạo Vietnamese god of exorcism and the god of war Cao Lỗ god of military innovations Độc Cước the protector of coastal settlements Legend has it that he split himself in two with his axe each half guards coastal villages against sea ogres Đồng Cổ the armored protector of the Ly dynasty Thanh Giong god of triumph over foreign invaders Trần Hưng Đạo is the national hero of the Vietnamese people after his death he was honored as the god of exorcism and the god of war South Asia Edit Hindu Vedic and non Vedic Edit Kartikeya god of war by Surendra Nath Ganguly 1913 Indra god of the weather kingship thunder rains electricity and the senses He is also the king of Heaven Kartikeya god of war and victory Mangala god of war and Mars Nirrti goddess of strife Parvati her forms Durga and Kali are known for fighting demons Shiva god of destruction time and arts several of his avatars are gods of destroying evil and avenging Vaisravaṇa Buddhist god of warfare and ruler of the North Vishnu god of protection Several of his avatars are associated with fighting and vanquishing evil Manipuri Edit Marjing god of war polo horse and sports Panthoibi goddess of war love courage and longevity West Asia Edit Armenian Edit Anahit goddess of healing fertility wisdom and water in early periods associated with warCanaanite Edit Anat goddess of war Astarte goddess of sex and war western Semitic version of the Mesopotamian Ishtar and Inanna Resheph god of plague and war Tanit main Carthaginian goddess whose functions included war and the moonHebrew Edit Yahweh originally a warrior god 17 Hittite Edit Sulinkatte god of war of Hattian origin Wurrukatte god of war of Hattian origin Iyarri god of war and plagueHurrian Edit Astabi a war god of Eblaite origin Ḫesui a war god Nupatik a god assumed to have warlike character Shaushka goddess of love war and healing Ugur a war god of Mesopotamian originMesopotamian Edit Adad a weather god often portrayed as a warrior Erra a god of war associated with Nergal later syncretised with him Ilaba warlike tutelary god of the kings of the Akkadian Empire Inanna Sumerian goddess of love sex and war Ishtar Akkadian later Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart of Inanna Nergal god of war the underworld and pestilence Ninazu a god of the underworld who could also be portrayed as a war deity Ningishzida a god of the underworld who like his father Ninazu could be portrayed as a warrior Ninurta warrior god Pabilsag warrior god and husband of Ninisina Pap nigin gara a war god syncretised with Ninurta Sebitti group of minor war gods best attested in Assyria Shara minor Sumerian god of war Tishpak a warrior god from Eshnunna Zababa tutelary god of Kish and a war godNuristani Edit Great Gish god of warOceania EditPolynesia Edit Oro god of war Rongo Mangaian god of war and taroHawaiian Edit Ku god of war and birds Pele goddess of fire lightning dance volcanoes and violenceMaori Edit Maru god of war and fresh water Tumatauenga god of war and human activitiesAmericas EditNorth America Edit Great Plains Edit Morning Star O pi ri kus by one spelling the god of war in Pawnee mythologyPacific Northwest Edit Qamaits Nuxalk warrior goddess Winalagalis Kwakwaka wakw god of warCentral American and the Caribbean Edit Aztec Edit Patterns of War Huitzilopochtli god of will patron of war fire and sun lord of the south Mixcoatl god of war and hunting Tlaloc god of thunder rain and earthquakes Xipe Totec god of force patron of war agriculture vegetation diseases seasons rebirth hunting trades and spring lord of the east Xiuhtecuhtli god of fireMayan Edit Tohil god associated with fire the sun rain mountains and warVoodoo Edit Ogoun loa who presides over fire iron hunting politics and warReferences Edit Kirsch J 2004 God Against the Gods The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism Viking Compass ISBN 9780670032860 Retrieved 2015 06 22 Occidental Mythology Masks of God Joseph Campbell 9780140194418 Amazon com Books amazon com Retrieved 2015 06 22 Morris Arnold Hugh Martin Jones John Robert The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire p 612 pseudo Aristotle De mundo Aristotelis Opera Volume 3 Oxford Bekker 1837 Cahill Suzanne E 18 July 2013 Sublimation in Medieval China The Case of the Mysterious Woman of the Nine Heavens Journal of Chinese Religions 20 1 91 102 doi 10 1179 073776992805307692 http etheses lib cuhk edu hk pdf 004777762 pdf permanent dead link Cawed C 1972 The Culture of the Bontoc Igorot Manila MCS Enterprises a b c Jocano F L 1969 Philippine Mythology Quezon City Capitol Publishing House Inc Aduerte D 2014 The Philippine Islands 1493 1898 Volume XXXII 1640 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Nicdao A 1917 Pampangan Folklore Manila Calderon S G 1947 Mga alamat ng Pilipinas Manila M Colcol amp Co Demetrio F R Cordero Fernando G amp Zialcita F N 1991 The Soul Book Quezon City GCF Books Mojares R B 1974 Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol 2 No 3 The Myth of the Sleeping Hero Three Philippine Cases University of San Carlos Publications a b c Loarca Miguel de 1582 1903 Relation of the Filipinas Islands In Blair and Robertson The Philippine Islands 5 Fox R B 1982 Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island Philippines Manila National Museum a b Demetrio F R Cordero Fernando G amp Zialcita F N 1991 The Soul Book Quezon City GCF Books Hackett 2001 pp 158 59 sfn error no target CITEREFHackett2001 help Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of war deities amp oldid 1150075356, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
