List of art deities

Art deities are a form of religious iconography incorporated into artistic compositions by many religions as a dedication to their respective gods and goddesses.  Commonly used throughout history as a means to gain a deeper connection to a particular deity or as a sign of respect and devotion to the divine being.

This is a list of global deities who are associated with the arts.

Africa and the Middle East

Canaanite

Egyptian

Mesopotamian

Western Eurasia

Celtic

Norse-Germanic

Etruscan

Greek / Hellenic

Roman

Anatolian - Urarte

Hindu-Vedic

Uralic

Asia-Pacific / Oceania

Chinese

Japanese

Filipino
Main article: List of Philippine mythological figures
  • Bait Pandi: the Bagobo goddess of weavers who taught women weaving[2]
  • Fu Dalu: the T'boli goddess of the abaca; speak and guide weavers on how to create patterns and designs, which are remembered in dreams[3]
  • Mamiyo: the Ifugao stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving[4]
  • Monlolot: the Ifugao winder of thread on the spindle, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving[5]
  • Rirryaw Añitu: place spirit Añitus who played music and sang inside a cave in Sabtang, while lighting up fire; believed to have change residences after they were disturbed by a man[6]
  • Tumungkuyan: leaders of the Salakap from Batak beliefs who paint tree trunks that support the sky using the blood of the epidemic-dead[7]

Hawaiian

Native Americas

North America
  • Grand Master Everson (West Virginia Mythology)
  • Kokopelli (shared among various Southwestern Native American mythologies)


Aztec

Haitian Vodou

References
  1. Fang, Jing Pei (2004). Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art: Figures, Bugs, Beasts, and Flowers. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. p. 68. ISBN 9781580085519.
  2. Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  3. Paterno, M., Castro, S., Javellana, R., Alvina, C. (2001). Dreamweavers. Makati City: Bookmark.
  4. Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing.
  5. Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing.
  6. Hornedo, F. H. (1980). Philippine Studies Vol. 28, No. 1: The World and The Ways of the Ivatan Añitu. Ateneo de Manila University.
  7. Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.
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