List of art deities

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The following list of art deities is arranged by continent with names of mythological figures and deities associated with the arts. Art deities are a form of religious iconography incorporated into artistic compositions by many religions as a dedication to their respective gods and goddesses. The various artworks are 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.

Africa and the Middle East[]

Afroasiatic Middle East[]

Canaanite[]

Egyptian[]

Mesopotamian[]

Western Eurasia[]

Celtic[]

Norse-Germanic[]

Greco-Roman[]

Etruscan[]

Greek / Hellenic[]

Roman[]

Western Asia[]

Anatolian - Urarte[]

Hindu-Vedic[]

Uralic[]

Asia-Pacific / Oceania[]

Far East Asia[]

Chinese[]

Japanese[]

Austronesia[]

Filipino[]

Main article: List of Philippine mythological figures
  • : the Bagobo goddess of weavers who taught women weaving[2]
  • : the T'boli goddess of the abaca; speak and guide weavers on how to create patterns and designs, which are remembered in dreams[3]
  • : the Ifugao stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving[4]
  • : the Ifugao winder of thread on the spindle, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving[5]
  • : place spirit 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]
  • : leaders of the from Batak beliefs who paint tree trunks that support the sky using the blood of the epidemic-dead[7]

Polynesian[]

Hawaiian[]

Native Americas[]

North America[]

  • (West Virginia Mythology)
  • Kokopelli (shared among various Southwestern Native American mythologies)

Mexico[]

Aztec[]

  • Huehuecóyotl
  • Xochipilli

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: 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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