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Low Gods “Earth” or Tutelary deity and High Gods “Sky” or Supreme deity

“An Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth. Earth goddesses are often associated with the “chthonic” deities of the underworld. Ki and Ninhursag are Mesopotamian earth goddesses. In Greek mythology, the Earth is personified as Gaia, corresponding to Roman Terra, Indic Prithvi/Bhūmi, etc. traced to an “Earth Mother” complementary to the “Sky Father” in Proto-Indo-European religion. Egyptian mythology exceptionally has a sky goddess and an Earth god.” ref

“A mother goddess is a goddess who represents or is a personification of nature, motherhood, fertility, creation, destruction or who embodies the bounty of the Earth. When equated with the Earth or the natural world, such goddesses are sometimes referred to as Mother Earth or as the Earth Mother. In some religious traditions or movements, Heavenly Mother (also referred to as Mother in Heaven or Sky Mother) is the wife or feminine counterpart of the Sky father or God the Father.” ref

“Any masculine sky god is often also king of the gods, taking the position of patriarch within a pantheon. Such king gods are collectively categorized as “sky father” deities, with a polarity between sky and earth often being expressed by pairing a “sky father” god with an “earth mother” goddess (pairings of a sky mother with an earth father are less frequent). A main sky goddess is often the queen of the gods and may be an air/sky goddess in her own right, though she usually has other functions as well with “sky” not being her main. In antiquity, several sky goddesses in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Near East were called Queen of Heaven. Neopagans often apply it with impunity to sky goddesses from other regions who were never associated with the term historically. The sky often has important religious significance. Many religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the sky.” ref

“In comparative mythology, sky father is a term for a recurring concept in polytheistic religions of a sky god who is addressed as a “father”, often the father of a pantheon and is often either a reigning or former King of the Gods. The concept of “sky father” may also be taken to include Sun gods with similar characteristics, such as Ra. The concept is complementary to an “earth mother“. “Sky Father” is a direct translation of the Vedic Dyaus Pita, etymologically descended from the same Proto-Indo-European deity name as the Greek Zeûs Pater and Roman Jupiter and Germanic Týr, Tir or Tiwaz, all of which are reflexes of the same Proto-Indo-European deity’s name, *Dyēus Ph₂tḗr. While there are numerous parallels adduced from outside of Indo-European mythology, there are exceptions (e.g. In Egyptian mythology, Nut is the sky mother and Geb is the earth father).” ref

Tutelary deity

“A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation. The etymology of “tutelary” expresses the concept of safety and thus of guardianship. In late Greek and Roman religion, one type of tutelary deity, the genius, functions as the personal deity or daimon of an individual from birth to death. Another form of personal tutelary spirit is the familiar spirit of European folklore.” ref

“A tutelary (also tutelar) in Korean shamanism, jangseung and sotdae were placed at the edge of villages to frighten off demons. They were also worshiped as deities. Seonangshin is the patron deity of the village in Korean tradition and was believed to embody the Seonangdang. In Philippine animism, Diwata or Lambana are deities or spirits that inhabit sacred places like mountains and mounds and serve as guardians. Such as: Maria Makiling is the deity who guards Mt. Makiling and Maria Cacao and Maria Sinukuan. In Shinto, the spirits, or kami, which give life to human bodies come from nature and return to it after death. Ancestors are therefore themselves tutelaries to be worshiped. And similarly, Native American beliefs such as Tonás, tutelary animal spirit among the Zapotec and Totems, familial or clan spirits among the Ojibwe, can be animals.” ref

“A tutelary (also tutelar) in Austronesian beliefs such as: Atua (gods and spirits of the Polynesian peoples such as the Māori or the Hawaiians), Hanitu (Bunun of Taiwan‘s term for spirit), Hyang (Kawi, Sundanese, Javanese, and Balinese Supreme Being, in ancient Java and Bali mythology and this spiritual entity, can be either divine or ancestral), Kaitiaki (New Zealand Māori term used for the concept of guardianship, for the sky, the sea, and the land), Kawas (mythology) (divided into 6 groups: gods, ancestors, souls of the living, spirits of living things, spirits of lifeless objects, and ghosts), Tiki (Māori mythology, Tiki is the first man created by either Tūmatauenga or Tāne and represents deified ancestors found in most Polynesian cultures). ” ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref

Mesopotamian Tutelary Deities can be seen as ones related to City-States

“Historical city-states included Sumerian cities such as Uruk and Ur; Ancient Egyptian city-states, such as Thebes and Memphis; the Phoenician cities (such as Tyre and Sidon); the five Philistine city-states; the Berber city-states of the Garamantes; the city-states of ancient Greece (the poleis such as Athens, Sparta, Thebes, and Corinth); the Roman Republic (which grew from a city-state into a vast empire); the Italian city-states from the Middle Ages to the early modern period, such as Florence, Siena, Ferrara, Milan (which as they grew in power began to dominate neighboring cities) and Genoa and Venice, which became powerful thalassocracies; the Mayan and other cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (including cities such as Chichen Itza, Tikal, Copán and Monte Albán); the central Asian cities along the Silk Road; the city-states of the Swahili coast; Ragusa; states of the medieval Russian lands such as Novgorod and Pskov; and many others.” ref

“The Uruk period (ca. 4000 to 3100 BCE; also known as Protoliterate period) of Mesopotamia, named after the Sumerian city of Uruk, this period saw the emergence of urban life in Mesopotamia and the Sumerian civilization. City-States like Uruk and others had a patron tutelary City Deity along with a Priest-King.” ref

“Chinese folk religion, both past, and present, includes myriad tutelary deities. Exceptional individuals, highly cultivated sages, and prominent ancestors can be deified and honored after death. Lord Guan is the patron of military personnel and police, while Mazu is the patron of fishermen and sailors. Such as Tu Di Gong (Earth Deity) is the tutelary deity of a locality, and each individual locality has its own Earth Deity and Cheng Huang Gong (City God) is the guardian deity of an individual city, worshipped by local officials and locals since imperial times.” ref

“A tutelary (also tutelar) in Hinduism, personal tutelary deities are known as ishta-devata, while family tutelary deities are known as Kuladevata. Gramadevata are guardian deities of villages. Devas can also be seen as tutelary. Shiva is the patron of yogis and renunciants. City goddesses include: Mumbadevi (Mumbai), Sachchika (Osian); Kuladevis include: Ambika (Porwad), and Mahalakshmi. In NorthEast India Meitei mythology and religion (Sanamahism) of Manipur, there are various types of tutelary deities, among which Lam Lais are the most predominant ones. Tibetan Buddhism has Yidam as a tutelary deity. Dakini is the patron of those who seek knowledge.” ref

“A tutelary (also tutelar) The Greeks also thought deities guarded specific places: for instance, Athena was the patron goddess of the city of Athens. Socrates spoke of hearing the voice of his personal spirit or daimonion:

You have often heard me speak of an oracle or sign which comes to me … . This sign I have had ever since I was a child. The sign is a voice which comes to me and always forbids me to do something which I am going to do, but never commands me to do anything, and this is what stands in the way of my being a politician.” ref

“Tutelary deities who guard and preserve a place or a person are fundamental to ancient Roman religion. The tutelary deity of a man was his Genius, that of a woman her Juno. In the Imperial era, the Genius of the Emperor was a focus of Imperial cult. An emperor might also adopt a major deity as his personal patron or tutelary, as Augustus did Apollo. Precedents for claiming the personal protection of a deity were established in the Republican era, when for instance the Roman dictator Sulla advertised the goddess Victory as his tutelary by holding public games (ludi) in her honor.” ref

“Each town or city had one or more tutelary deities, whose protection was considered particularly vital in time of war and siege. Rome itself was protected by a goddess whose name was to be kept ritually secret on pain of death (for a supposed case, see Quintus Valerius Soranus). The Capitoline Triad of Juno, Jupiter, and Minerva were also tutelaries of Rome. The Italic towns had their own tutelary deities. Juno often had this function, as at the Latin town of Lanuvium and the Etruscan city of Veii, and was often housed in an especially grand temple on the arx (citadel) or other prominent or central location. The tutelary deity of Praeneste was Fortuna, whose oracle was renowned.” ref

“The Roman ritual of evocatio was premised on the belief that a town could be made vulnerable to military defeat if the power of its tutelary deity were diverted outside the city, perhaps by the offer of superior cult at Rome. The depiction of some goddesses such as the Magna Mater (Great Mother, or Cybele) as “tower-crowned” represents their capacity to preserve the city. A town in the provinces might adopt a deity from within the Roman religious sphere to serve as its guardian, or syncretize its own tutelary with such; for instance, a community within the civitas of the Remi in Gaul adopted Apollo as its tutelary, and at the capital of the Remi (present-day Rheims), the tutelary was Mars Camulus.” ref

Household deity (a kind of or related to a Tutelary deity)

“A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. It has been a common belief in paganism as well as in folklore across many parts of the world. Household deities fit into two types; firstly, a specific deity – typically a goddess – often referred to as a hearth goddess or domestic goddess who is associated with the home and hearth, such as the ancient Greek Hestia.” ref

“The second type of household deities are those that are not one singular deity, but a type, or species of animistic deity, who usually have lesser powers than major deities. This type was common in the religions of antiquity, such as the Lares of ancient Roman religion, the Gashin of Korean shamanism, and Cofgodas of Anglo-Saxon paganism. These survived Christianisation as fairy-like creatures existing in folklore, such as the Anglo-Scottish Brownie and Slavic Domovoy.” ref

“Household deities were usually worshipped not in temples but in the home, where they would be represented by small idols (such as the teraphim of the Bible, often translated as “household gods” in Genesis 31:19 for example), amulets, paintings, or reliefs. They could also be found on domestic objects, such as cosmetic articles in the case of Tawaret. The more prosperous houses might have a small shrine to the household god(s); the lararium served this purpose in the case of the Romans. The gods would be treated as members of the family and invited to join in meals, or be given offerings of food and drink.” ref

“In many religions, both ancient and modern, a god would preside over the home. Certain species, or types, of household deities, existed. An example of this was the Roman Lares. Many European cultures retained house spirits into the modern period. Some examples of these include:

Brownie (Scotland and England) or Hob (England) / Kobold (Germany) / Goblin / Hobgoblin
Domovoy (Slavic)
Nisse (Norwegian or Danish) / Tomte (Swedish) / Tonttu (Finnish)
Húsvættir (Norse)” ref

“Although the cosmic status of household deities was not as lofty as that of the Twelve Olympians or the Aesir, they were also jealous of their dignity and also had to be appeased with shrines and offerings, however humble. Because of their immediacy they had arguably more influence on the day-to-day affairs of men than the remote gods did. Vestiges of their worship persisted long after Christianity and other major religions extirpated nearly every trace of the major pagan pantheons. Elements of the practice can be seen even today, with Christian accretions, where statues to various saints (such as St. Francis) protect gardens and grottos. Even the gargoyles found on older churches, could be viewed as guardians partitioning a sacred space.” ref

“For centuries, Christianity fought a mop-up war against these lingering minor pagan deities, but they proved tenacious. For example, Martin Luther‘s Tischreden have numerous – quite serious – references to dealing with kobolds. Eventually, rationalism and the Industrial Revolution threatened to erase most of these minor deities, until the advent of romantic nationalism rehabilitated them and embellished them into objects of literary curiosity in the 19th century. Since the 20th century this literature has been mined for characters for role-playing games, video games, and other fantasy personae, not infrequently invested with invented traits and hierarchies somewhat different from their mythological and folkloric roots.” ref

“In contradistinction to both Herbert Spencer and Edward Burnett Tylor, who defended theories of animistic origins of ancestor worship, Émile Durkheim saw its origin in totemism. In reality, this distinction is somewhat academic, since totemism may be regarded as a particularized manifestation of animism, and something of a synthesis of the two positions was attempted by Sigmund Freud. In Freud’s Totem and Taboo, both totem and taboo are outward expressions or manifestations of the same psychological tendency, a concept which is complementary to, or which rather reconciles, the apparent conflict. Freud preferred to emphasize the psychoanalytic implications of the reification of metaphysical forces, but with particular emphasis on its familial nature. This emphasis underscores, rather than weakens, the ancestral component.” ref

“William Edward Hearn, a noted classicist, and jurist, traced the origin of domestic deities from the earliest stages as an expression of animism, a belief system thought to have existed also in the neolithic, and the forerunner of Indo-European religion. In his analysis of the Indo-European household, in Chapter II “The House Spirit”, Section 1, he states:

The belief which guided the conduct of our forefathers was … the spirit rule of dead ancestors.” ref

“In Section 2 he proceeds to elaborate:

It is thus certain that the worship of deceased ancestors is a vera causa, and not a mere hypothesis. …

In the other European nations, the Slavs, the Teutons, and the Kelts, the House Spirit appears with no less distinctness. … [T]he existence of that worship does not admit of doubt. … The House Spirits had a multitude of other names which it is needless here to enumerate, but all of which are more or less expressive of their friendly relations with man. … In [England] … [h]e is the Brownie. … In Scotland this same Brownie is well known. He is usually described as attached to particular families, with whom he has been known to reside for centuries, threshing the corn, cleaning the house, and performing similar household tasks. His favorite gratification was milk and honey.” ref

To me, the “male god” seems to have either emerged or become prominent around 7,000 years ago, whereas the now favored monotheism “male god” is more like 4,000 years ago or so. To me, the “female goddess” seems to have either emerged or become prominent around 11,000-10,000 years ago or so, losing the majority of its once prominence around 2,000 years ago due largely to the now favored monotheism “male god” that grow in prominence after 4,000 years ago or so.

My Thought on the Evolution of Gods?

Animal protector deities from old totems/spirit animal beliefs come first to me, 13,000/12,000 years ago, then women as deities 11,000/10,000 years ago, then male gods around 7,000/8,000 years ago. Moralistic gods around 5,000/4,000 years ago, and monotheistic gods around 4,000/3,000 years ago.

Here is a Twitter conversation that inspired this blog: Link

Atheist commenter – “Bring back the Female gods”

My response, I hear you, often better than the bigoty of male gods. lol

I see many of the women as gods as tutelary, “having the guardianship of a person or a thing.” ref

Atheist commenter – “They in my opinion are less likely to encourage neighbor conquest, probably why they died out.”

My response, Yes. “A tutelary is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation. “Tutelary” expresses the concept of safety and thus of guardianship.” ref

Atheist commenter – “Thanks, I am not all that versed in history and only play on my personal experience/intuition.”

My response, There are some violent women goddesses but that is not the norm. Even the ones that have violent features are almost never limited to violence or war and have many other aspects of nonviolence. Such as “Inanna/Ishtar: goddess of love, war, fertility, beauty, sex, justice, & political power.” ref

Atheist commenter – “She seemed to mold to the current elite/ruling class. Like any god since to be fair.”

My response, All gods and goddesses can and were used to justify all kinds of violence just as now I say go godless and support real equality in deity-free atheism. 🙂

Atheist commenter – “I followed you for a while, I would be a hard atheist if I could prove a negative.”

My response, Logically you can prove a negative, but I think you mean evidentially prove a negative.

You Can Prove a Negative

List of War Deities

“A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions. 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.)” ref

There are a total of 204 war deities listed with 58 goddesses and 146 gods.

I am making the 58 goddesses pink to better see them among the 146 gods.

Africa

North Africa

Berber

Gurzil, bull-headed warrior god.
Ifri, war goddess
Sinifere, war god

Egyptian

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 afterlife

Sub-Sahara Africa

Nubian

Apedemak, Nubian lion-headed warrior god.

Western African-Congo

Yoruba

Eastern African-Congo

Igbo

Ethiopian

Maher, god of war.

Kenya

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.

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
Svetovid, god of war, fertility, and abundance
Zorya Utrennyaya, goddess of the morning star, sometimes depicted as a warrior goddess who protected men in battle

Celtic

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 Morrígan
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 Morrígan
The Morrígan, 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 Morrígan
Rudianos, Gaulish god of war
Segomo, Gaulish god of war
Teutates, British and Gaulish god of war and the tribe

Lusitanian

Neto, god believed to be associated with war, death, and weaponry

Norse-Germanic

Continental Germanic

Baduhenna, a western Frisii goddess of warfare
Idis (Germanic)/itis/ides, female being, the West Germanic cognates of North Germanic dís, 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
Týr, 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 death

Norse

Dís, 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, seiðr, war, and death
Odin, god associated with wisdom, war, battle, and death
Týr, 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 dís above

Graeco-Roman

Greek / Hellenic

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

Roman

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 strength

Etruscan

Laran, god of war.
Menrva, goddess of war, art, wisdom, and health

Balkan

Danubian Rider
Sabazios
Thracian Rider

Uralic

Hungarian

Hadúr, god of war and the metalsmith of the gods

Asia

Turkic

Kyzaghan, Turkic deity of war

Mongolian

Begtse, originally a Mongolian war god, was later adopted into Tibetan Buddhism
Dayisun Tngri

East Asia

Chinese

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 Xuannü, goddess of war, sex, and longevity
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
Yue Fei
Zhao Lang (Zhao Gongming), God of Military Fortune, Guardian of Celestial Palace, Protector of Households
Xue Rengui, Tang dynasty general.

Japanese

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; the deity who stands at the junction of Heaven and Earth; one of the main Kunitsukami; actively worshipped by Ueshiba Morihei
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 war

Korean

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

Filipino

Chacha’: the Bontok god of warriors
Hipag: the Ifugao spirits of war that give soldiers courage on the field of war but are ferocious and cannibalistic
Apolaqui: the Pangasinense war god
Aring Sinukûan: the Kapampangan solar deity governing war and death. He taught early humans metallurgy, woodcutting, rice cultivation, and warfare
Apolake: the Tagalog god of the sun and warriors
Sidapa: another Tagalog god of war, he specifically settles conflicts among mortals
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.
Balangaw: a Hiligaynon and Bisaya god of the rainbow and war
Inaginid: a Hiligaynon and Bisaya god of war.
Makanduk: a Hiligaynon and Bisaya god of war.
Lumalayag: the Tagbanwa spirits who challenge and fight the Salakap, spirits of plague and sickness.
Talagbusao: the bloodthirsty Bukidnon god of war.
Pamdiya: the Manobo gods who initiate and preside over war.
Darago: the Bagobo god of warriors, whose consort is Mandarangan.
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.

Vietnamese

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.
Thần Đồng Cổ, the armored protector of the Lý dynasty
Thánh Gióng, god of triumph over foreign invaders

South Asia

Hindu-Vedic-and-non-Vedic

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
Vishnu, god of protection. Several of his avatars are associated with fighting and vanquishing evil.
Indra, god of the weather, kingship, thunder, rains, electricity and the senses. He is also the king of Heaven.

Manipuri

Marjing, god of war, polo, horse and sports.
Panthoibi, goddess of war, love, courage and longevity.

West Asia

Armenian

Anahit, goddess of healing, fertility, wisdom, and water; in early periods associated with war

Canaanite

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 moon

Hebrew

Yahweh, originally a warrior god

Hittite

Wurrukatte, god of war

Hurrian

Aštabi, a war god of Eblaite origin
Nupatik, a god assumed to have warlike character
Shaushka, goddess of love, war, and healing
Ugur, a war god of Mesopotamian origin

Mesopotamian

Adad, a weather god often portrayed as a warrior
Erra, a god of war associated with Nergal, later syncretised with him
Inanna, Sumerian goddess of love, sex and war
Ishtar, Assyrian, Akkadian, 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 Akkadian and Babylonian war gods
Shara, minor Sumerian god of war
Tishpak, a warrior god from Eshnunna
Zababa, tutelary god of Kish and a war god

Nuristani

Great Gish, god of war

Oceania

Polynesia

‘Oro, god of war
Rongo, Mangaian god of war and taro

Hawaiian

Kū, god of war and birds
Pele, goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes, and violence

Māori

Maru, god of war and fresh water
Tūmatauenga, god of war and human activities

Americas

North America

Great Plains

Morning Star, O-pi-ri-kus by one spelling; the god of war in Pawnee mythology

Pacific Northwest

Qamaits, Nuxálk warrior goddess
Winalagalis, Kwakwaka’wakw god of war

Central American and the Caribbean

Aztec

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 fire

Mayan

Tohil, god associated with fire, the sun, rain, mountains, and war

Voodoo

Ogoun, loa who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics, and war

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I fully enjoy the value (axiology) of archaeology (empirical evidence from fact or artifacts at a site) is knowledge (epistemology) of the past, adding to our anthropology (evidence from cultures both the present and past) intellectual (rational) assumptions of the likely reality of actual events from time past.

I like learning prehistory!

I also hate: “Pseudo-science, Pseudo-history, and Pseudo-morality.”

So yeah, history is fun, but one must weed through the sometimes added mythology, half-truths, or outright lies. This is even more important when reading religion-related information.

“Deities of war/violence” and/or “War Gods/Goddesses”