Deities

In monotheistic religious belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or to control some part of the universe or life, for which such a deity is often worshipped". Belief in the existence of at least one deity, who may interact with the world, is called theism.

A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to have authority over some aspect of the universe and/or life, with many also being considered as sacred and worthy of worship. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greater than those of ordinary humans, but who interacts with humans, positively or negatively, in ways that carry humans to new levels of consciousness, beyond the grounded preoccupations of ordinary life".

thumb|upright=1.3|Queen Nefertari being led by [[Isis, the ancient Egyptian mother goddess of magic]]

thumb|250px|Æsir gathered around the body of Baldr. Painting by [[Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1817]]

question of whether God exists

thumb|Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses (Juno (mythology)|Juno, [[Minerva, and Venus), by Isaac Oliver, ]]

mythical species

Chinese mythological figure

A theonym (from Greek (), 'god', attached to (), ) is a proper name of a deity.

literal or allegorical view