Types of deities

thumb|upright=1.3|The Fall of the Titans (1596-98), a mythological painting by Dutch painter [[Cornelis van Haarlem.]]

thumb|upright|Amaterasu, one of the central kami in the Shinto faith

thumb|300x300px|Asura depicted in the Samudra Manthana bas-relief from [[Angkor Wat]]

thumb|DR284 from the Hunnestad Monument, which has been interpreted as depicting the [[Hyrrokkin riding on a wolf with a snake as reins]]

thumb|333px|Freyja by John Bauer (1882–1918) In Norse mythology, the Vanir (; Old Norse:, singular Vanr) are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. The Vanir are one of two groups of gods (the other being the Æsir) and are the namesake of the location Vanaheimr (Old Norse "Home of the Vanir"). After the Æsir–Vanir War, the Vanir became a subgroup of the Æsir. Subsequently, at least some members of the Vanir are at times also referred to as being Æsir.

thumb|Wood carving of a gandharva, Thailand A gandharva () is a member of a class of celestial beings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, whose males are divine performers such as musicians and singers, and the females are divine dancers. In Hinduism, they are regarded to be the celestial demigods who serve as the musicians of the devas.

thumb|right|A painting of the lwa Damballa, a serpent, by Haitian artist [[Hector Hyppolite.]] ', also called loa', are spirits in the African diasporic religion of Haitian Vodou. They have also been incorporated into some revivalist forms of Louisiana Voodoo. Many of the lwa derive their identities in part from deities venerated in the traditional religions of West Africa, especially those of the Fon and Yoruba.

thumb|Kakuryū Rikisaburō, a sumo wrestler, wearing a belt with Shide demonstrating his status as a [[Yorishiro]] is a Japanese word, meaning a (or deity) who is a human being. It first appeared in the () as the words of Yamato Takeru saying: "I am the son of an ."

Kunitsukami (国つ神, 国津神) are the kami of the land and live in tsuchi (earth). == Mythology ==

frame , also called tenjin, is a category of kami in Japanese mythology. Generally speaking, it refers to kami born in, or residing in, Takamagahara.

mesopotamian primordial deities