Concepts

The principal gods of Norse and Germanic religion, dwelling in Asgard: among them Odin, Frigg, Thor, Baldr and Týr.

The heavenly kami of Shinto, dwelling in Takamagahara, among them Amaterasu, as opposed to the earthly kami (kunitsukami).

The six or seven divine emanations of Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism, each guarding a part of creation.

A group of gods of ancient Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia, descended from An and Ki, who decide the fates of humankind.

The gods of Asgard in the Marvel Comics universe, after the Norse gods: Odin, Thor, Loki, Frigga, Heimdall and others. (Fiction.)

The gods of the Aztecs of central Mexico, among them Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc and Coatlicue.

The gods of the pre-Christian Baltic peoples (Lithuanians, Latvians, Prussians), among them Perkūnas, Dievas, Saulė and Laima.

The gods of the ancient Canaanites and Ugarit, headed by El and Asherah, with Baal, Anat, Yam, Mot and others.

A family of Welsh mythological figures descended from the mother goddess Dôn, among them Gwydion, Arianrhod and Gilfaethwy, in the Mabinogi.

The gods and immortals of Chinese folk religion and Taoism, among them the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother of the West, the Eight Immortals and Guan Yu.

The heavenly gods of Hinduism, led in the Vedas by Indra, with Agni, Surya, Varuna, Vayu and many others.

The twelve major gods of ancient Rome, six gods and six goddesses, whose gilded statues stood in the Forum: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Minerva, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Diana, Vulcan, Vesta, Mercury and Ceres.

The nine gods worshipped at Heliopolis in ancient Egypt: Atum and his descendants Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set and Nephthys.

An immortal race created by the Celestials in Marvel Comics, created by Jack Kirby, whose members were taken for gods by early humans. (Fiction.)

The gods and heroes of Finnish and Karelian tradition and the Kalevala, among them Ukko, Ilmarinen, Väinämöinen and Ahti.

The parasitic Goa'uld of the Stargate franchise who posed as the gods of ancient Earth, ruling as System Lords under names such as Ra, Apophis, Anubis and Baal. (Fiction.)

The pantheon Lord Dunsany invented in The Gods of Pegāna (1905): Māna-Yood-Sushāī, who made the gods and sleeps, the drummer Skarl, and the lesser gods. (Fiction.)

The ancient, godlike beings of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, among them Cthulhu, worshipped by cults that await their return. (Fiction.)

The gods of the World of Greyhawk campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons, among them Pelor, St. Cuthbert, Boccob, Nerull and Vecna. (Fiction.)

The gods of traditional Hawaiian religion, chief among them Kāne, Kū, Lono and Kanaloa, with Pele, goddess of volcanoes.

The gods of the Inca Empire, among them the creator Viracocha, the sun god Inti, Mama Killa and Pachamama.

The first gods to come into being at the creation of heaven and earth in Japanese mythology, as told in the Kojiki.

The spirits of Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo, served as intermediaries between people and the distant creator Bondye, among them Papa Legba, Erzulie and Baron Samedi.

The lesser spirits who serve the Valar in Tolkien's legendarium, among them Gandalf (Olórin), Saruman, Sauron, Melian and the Balrogs. (Fiction.)