List of art deities
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
- Kotar or Kothar-wa-Khasis
Egyptian
Mesopotamian
Western Eurasia
Celtic
Norse-Germanic
Greaco-Roman
Etruscan
Greek / Hellenic
Roman
Western Asia
Anatolian - Urarte
Hindu-Vedic
Uralic
Asia-Pacific / Oceania
Far East Asia
Chinese
- Cao Guojiu, patron god of the theater [1]
- Han Xiangzi
- Nüwa
- Zhang Guolao, who carries a fish-drum
Japanese
Austronesia
Filipino
- Bait Pandi: the Bagobo goddess of weavers who taught women weaving[2]
- Fu Dalu: the T'boli goddess of the abaca; speak and guide weavers on how to create patterns and designs, which are remembered in dreams[3]
- Mamiyo: the Ifugao stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving[4]
- Monlolot: the Ifugao winder of thread on the spindle, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving[5]
- Rirryaw Añitu: place spirit Añitus 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]
- Tumungkuyan: leaders of the Salakap 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
- Grand Master Everson (West Virginia Mythology)
- Kokopelli (shared among various Southwestern Native American mythologies)
Central America and the Caribbean
Aztec
Haitian Vodou
References
- ^ Fang, Jing Pei (2004). Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art: Figures, Bugs, Beasts, and Flowers. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. p. 68. ISBN 9781580085519.
- ^ Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
- ^ Paterno, M., Castro, S., Javellana, R., Alvina, C. (2001). Dreamweavers. Makati: Bookmark.
- ^ Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing.
- ^ Zaide, S. M. (1999). The Philippines: A Unique Nation. All-Nations Publishing.
- ^ Hornedo, F. H. (1980). Philippine Studies Vol. 28, No. 1: The World and The Ways of the Ivatan Añitu. Ateneo de Manila University.
- ^ Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.
