deity
Noun
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Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force (synset 109528550)
is a type of: spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human eventssubtypes:
- daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god
- sea god - a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea
- sun god - a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun
- celtic deity - a deity worshipped by the Celts
- egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
- semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
- hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus
- persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
- chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
- japanese deity - a deity worshipped by the Japanese
- goddess - a female deity
- earth god, earth-god - a god of fertility and vegetation
- demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
- graeco-roman deity, greco-roman deity - a deity of classical mythology
- greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
- roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
- norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
- teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
- anglo-saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
- phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
- saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
- god of war, war god - a god worshipped as giving victory in war
- snake god, zombi, zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
specific instances:- demogorgon - (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld
- hypnos - (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx
- morpheus - the Roman god of sleep and dreams
- boddhisatva, bodhisattva - Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
- arhant, arhat, lohan - a Buddhist who has attained nirvana
- quetzalcoatl - an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent
belongs to: pantheon - all the gods of a religion
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