Ahura Mazdah/Ormazd God of light & Wisdom Ancient Iran

Ahsonnutli Chief deity Navajo Indian/N. American

Amaterasu Sun goddess and ancestress of the Imperial family Japan

An God of heaven Sumeria

Anu Babylonian version of An Babylon

Awonawilona Great father and creator deity Zuni Indians/N. American

Bagadjimbiri Ancestral creator of gods of the Karadjeri Australia

Batara Guru Creator of Malay ver. of Hindu god, Shiva Southeast Asia (before Islam)

Brahma (aka: Prajapati) Supreme lord and father of all creatures India

(along with Vishnu, the Preserver and Shiva. the Destroyer, 3 different aspects of the great godhead)

Chuku "Great Spirit'' of Ibo Nigeria

Dagda Father of the gods, "The Good God" Ireland

El The first of the Canaanite gods Syria

Gaia Mother earth and mother of the gods Ancient Greece

Guinechen Chief deity of Araucanian Indians Chile

Huitzilopochtli Chief deity of the Aztecs (14th &15th c.) Mexico

Imana Supreme deity of Banyarwanda people Ruanda, Africa

Isis Mother goddess Ancient Egypt

Izanagi / Izanami Original ancestors of first Shinto couple Japan

Jupiter/Jove Chief god Ancient Rome

Kaang Creator deity of Bushman Central Africa

(also called Cagn, Kho and Thora)

Kalumba A creator God of Lumba people Zaire, Africa

Kane Creator god Hawaii

Katonda Creator god of Buganda people E. Africa

Loa (same as Ta'aroa) Creator deity Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean

Mithra God of light and justice Ancient Iran

Mulungu Supreme remote god of Nyamwezi Tanzania, E. Africa

Nareau Creator deity Gilbert Islands

Natos Sun deity Blackfoot Indians/N. America

Ngewo Sky god and creator West Africa

Nun Source of all life (personified primeval water) Ancient Egypt

Osiris Father god, king & judge to the dead Ancient Egypt

Panku Primeval being who formed the world China

Papa Earth goddess, queen of underworld Hawaii

Qat Spirit hero of Banks Island Melanesia

Rangi Sky god in Maori creation New Zealand

Re (Ra) Sun god Ancient Egypt

Ta'aroa Supreme being and creator deity Tahiti

Tengri Sky god and creator of all things E. Asian nomads

Unkulunkulu Supreme deity and sky god of Zulus S. Africa

Vahagn Sun god and national deity Ancient Armenians

Viracocha (Wiraqocha) Creator deity of the Incas Peru

From: The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends, Arthur Cotterell; ©1989; Macmillan Publishing Company, NY,NY.