List of war deities

Africa and the Middle East

Sub-Sahara Africa

Nilo-Saharan

• Apedemak, Nubian lion-headed warrior god.

  Kenya

• Boryet, Kipsigis Death-wielding god of war. Boryet is the act of war. Death is observed as a consequence of war. War is thus personified as such.

  Western Niger-Congo

• Kokou
• Ogoun
• Oya

  Afroasiatic Middle East

Berber

• Gurzil, bull-headed warrior god.
• Ifri, war goddess

  Canaanite

• Anat, goddess of war
• Astarte, goddess of sex and war, western Semitic version of the Mesopotamian Ishtar and Inanna
• Resheph, god of plague and war
• Tanit, main Carthaginian goddess whose functions included war and the moon, a composite of Anat and Astarte/Ishtar/Inanna

  Egyptian

• Anhur, god of war, not a native god
• Bast, cat-headed goddess associated with war, protection of Lower Egypt and the pharaoh, the sun, perfumes, ointments, and embalming
• Horus, god of the king, the sky, war, and protection
• Maahes, lion-headed god of war
• Menhit, goddess of war, "she who massacres"
• Montu, falcon-headed god of war, valor, and the Sun
• Neith, goddess of war, hunting, and wisdom
• Pakhet, goddess of war
• Satis, deification of the floods of the Nile River and an early war, hunting, and fertility goddess
• Sekhmet, goddess of warfare, pestilence, and the desert
• Set, god of the desert and storms, associated with war
• Sobek, god of the Nile, the army, military, fertility, and crocodiles
• Sopdu, god of the scorching heat of the summer sun, associated with war
• Wepwawet, wolf-god of war and death who later became associated with Anubis and the afterlife

  Ethiopian

• Maher, god of war.

  Mesopotamian

• Agasaya, "the Shrieker", goddess of war
• Belus, Babylonian god of war
• Inanna, Sumerian goddess of fertility, sex and war
• Ishtar, Assyrian, Akkadian, and Babylonian counterpart to Inanna
• Nergal, Babylonian god of war, fire, the underworld, and pestilence
• Pap-nigin-gara, Akkadian and Babylonian god of war
• Sebitti, group of minor Akkadian and Babylonian war gods
• Shala, Akkadian and Babylonian goddess of war and grain
• Shara, minor Sumerian god of war
• Shulmanu, god of the underworld, fertility, and war

  Western Eurasia

Balto-Slavic

Baltic

• Kara Māte, Latvian goddess of war
• Kauriraris, Lithuanian god of war and war steeds
• Junda, Lithuanian goddess of war

  Slavic

• Jarovit, god of vegetation, fertility, and spring, also associated with war and harvest
• Perun, god of thunder and lightning, associated with war
• Svetovid, god of war, fertility, and abundance
• Zorya Utrennyaya, goddess of the morning star, sometimes depicted as a warrior goddess who protected men in battle

  Celtic

• Agrona, reconstructed Proto-Celtic name for the river Aeron in Wales, and possibly the name of an associated war goddess
• Alaisiagae, a pair of goddesses worshiped in Roman Britain, with parallel Celtic and Germanic titles
• Andarta, Brittonic goddess theorized to be associated with victory, overcoming enemies, war
• Andraste, Gaulish warrior goddess
• Anann, Irish goddess of war, death, predicting death in battle, cattle, prosperity, and fertility
• Badb, Irish goddess of war who took the form of a crow; member of the Morrígan
• Bandua, Gallaecian God of War
• Belatucadros, war god worshipped by soldiers and equated with the Roman war god Mars
• Camulus, god of war of the Belgic Remi and British Trinovantes
• Catubodua, Gaulish goddess assumed to be associated with victory
• Cicolluis, Gaulish and Irish god associated with war
• Cocidius, Romano-British god associated with war, hunting and forests
• Macha, Irish goddess associated with war, horses, and sovereignty; member of the Morrígan
• The Morrígan, Irish triple goddess associated with sovereignty, prophecy, war, and death on the battlefield
• Neit, Irish god of war, husband of Nemain of Badb
• Nemain, Irish goddess of the frenzied havoc of war; member of the Morrígan
• Rudianos, Gaulish god of war
• Segomo, Gaulish god of war
• Teutates, British and Gaulish god of war and the tribe

  Lusitanian

• Neto, god believed to be associated with war, death, and weaponry

  Norse-Germanic

Continental Germanic

• Baduhenna, a western Frisii goddess of warfare
• Idis /itis/ides, the West Germanic cognates of North Germanic dís, they are connected with battle magic and fettering enemy armies
• Sandraudiga, goddess whose name may mean "she who dyes the sand red", suggesting she is a war deity or at least has a warrior aspect
• Týr, god of war, single combat, law, justice, and the thing, who later lost much of his religious importance and mythical role to the god Wōden
• Wōden, god associated with wisdom, poetry, war, victory, and death

  Norse

• Dís, a group of lesser goddesses who are sometimes connected with battle magic; valkyrie may be a kenning for them
• Freyja, goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death
• Odin, god associated with wisdom, war, battle, and death
• Týr, god associated with law, justice, victory, and heroic glory
• Ullr, god associated with archery, skiing, bows, hunting, single combat, and glory
• Valkyries, choosers of the slain and connected to Odin, ruler of Valhalla; they may be the same as the dís above

  Graeco-Roman

Greek / Hellenic

• Alala, spirit of the war cry
• Alke, spirit of courage and battle-strength
• Amphillogiai, goddesses of disputes
• Androktasiai, spirits of battlefield slaughter
• Ares, the main Greek god of war, despised by all the city-states except Sparta
• Athena, goddess of wisdom, war strategy, and weaving, more beloved by ancient Greeks than Ares and tutelary deity of Athens, Sparta's rival
• Bia, spirit of force and compulsion
• Deimos, personification of terror
• Enyalius, god of war; in early periods apparently an epithet of Ares, they were differentiated later
• Enyo, goddess of war, sometimes appears to be identical to Eris
• Eris, goddess of discord and strife
• Hera, in the Illiad she has a martial character and fights against Artemis; however, this warlike aspect of her appears nowhere else in the surviving corpus, suggesting it was dropped early on
• Homados, spirit of the din of battle
• Hysminai, female spirits of fighting and combat
• Ioke, spirit of onslaught, battle-tumult, and pursuit
• Keres, female spirits of violent or cruel death, including death in battle, by accident, murder, or ravaging disease
• Kratos, personification of strength and power
• Kydoimos, spirit of the din of battle
• Makhai, male spirits of fighting and combat
• Nike, spirit of victory
• Palioxis, spirit of backrush, flight, and retreat from battle
• Pallas, Titan god of war-craft and of the springtime campaign season
• Perses, the Titan of destruction
• Phobos, spirit of panic, fear, flight, and battlefield rout
• Phonoi, spirits of murder, killing, and slaughter
• Polemos, spirit of war
• Proioxis, spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit

  Roman

• Bellona, goddess of war
• Honos, god of chivalry, honor, and military justice
• Juno, has a consistent martial character and the patron goddess of Rome, the mother of Mars and Bellona
• Mars, god of war and agriculture, equivalent to Ares as far as being war gods; aside from this they have very little in common
• Minerva, goddess of wisdom, medicine, music, crafts, and war, while somewhat equivalent to the Greek Athena, the Romans did not emphasize her war aspect like the Greeks did
• Nerio, warrior goddess and personification of valor
• Victoria, personification of victory, equivalent to the Greek goddess Nike
• Virtus, god of bravery and military strength

• Laran, god of war.
• Menrva, goddess of war, art, wisdom, and health

  Balkan

• Danubian Rider
• Sabazios
• Thracian Rider

  Western Asia

Armenian

• Anahit, goddess of healing, fertility, wisdom, and water; in early periods associated with war

  Hittite

• Shaushka, goddess of fertility, war, and healing
• Wurrukatte, god of war

  Hindu-Vedic

• Kartikeya, god of war and battle
• Mangala, god of war
• Nirrti, goddess of strife
• Parvati, her forms Durga and Kali are known for fighting demons
• Shiva, several of his avatars are gods of avenging and destroying
• Vishnu, god of protection. Several of his avatars are associated with fighting and vanquishing evil.
• Indra, god of power, kingship, thunder, rains, electricity and the senses.

  Nuristani

• Great Gish, god of war

  Uralic

Hungarian

• Hadúr, god of war and the metalsmith of the gods

  Asia-Pacific / Oceania

Turkic

• Kyzaghan, Turkic deity of war

  Mongolian

• Dayisun Tngri

  Far East Asia

Chinese

• Ba Yikao, Pole Star of Purple Subtlety Emperor. God of Military Outcomes
• Chiyou, god of war
• Di Qing, Star of Military Fortune, God of Valor
• Erlang Shen, a three-eyed warrior
• Guan Yu, Han dynasty general. God of loyalty, righteousness, and valor.
• Jinzha, marshal of the center altar
• Jiutian Xuannü, goddess of war, sex, and longevity
• Li Jing, Guardian of Celestial Palace
• Muzha, marshal of the center altar
• Nezha
• Wang Shan, Song dynasty general. Primordial Lord-General of Heaven. Guardian of Celestial Palace
• Wen Qiong
• Yue Fei
• Zhao Lang, God of Military Fortune, Guardian of Celestial Palace, Protector of Households

  Japanese

• Futsunushi, god of swords, martial arts, and conquest; god of the Mononobe clan
• Hachiman Daimyōjin, Shinto god of war and agriculture, divine protector of the Minamoto clan; mostly worshiped by samurai
• Sarutahiko, god of war and misogi; the deity who stands at the junction of Heaven and Earth; one of the main Kunitsukami; actively worshipped by Ueshiba Morihei
• Takemikazuchi, god of war, conquest, martial arts, sumo, and lightning; general of the Amatsukami; god of Kashima and Ujigami of Nakatomi clan
• Suwa Myōjin, god of valor and duty, protector of the Japanese religion
• Bishamonten, Buddhist god of war

  Korean

• Yi Sun-sin, admiral of Joseon Dynasty. god of military, guardian of sea.
• Choe Yeong, general of Goryeo period, god of shaman, protector of human.
• Pagunseong, the star at the edge of the Big Dipper in Taoism, symbolizing swords.
• Baekmashinjang, god of war who rides a white horse.
• Dungapshinjang, god of war who has the ability of shapeshifting.
• Byeorakshinjang, god of war who uses thunder and lightning, sometimes punishes the evil.
• Damuncheonwang, Buddhist god of war.

  Southeast Asia

Manipuri

• Marjing, god of war, polo, horse and sports.
• Panthoibi, goddess of war, love, courage and longevity.

  Vietnamese

• Cao Lỗ, god of military innovations
• Độc Cước, the protector of coastal settlements. Legend has it that he split himself in two with his axe, each half guards coastal villages against sea ogres.
• Thần Đồng Cổ, the armored protector of the Lý dynasty
• Thánh Gióng, god of triumph over foreign invaders

  Polynesian

• 'Oro, god of war
• Rongo, Mangaian god of war and taro

  Hawaiian

• Kū, god of war and birds
• Pele, goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes, and violence

  Māori

• Maru, god of war and fresh water
• Tūmatauenga, god of war and human activities

  Native Americas

North America

Great Plains

• Morning Star, O-pi-ri-kus by one spelling; the god of war in Pawnee mythology

  Pacific Northwest

• Qamaits, Nuxálk warrior goddess
• Winalagalis, Kwakwaka'wakw god of war

  Central American and the Caribbean

Aztec

• Patterns of War
• Huitzilopochtli, god of will, patron of war, fire, and sun; lord of the south
• * Mixcoatl, god of war and hunting
• * Tlaloc, god of thunder, rain, and earthquakes
• * Xipe-Totec, god of force, patron of war, agriculture, vegetation, diseases, seasons, rebirth, hunting, trades, and spring; lord of the east
• * Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire

  Mayan

• Tohil, god associated with fire, the sun, rain, mountains, and war

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• Ogoun, loa who presides over fire, iron, hunting, politics, and war