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1 Africa  



1.1  Egyptian  





1.2  Berber  





1.3  Nilo-Saharan  





1.4  Western African-Congo  





1.5  Eastern African-Congo  





1.6  Ethiopian  





1.7  Kenya  





1.8  Ghanaian  







2 Europe  



2.1  Balto-Slavic  



2.1.1  Baltic  





2.1.2  Slavic  







2.2  Celtic  



2.2.1  Lusitanian  







2.3  Norse-Germanic  



2.3.1  Continental Germanic  





2.3.2  Norse  







2.4  Graeco-Roman  



2.4.1  Greek / Hellenic  





2.4.2  Roman  







2.5  Balkan  





2.6  Uralic  



2.6.1  Hungarian  









3 Asia  



3.1  Turkic  





3.2  Mongolian  





3.3  East Asia  



3.3.1  Chinese  





3.3.2  Japanese  





3.3.3  Korean  







3.4  Southeast Asia  



3.4.1  Filipino  





3.4.2  Vietnamese  







3.5  South Asia  



3.5.1  Hindu  





3.5.2  Manipuri  





3.5.3  Tamil  





3.5.4  Sinhales  







3.6  West Asia  



3.6.1  Armenian  





3.6.2  Canaanite  





3.6.3  Hebrew  





3.6.4  Hittite  





3.6.5  Hurrian  





3.6.6  Mesopotamian  





3.6.7  Nuristani  









4 Oceania  



4.1  Polynesia  





4.2  Hawaiian  





4.3  Māori  







5 Americas  



5.1  North America  



5.1.1  Great Plains  





5.1.2  Pacific Northwest  







5.2  Central American and the Caribbean  



5.2.1  MEXICO (Also located in North America  





5.2.2  Aztec  





5.2.3  Mayan  





5.2.4  Voodoo  









6 References  














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Awar godinmythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheistic religions.

Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion. (The intimate connection between "holy war" and the "one true god" belief of monotheism has been noted by many scholars, including Jonathan Kirsch in his book God Against The Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism and Joseph Campbell in The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology.)[1][2]

The following is a list of war deities:

Africa[edit]

Egyptian[edit]

Sekhmet, an Egyptian goddess of warfare.

Berber[edit]

Nilo-Saharan[edit]

Nubian

Western African-Congo[edit]

Yoruba

Eastern African-Congo[edit]

Igbo

Ethiopian[edit]

Kenya[edit]

Kalenjin

Ghanaian[edit]

Akan

Europe[edit]

Balto-Slavic[edit]

Baltic[edit]

Slavic[edit]

Celtic[edit]

Lusitanian[edit]

Norse-Germanic[edit]

Idise by Emil Doepler.

Continental Germanic[edit]

Norse[edit]

Týr, a Norse god of war.

Graeco-Roman[edit]

Greek / Hellenic[edit]

Ares, the Greek god of war

Roman[edit]

Mars, the Roman god of war
Juno Sospita Statue holding a spear and shield.

Etruscan

Balkan[edit]

Uralic[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Asia[edit]

Turkic[edit]

Mongolian[edit]

East Asia[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Guan Yu, Chinese god of loyalty, righteousness, and valor.

Japanese[edit]

Sarutahiko, the Japanese god of war.

Korean[edit]

Southeast Asia[edit]

Filipino[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Trần Hưng Đạo, Vietnamese god of exorcism and the god of war.

South Asia[edit]

Hindu[edit]

Kartikeya, god of war by Surendra Nath Ganguly, 1913.

Manipuri[edit]

Tamil[edit]

Sinhales[edit]

Kataragama deviyo God of War and God of Victory

Sri Siddha Suniyam Deviyo God of Cavalry, God of War, God of Worrior

Rajasinha I of Sitawaka

Maha Sona God of War, God of Cemetery, God of Death, God of Worrior

Reeri Yakseya God of Death, God of War, God of Sacrifice

Kalu Kambili deviyo God of Revenge, God of War, God of Worrior,

West Asia[edit]

Armenian[edit]

Canaanite[edit]

Hebrew[edit]

Hittite[edit]

Hurrian[edit]

Mesopotamian[edit]

Nuristani[edit]

Oceania[edit]

Polynesia[edit]

Hawaiian[edit]

Māori[edit]

Americas[edit]

North America[edit]

Great Plains[edit]

Pacific Northwest[edit]

Central American and the Caribbean[edit]

MEXICO (Also located in North America[edit]

Aztec[edit]

Mayan[edit]

Voodoo[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kirsch, J. (2004). God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism. Viking Compass. ISBN 9780670032860. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  • ^ Occidental Mythology (Masks of God): Joseph Campbell: 9780140194418: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 014019441X.
  • ^ Morris, Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Robert: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire p. 612
  • ^ pseudo-Aristotle, De mundo, Aristotelis Opera, Volume 3, Oxford, Bekker, 1837
  • ^ Cahill, Suzanne E. (18 July 2013). "Sublimation in Medieval China: The Case of the Mysterious Woman of the Nine Heavens". Journal of Chinese Religions. 20 (1): 91–102. doi:10.1179/073776992805307692.
  • ^ http://etheses.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/pdf/004777762.pdf[permanent dead link]
  • ^ Cawed, C. (1972). The Culture of the Bontoc Igorot. Manila: MCS Enterprises .
  • ^ a b c Jocano, F. L. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House Inc.
  • ^ Aduerte, D. (2014). The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898: Volume XXXII, 1640. CreateSpace Independent Publishing.
  • ^ Nicdao, A. (1917). Pampangan Folklore. Manila.
  • ^ Calderon, S. G. (1947). Mga alamat ng Pilipinas. Manila : M. Colcol & Co.
  • ^ Demetrio, F. R., Cordero-Fernando, G., & Zialcita, F. N. (1991). The Soul Book. Quezon City: GCF Books.
  • ^ Mojares, R. B. (1974). Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. 2, No. 3: The Myth of the Sleeping Hero: Three Philippine Cases. University of San Carlos Publications.
  • ^ a b c Loarca, Miguel de. (1582) 1903. Relation of the Filipinas Islands. In Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands 5.
  • ^ Fox, R. B. (1982). Religion and Society Among the Tagbanuas of Palawan Island, Philippines. Manila: National Museum.
  • ^ a b Demetrio, F. R., Cordero-Fernando, G., & Zialcita, F. N. (1991). The Soul Book. Quezon City: GCF Books
  • ^ Hackett, Jo Ann (2001). "'There Was No King in Israel': The Era of the Judges". In Coogan, Michael David (ed.). The Oxford History of the Biblical World. Oxford University Press. pp. 158–59. ISBN 978-0-19-513937-2.

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