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This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender.

African mythology (sub-Saharan)

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Afro-Asiatic

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Ethiopian

Kafa

Niger-Congo

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Akan (inc. Ashanti)

Asase Yaa (Asaase Afua, Asaase Yaa, Asase Yaa)

Afua Kranka

Amelenwa

Ambundu

Baganda

Edo (Bini)

Fon (Dahomey)

Ga-Adangbe

Igbo

Ngombe

Nyoro

Shona

Woyo

Yoruba

Zulu

Nilo-Saharan

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Dinka

Kalenjin (inc. Pokot)

Maasai

Nuer

Shilluk

Songhay

Afro-American mythology

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Afro-Brazilian

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Candomblé

Umbanda

Santeria

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Vodou

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Dominican (21 Divisions)

Haitian

Albanian mythology

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Arabian mythology (pre-Islamic)

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Nabataean

Sabaean

Armenian mythology

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Urartian

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Australian Aboriginal mythology

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Adnyamathanha

Gamilaraay

Karajarri

Wotjobaluk

Wurundjeri

Yolngu

Baltic mythology

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Latvian

Lithuanian

Old Prussian

Basque mythology

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Berber mythology

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Bimbache

Guanche

Buddhism

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(for Japanese Buddhist and syncretic deities, check #Japanese)

Mahayana

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Vajrayana

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Tibetan

temporarily unsorted

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Burmese mythology

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Cambodian mythology

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Celtic mythology

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British

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Cantabrian

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Gallaecian

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Gaulish

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Irish

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Fir Bolg

Fomhoraigh

Gairthear Mílidh Easpáinne

Tuatha de Danann

Scottish

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Welsh

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Cham mythology

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Dardic - Nuristani mythology

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Kalasha

Nuristani (formerly "Kafir")

East Asian mythology

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Ainu

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Chinese

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Japanese

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Shinto

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(inc. creation, Takamagahara, Izumo, Hyuga, etc.)

Buddhist - Mahayana

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(inc. Nichiren, Pure Land, Tendai)

Buddhist - Vajrayana

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(inc. Shingon)

Seven Lucky Gods

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Folk deities and spirits (yōkai, yūrei etc.)

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Ryukyu

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temporarily unsorted

Korean

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Mongol

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Buryat

Mongolian

Taiwanese aboriginal

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Amis mythology [zh]

Yami mythology [zh]

Puyuma mythology [zh]

Paiwan mythology [zh]

Paiwan mythology [zh]

SaySiyat mythology [zh]

Sakizaya mythology [zh]

Tsou mythology [zh]

Kebalan mythology [zh]

Siraya mythology [zh]

Egyptian mythology

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Etruscan mythology

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Georgian mythology

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Khevsurian

Mingrelian

Svan

Germanic mythology

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Anglo-Saxon

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German

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Alemannic - Alpine - Swabian

Dutch - Frisian - Low German

Langobardic

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Nordic (modern)

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Norse

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Ásynjur

Jötnar

Vanir

Norns

Valkyries

Other Norse divinities and spirits

Greek mythology

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Cappadocian

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Cretan

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Minoan

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Mycenaean

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Hindu and Jain mythology

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Vedic

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(inc. Upanishads) (1500-500 BCE onward)

Epic - Puranic

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(inc. Ramayana, Mahabharata) (1000-250 BCE onward)

Dravidian (non-Vedic or Puranic)

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Kannada

Khond (Kui - Kuvi)

Kurukh - Oraon

Tamil

Indic (non-Vedic or Puranic)

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Assamese

Balochi

Bengali

Bhil

Dhangar

Gujarati

Kutchi

Marwari

Newari

Odia

Saharia

Modern Hindu

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temporarily unsorted

Jainism

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Hittite mythology

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Hattian

Hittite

Luwian

Carian

Lydian

Hmong-Mien mythology

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Hmong

Yao

Ibero-Lusitanian mythology

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Indonesian mythology

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Balinese

Javanese

Nias

Seram

Sundanese

Toraja

Inuit mythology

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Iglulingmiut

Iñupiat (Alaska)

Kalaallit (Greenland Inuit)

Kitlinermiut (Copper Inuit)

Netsilingmiut (Netsilik Inuit)

Yupighyt (Siberian Yupik)

Iranian mythology

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Iranian

Iranian - Zoroastrian

Kushan

Ossetian

Scythian

Malagasy mythology

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Meitei mythology

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Mesopotamian mythology

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Akkadian / Assyrian / Babylonian

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Eblaite

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Elamite

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Hurrian

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Kassite

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Mariote

Sumerian

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Melanesian and New Guinean mythology

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Fijian

Solomon Islands - Kwaio

Vanuatu - Malekula

Micronesian mythology

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Kiribati

Nauruan

Monotheistic religions

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Native American and First Nations mythologies

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Algonquian

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Abenaki (Penobscot)

Algonquin

Lenape (Delaware)

Menominee

Ojibwe (Chippewa, Ojibway)

Shawnee

Araucanian

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Chilote

Mapuche

Arawakan

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Taíno

Caddoan

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Arikara

Pawnee

Chibchan

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Muisca

Chimakuan

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Quileute

Chinookan

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Chinook

Multnomah

Chumashan

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Chumash

Haida

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Iroquoian

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Cherokee

Iroquois

Iroquois - Onondaga

Iroquois - Seneca

Tuscarora

Wyandot (Huron)

Jivaroan

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Keresan

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Mayan

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Chontal

K'iche

Lacandon

Yucatec

unnamed

Muskogean

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Choctaw

Na-Dene

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Athabaskan

Diné (Navajo)

Gwich'in

Tahltan (Nahanni)

Tlingit

Natchez

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Oto-Manguean

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Otomi

Penutian

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Klamath-Modoc

Sahaptin (Tenino / Umatilla / Walla Walla / Yakima)

Pomoan

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Pomo

Quechuan

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Incan

Salishan

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Chehalis

Nuxalk (Bella Coola)

Salish - Spokane - Kalispell

Sduk-al-bixw (Snoqualmie)

Syilx (Okanagan)

Siouan

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Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)

Iowa - Missouria - Otoe

Lakota

Osage

Tanoan

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Kiowa

Tewa

Tiwa

Tsimshianic

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Tsimshian

Tupian

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Guarani

Uto-Aztecan

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Aztec

Cahuilla

Hopi

Payómkawichum (Luiseño)

Taaqtam (Serrano)

Tarahumara (Rarámuri)

Tlaxcalan

Tongva (Gabrieleño)

Wakashan

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Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)

Wintuan

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Wintu

Yaruro

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Yuman

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Mohave

Quechan (Yuma)

Zuni

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Paleo-Balkan mythology

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Illyrian

Liburnian

Thracian

Philippine mythology

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Bikolano

Cuyunon

Ibaloi

Ifugao

Isnag

Itneg

Kankanaey

Kapampangan

Mangyan

Manobo

Palawan

Sambal

Tagakaulo

Tagalog

Tboli

Tiruray

Visayan

Phrygian mythology

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Polynesian mythology

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Hawaiian

Mangaian

Māori

Marquesan

Moriori

Niue

Rapa Nui

Samoan

Tahitian

Tuamotu

Proto-Indo-European mythology

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Roman mythology

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Slavic mythology

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Thai mythology

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Tungusic mythology

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Jurchen - Manchu

Turkic mythology

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Umbrian mythology

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Uralic mythology

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Finnic

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Estonian

Finnish (inc. Karelian)

Sami

Mari

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Mordvinic

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Erzya

Permic

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Komi

Udmurt

Ugric

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Hungarian

Khanty

Mansi

Vainakh mythology

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(inc. Chechen, Ingush, Kist)

Venetic mythology

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Vietnamese mythology

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(inc. Vietnamese folk religion, Cao Đài, Đạo Mẫu)

West Semitic mythology

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Canaanite - Phoenician

Moabite

Ugaritic

Wiccan mythology

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National personifications

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Fictional goddesses

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By the Grace of the Gods

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Dungeons and Dragons

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Dragonlance

Forgotten Realms

Legend of Zelda

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Middle Earth

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Mythos (inc. Lovecraft, Derleth, Ashton Smith etc.)

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Anime and Manga

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Transformice

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Homestuck

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Hyperdimension Neptunia

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Other

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cahill, Suzanne E. (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.
  2. ^ "Sri Muthyalamma Devi Temple". ishtadevata.com. Ishta Devata. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. ^ "The Holy Spirit: the Christian Goddess". www.adishakti.org. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  4. ^ "Transformice:Characters - Anvil God Wiki | Anvil God". anvilgod.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  5. ^ Homestuck (April 13, 2009).
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