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A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops. in some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols. Fertility rites may accompany their worship. The following is a list of fertility deities.

African

Ancient Egyptian

Min, ancient Egyptian god of fertility and lettuce

Yoruba

Native American

Aztec

Inca

Inuit

Mayan

Muiscan

Taíno

Vodou

Asian

Arabian

Armenian

Canaanite

Chinese

Filipino

Main article: List of Philippine mythological figures

Vietnamese

Hittite/Hurrian

Indian

Parvati

Iranian

Phoenician

Japanese

Mesopotamian

Turco-Mongol

European

Albanian

Baltic

Celtic

Etruscan

Finno-Ugric

Germanic

Greek

Priapus, Greek god of fertility, gardens and male genitalia

Irish

Roman

Sami

Slavic

Oceanian

Hawaiian

Indigenous Australian

Rainbow Serpent, Australian creator god and god of rain and fertility

See also

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