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LIST OF GODS: Greek -- Roman -- E: Etruscan Version -- N: Norse Version
Adonis -- -- E: Atunis
Aphrodite -- Venus -- E: Turan -- N: Freyja
Apollo -- Apollo -- E: Aplu -- N: Baldur
Ares -- Mars -- E: Laran -- N: Tyr
Artemis -- Diana -- E: Artume -- N: Skadi
Athena -- Minerva -- E: Menrva -- N: Frigg, Freya
Chloris -- Flora
Demeter -- Ceres -- -- N: Sif
Dionysus -- Bacchus -- E: Fufluns
Eos -- Aurora -- E: Thesan
Hades -- Pluto -- E: Aita -- N: Hel
Harmonia
Hebe -- Juventas -- -- N: Idunn
Hecate -- Trivia
Hephaestus -- Vulcan -- E: Sethlans -- N: Thor
Hera -- Juno -- E: Uni -- N: Frigga
Hermes -- Mercury -- E: Turms -- N: Hermod
Hestia -- Vesta
Hypnos -- Somnus
Iris -- Arcus
Nemesis -- Nemesis
Nike -- Victoria
Poseidon -- Neptune -- E: Nethuns -- N: Njörd
Persephone -- Proserpina -- -- Ēostre
Selene -- Luna -- E: Lusna
Tyche -- Fortuna
Zeus -- Jupiter -- E: Tinia -- N: Odin
Egyptian gods
Male
Aker – A god of the earth and the east and west horizons of the Underworld[2]
Amun – A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom[3]
Anhur – A god of war and hunting[4][5]
Aten – Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenist belief system in the reign of Akhenaten[6]
Atum – A creator god and solar deity, first god of the Ennead[7]
Bennu – A solar and creator deity, depicted as a bird[8]
Geb – An earth god and member of the Ennead[9]
Hapi – Personification of the Nile flood[10]
Horus – A major god, usually shown as a falcon or as a human child, linked with the sky, the sun, kingship, protection, and healing. Often said to be the son of Osiris and Isis.[11]
Khepri – A solar creator god, often treated as the morning form of Ra and represented by a scarab beetle[12]
Khnum (Khnemu) – A ram god, the patron deity of Elephantine, who was said to control the Nile flood and give life to gods and humans[13]
Khonsu – A moon god, son of Amun and Mut[14]
Maahes – A lion god, son of Bastet[15]
Montu – A god of war and the sun, worshipped at Thebes[16]
Nefertum – God of the lotus blossom from which the sun god rose at the beginning of time. Son of Ptah and Sekhmet.[17]
Nemty – Falcon god, worshipped in Middle Egypt,[18] who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods[19]
Neper – A god of grain[20]
Osiris – god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls[21]
Ptah – A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis[22]
Ra – The sun god
Set – An ambivalent god, characterized by violence, chaos, and strength, connected with the desert. Mythological murderer of Osiris and enemy of Horus, but also a supporter of the king.[23]
Shu – Embodiment of wind or air, a member of the Ennead[24]
Sobek – Crocodile god, worshipped in the Faiyum and at Kom Ombo[25]
Sopdu – A god of the sky and of Egypt's eastern border regions[26]
Thoth – A moon god, and a god of writing and scribes, and patron deity of Hermopolis[27]
Wadj-wer – Personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile Delta[28]
Female
Amunet – Female counterpart of Amun and a member of the Ogdoad[2]
Anuket – A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions, particularly the lower cataracts of the Nile[29]
Bastet – Goddess represented as a cat or lioness, patroness of the city of Bubastis, linked with protection from evil[30]
Bat – Cow goddess from early in Egyptian history, eventually absorbed by Hathor[31]
Hathor – One of the most important goddesses, linked with the sky, the sun, sexuality and motherhood, music and dance, foreign lands and goods, and the afterlife. One of many forms of the Eye of Ra.[32]
Heqet – Frog goddess said to protect women in childbirth[33]
Hesat – A maternal cow goddess[34]
Imentet – An afterlife goddess closely linked with Isis and Hathor[35]
Isis – Wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, linked with funerary rites, motherhood, protection, and magic. She became a major deity in Greek and Roman religion.[36]
Ma'at – Goddess who personified truth, justice, and order[37]
Menhit – A lioness goddess[38]
Mut – Consort of Amun, worshipped at Thebes[39]
Neith – A creator and hunter goddess, patron of the city of Sais in Lower Egypt[40]
Nekhbet (Nekhebit) – A vulture goddess, the tutelary deity of Upper Egypt[41]
Nephthys (Neb-t kha-t) – A member of the Ennead, the consort of Set, who mourned Osiris alongside Isis[42]
Nepit – A goddess of grain, female counterpart of Neper[43]
Nut – A sky goddess, a member of the Ennead[44]
Pakhet – A lioness goddess mainly worshipped in the area around Beni Hasan[45]
Renenutet – An agricultural goddess[46]
Satet – A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions[47]
Sekhmet – A lioness goddess, both destructive and violent and capable of warding off disease, protector of the pharaohs who led them in war, the consort of Ptah and one of many forms of the Eye of Ra.[48]
Tefnut – Goddess of moisture and a member of the Ennead[49]
Wadjet (Uatchit) – A cobra goddess, the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt[50]
Wosret – A goddess of Thebes[51]
Both male and female forms
Heh – Personification of infinity and a member of the Ogdoad[52]
Kek – The god of Chaos and Darkness, as well as being the concept of primordial darkness. Kek's female form is known as Kauket.
Nu – Personification of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and a member of the Ogdoad[53]
Ra (Re) – The foremost Egyptian sun god, involved in creation and the afterlife. Mythological ruler of the gods, father of every Egyptian king, and the patron god of Heliopolis.[54]
Tatenen – Personification of the first mound of earth to emerge from chaos in ancient Egyptian creation myths[55]
Anubis/Anput – The god/goddess of embalming and protector of the dead[56]
Mesopotamian deities
Hadad (or Adad) - storm and rain god
Enlil (or Ashur) - god of air, head of the Assyrian and Sumerian pantheon
Anu (or An) - god of heaven and the sky, lord of constellations, and father of the gods
Dagon (or Dagan) - god of fertility
Enki (or Ea) - god of the Abzu, crafts, water, intelligence, mischief and creation and divine ruler of the Earth and its humans
Ereshkigal - goddess of Irkalla, the Underworld
Inanna (later known as Ishtar) - goddess of fertility, love, and war
Marduk - patron deity of Babylon who eventually became regarded as the head of the Babylonian pantheon
Nabu - god of wisdom and writing
Nanshe - goddess of prophecy, fertility and fish
Nergal - god of plague, war, and the sun in its destructive capacity; later husband of Ereshkigal
Ninhursag (or Mami, Belet-Ili, Ki, Ninmah, Nintu, or Aruru) - earth and mother goddess
Ninlil - goddess of the air; consort of Enlil
Ninurta - champion of the gods, the epitome of youthful vigor, and god of agriculture
Shamash (or Utu) - god of the sun, arbiter of justice and patron of travelers
Sin (or Nanna) - god of the moon
Tammuz (or Dumuzid) - god of food and vegetation
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King of the gods in different cultures
Examples of this displacement of kings of the gods include:
In the Mesopotamian Anunnaki, Enlil displaces Anu and is in turn replaced by Marduk.[2]
The Ancient Egyptian Ennead and Ogdoad, where the deity Osiris assumes pre-eminence, to be displaced by Seth or Sutekh, who is in turn replaced by Horus, son to Osiris and Isis
In the Canaanite pantheon, Baʿal (Hadad) displaces El
In the Hurrian/Hittite pantheon, Teshub or Tarhunt or Arinna displaces Kumarbi.
In the Armenian Ar, later – Aramazd.
In Hinduism, the King of the Gods was originally Dyaus, later subsumed by Indra.[3] Though Indra still retains the title of the King of the Gods[4] and the Ruler of Heaven.
In the Ancient Greek system of Olympian Gods, Cronus displaces Uranus, and Zeus in turn displaces Cronus
In Norse mythology, Odin assumes the role as the Allfather or King of the Gods but as the mythology has multiple tribes of Gods such as the Aesir and Vanir. Odin is the leader of the former.
Ancient Iranian Ahura Mazda of the Zoroastrians
Dravidian religions[5] had supreme gods based on lands including Seyyon, Mayyon, Vendhan and Kottravi
List of rulers of pantheons
The leaders of the various pantheons include:
Australian Aboriginal pantheon: Baiame
Algonquin pantheon: Gitche Manitou
Ashanti pantheon: Nyame
Aztec pantheon: Huitzilopochtli, Ometeotl, Quetzalcoatl or Tezcatlipoca
Batak pantheon: (primordial) Debata Ompung Mulajadi na Bolon; (celestial) Batara Guru
Canaanite pantheon: Baʿal (now usually identified with Hadad)
Carthaginian pantheon: Baʿal Hammon
Celtic pantheon: Dagda (Irish); possibly Lugus (Brythonic/Gaulish religion)
Berber pantheon: old: Amun; new: Poseidon
Chinese pantheon: Yuanshi Tianzun, Jade Emperor, Shangdi, Tian
Circassian pantheon: Theshxwe
Dahomey pantheon: Nana Buluku
Dravidian pantheon: Seyyon, Mayyon, Vendhan, Kotravi
Egyptian pantheon: Old Kingdom: Ra. New Kingdom: Amun
Finnic pantheon: Ukko
Germanic pantheon: Wōden
Georgian pantheon: Armazi, Ghmerti
Greek pantheon: Zeus
Guarani pantheon: Tupa
Haida pantheon: Raven
Hawaiian pantheon: Kāne
Hindu pantheon: Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu, Indra or Brahman
Hittite pantheon: Arinna or Teshub
Hopi pantheon: Angwusnasomtaka
Inca pantheon: Viracocha
Inuit pantheon: Anguta or Anigut but only among the Greenlandic Inuit
Japanese pantheon: Amenominakanushi, Izanagi-no-Mikoto, then Amaterasu-Ōmikami
Korean pantheon: Dangun
Lakota pantheon: Wakan Tanka or Inyan
Lusitanian pantheon: Endovelicus
Mari pantheon: Kugu Jumo
Māori pantheon: Tāne
Mayan pantheon: Hunab Ku or Itzamna
Mbuti pantheon: Khonvoum
Mesopotamian pantheon: Sumerian: An, later Enlil; Babylonian: Marduk
Miwok pantheon: Coyote
Muisca pantheon: Chiminigagua
Nabatean pantheon: Dushara
Norse pantheon: Odin
Ossetian pantheon: Xucau
Persian pantheon: Ahura Mazda
Philippine pantheon: Bathala (Tagalog), Kan-Laon (Visayan)
Roman pantheon: Jupiter
Sami pantheon: Beaivi
Slavic pantheon: Perun
Turco-Mongol pantheon: Tengri, Tngri,Qormusta Tengri
Vietnamese pantheon: Lạc Long Quân
Vodou pantheon: Bondye
Yoruba pantheon: Olorun
Zulu pantheon: Unkulunkulu, Umvelinqangi
Characteristics
The following are the characteristics shared by virtually all Kings of the gods:
Creation: Most of these gods derive their power from the fact that they created the world, formulated its laws and/or created life forms notably humans. Ex: Ra, Odin.
Dominion over the sky: Many such deities hold control over all aspects of the sky, such as weather, rain, thunderstorms, air, winds and celestial objects like stars. They also control some aspects of earth like harvest, fertility, plants or mountains. Ex: Zeus, Indra, Perun.
Lightning bolts as personal weapons: Commonly seen with sky gods.
Divine Wisdom: Some Kings of Gods possess superior wisdom and clairvoyance, compared to most beings. Ex: Ra, Odin.
God of the Sun, Daylight or Celestial Fire: Some kings of gods are associated with the Sun, as it is life giving and is a powerful symbol of order. They are said to be in charge of celestial fire which are purifying by nature. Daylight is also an important phenomenon as most events take place under its presence. Ex: Ra, Dyeus Pitr.
Conquest, Law, Justice, Order, Time and Fate: Most kings of gods have the ability to control the events of battle and grant victory to those who deserve it. They are seen as paragons of law and promote order. They are seen as powerful manifestations of their respective civilizations. Some gods either possess great skill in war or tremendous physical strength. Some of them have some control over time and regulate it with seasons. Others have limited control over the fate of a human. Ex: Zeus, Odin, Ra, Indra.
Divine authority over other gods: This may be because the concerned head of the pantheon is the father or creator of many gods and goddesses who swear allegiance to him. As a result, the king of the gods makes sure that all deities function properly, punish them for misdeeds, grant or take away immortality from lesser gods etc. Ex: Zeus, Odin.
Divine rival: In some cases, there may be another god, who is equal in supernatural power and thinks he can do a better job than the current king. This often results in conflict, and in extreme cases, war. Ex: Ra and Apophis; Osiris, Set and Horus; Perun and Veles; Indra and the Asuras; Zeus and Poseidon; Cronos and Uranus; Typhon and Zeus etc.
Adonis -- -- E: Atunis
Aphrodite -- Venus -- E: Turan -- N: Freyja
Apollo -- Apollo -- E: Aplu -- N: Baldur
Ares -- Mars -- E: Laran -- N: Tyr
Artemis -- Diana -- E: Artume -- N: Skadi
Athena -- Minerva -- E: Menrva -- N: Frigg, Freya
Chloris -- Flora
Demeter -- Ceres -- -- N: Sif
Dionysus -- Bacchus -- E: Fufluns
Eos -- Aurora -- E: Thesan
Hades -- Pluto -- E: Aita -- N: Hel
Harmonia
Hebe -- Juventas -- -- N: Idunn
Hecate -- Trivia
Hephaestus -- Vulcan -- E: Sethlans -- N: Thor
Hera -- Juno -- E: Uni -- N: Frigga
Hermes -- Mercury -- E: Turms -- N: Hermod
Hestia -- Vesta
Hypnos -- Somnus
Iris -- Arcus
Nemesis -- Nemesis
Nike -- Victoria
Poseidon -- Neptune -- E: Nethuns -- N: Njörd
Persephone -- Proserpina -- -- Ēostre
Selene -- Luna -- E: Lusna
Tyche -- Fortuna
Zeus -- Jupiter -- E: Tinia -- N: Odin
Egyptian gods
Male
Aker – A god of the earth and the east and west horizons of the Underworld[2]
Amun – A creator god, patron deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in Egypt during the New Kingdom[3]
Anhur – A god of war and hunting[4][5]
Aten – Sun disk deity who became the focus of the monolatrous or monotheistic Atenist belief system in the reign of Akhenaten[6]
Atum – A creator god and solar deity, first god of the Ennead[7]
Bennu – A solar and creator deity, depicted as a bird[8]
Geb – An earth god and member of the Ennead[9]
Hapi – Personification of the Nile flood[10]
Horus – A major god, usually shown as a falcon or as a human child, linked with the sky, the sun, kingship, protection, and healing. Often said to be the son of Osiris and Isis.[11]
Khepri – A solar creator god, often treated as the morning form of Ra and represented by a scarab beetle[12]
Khnum (Khnemu) – A ram god, the patron deity of Elephantine, who was said to control the Nile flood and give life to gods and humans[13]
Khonsu – A moon god, son of Amun and Mut[14]
Maahes – A lion god, son of Bastet[15]
Montu – A god of war and the sun, worshipped at Thebes[16]
Nefertum – God of the lotus blossom from which the sun god rose at the beginning of time. Son of Ptah and Sekhmet.[17]
Nemty – Falcon god, worshipped in Middle Egypt,[18] who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods[19]
Neper – A god of grain[20]
Osiris – god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls[21]
Ptah – A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis[22]
Ra – The sun god
Set – An ambivalent god, characterized by violence, chaos, and strength, connected with the desert. Mythological murderer of Osiris and enemy of Horus, but also a supporter of the king.[23]
Shu – Embodiment of wind or air, a member of the Ennead[24]
Sobek – Crocodile god, worshipped in the Faiyum and at Kom Ombo[25]
Sopdu – A god of the sky and of Egypt's eastern border regions[26]
Thoth – A moon god, and a god of writing and scribes, and patron deity of Hermopolis[27]
Wadj-wer – Personification of the Mediterranean sea or lakes of the Nile Delta[28]
Female
Amunet – Female counterpart of Amun and a member of the Ogdoad[2]
Anuket – A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions, particularly the lower cataracts of the Nile[29]
Bastet – Goddess represented as a cat or lioness, patroness of the city of Bubastis, linked with protection from evil[30]
Bat – Cow goddess from early in Egyptian history, eventually absorbed by Hathor[31]
Hathor – One of the most important goddesses, linked with the sky, the sun, sexuality and motherhood, music and dance, foreign lands and goods, and the afterlife. One of many forms of the Eye of Ra.[32]
Heqet – Frog goddess said to protect women in childbirth[33]
Hesat – A maternal cow goddess[34]
Imentet – An afterlife goddess closely linked with Isis and Hathor[35]
Isis – Wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, linked with funerary rites, motherhood, protection, and magic. She became a major deity in Greek and Roman religion.[36]
Ma'at – Goddess who personified truth, justice, and order[37]
Menhit – A lioness goddess[38]
Mut – Consort of Amun, worshipped at Thebes[39]
Neith – A creator and hunter goddess, patron of the city of Sais in Lower Egypt[40]
Nekhbet (Nekhebit) – A vulture goddess, the tutelary deity of Upper Egypt[41]
Nephthys (Neb-t kha-t) – A member of the Ennead, the consort of Set, who mourned Osiris alongside Isis[42]
Nepit – A goddess of grain, female counterpart of Neper[43]
Nut – A sky goddess, a member of the Ennead[44]
Pakhet – A lioness goddess mainly worshipped in the area around Beni Hasan[45]
Renenutet – An agricultural goddess[46]
Satet – A goddess of Egypt's southern frontier regions[47]
Sekhmet – A lioness goddess, both destructive and violent and capable of warding off disease, protector of the pharaohs who led them in war, the consort of Ptah and one of many forms of the Eye of Ra.[48]
Tefnut – Goddess of moisture and a member of the Ennead[49]
Wadjet (Uatchit) – A cobra goddess, the tutelary deity of Lower Egypt[50]
Wosret – A goddess of Thebes[51]
Both male and female forms
Heh – Personification of infinity and a member of the Ogdoad[52]
Kek – The god of Chaos and Darkness, as well as being the concept of primordial darkness. Kek's female form is known as Kauket.
Nu – Personification of the formless, watery disorder from which the world emerged at creation and a member of the Ogdoad[53]
Ra (Re) – The foremost Egyptian sun god, involved in creation and the afterlife. Mythological ruler of the gods, father of every Egyptian king, and the patron god of Heliopolis.[54]
Tatenen – Personification of the first mound of earth to emerge from chaos in ancient Egyptian creation myths[55]
Anubis/Anput – The god/goddess of embalming and protector of the dead[56]
Mesopotamian deities
Hadad (or Adad) - storm and rain god
Enlil (or Ashur) - god of air, head of the Assyrian and Sumerian pantheon
Anu (or An) - god of heaven and the sky, lord of constellations, and father of the gods
Dagon (or Dagan) - god of fertility
Enki (or Ea) - god of the Abzu, crafts, water, intelligence, mischief and creation and divine ruler of the Earth and its humans
Ereshkigal - goddess of Irkalla, the Underworld
Inanna (later known as Ishtar) - goddess of fertility, love, and war
Marduk - patron deity of Babylon who eventually became regarded as the head of the Babylonian pantheon
Nabu - god of wisdom and writing
Nanshe - goddess of prophecy, fertility and fish
Nergal - god of plague, war, and the sun in its destructive capacity; later husband of Ereshkigal
Ninhursag (or Mami, Belet-Ili, Ki, Ninmah, Nintu, or Aruru) - earth and mother goddess
Ninlil - goddess of the air; consort of Enlil
Ninurta - champion of the gods, the epitome of youthful vigor, and god of agriculture
Shamash (or Utu) - god of the sun, arbiter of justice and patron of travelers
Sin (or Nanna) - god of the moon
Tammuz (or Dumuzid) - god of food and vegetation
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King of the gods in different cultures
Examples of this displacement of kings of the gods include:
In the Mesopotamian Anunnaki, Enlil displaces Anu and is in turn replaced by Marduk.[2]
The Ancient Egyptian Ennead and Ogdoad, where the deity Osiris assumes pre-eminence, to be displaced by Seth or Sutekh, who is in turn replaced by Horus, son to Osiris and Isis
In the Canaanite pantheon, Baʿal (Hadad) displaces El
In the Hurrian/Hittite pantheon, Teshub or Tarhunt or Arinna displaces Kumarbi.
In the Armenian Ar, later – Aramazd.
In Hinduism, the King of the Gods was originally Dyaus, later subsumed by Indra.[3] Though Indra still retains the title of the King of the Gods[4] and the Ruler of Heaven.
In the Ancient Greek system of Olympian Gods, Cronus displaces Uranus, and Zeus in turn displaces Cronus
In Norse mythology, Odin assumes the role as the Allfather or King of the Gods but as the mythology has multiple tribes of Gods such as the Aesir and Vanir. Odin is the leader of the former.
Ancient Iranian Ahura Mazda of the Zoroastrians
Dravidian religions[5] had supreme gods based on lands including Seyyon, Mayyon, Vendhan and Kottravi
List of rulers of pantheons
The leaders of the various pantheons include:
Australian Aboriginal pantheon: Baiame
Algonquin pantheon: Gitche Manitou
Ashanti pantheon: Nyame
Aztec pantheon: Huitzilopochtli, Ometeotl, Quetzalcoatl or Tezcatlipoca
Batak pantheon: (primordial) Debata Ompung Mulajadi na Bolon; (celestial) Batara Guru
Canaanite pantheon: Baʿal (now usually identified with Hadad)
Carthaginian pantheon: Baʿal Hammon
Celtic pantheon: Dagda (Irish); possibly Lugus (Brythonic/Gaulish religion)
Berber pantheon: old: Amun; new: Poseidon
Chinese pantheon: Yuanshi Tianzun, Jade Emperor, Shangdi, Tian
Circassian pantheon: Theshxwe
Dahomey pantheon: Nana Buluku
Dravidian pantheon: Seyyon, Mayyon, Vendhan, Kotravi
Egyptian pantheon: Old Kingdom: Ra. New Kingdom: Amun
Finnic pantheon: Ukko
Germanic pantheon: Wōden
Georgian pantheon: Armazi, Ghmerti
Greek pantheon: Zeus
Guarani pantheon: Tupa
Haida pantheon: Raven
Hawaiian pantheon: Kāne
Hindu pantheon: Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu, Indra or Brahman
Hittite pantheon: Arinna or Teshub
Hopi pantheon: Angwusnasomtaka
Inca pantheon: Viracocha
Inuit pantheon: Anguta or Anigut but only among the Greenlandic Inuit
Japanese pantheon: Amenominakanushi, Izanagi-no-Mikoto, then Amaterasu-Ōmikami
Korean pantheon: Dangun
Lakota pantheon: Wakan Tanka or Inyan
Lusitanian pantheon: Endovelicus
Mari pantheon: Kugu Jumo
Māori pantheon: Tāne
Mayan pantheon: Hunab Ku or Itzamna
Mbuti pantheon: Khonvoum
Mesopotamian pantheon: Sumerian: An, later Enlil; Babylonian: Marduk
Miwok pantheon: Coyote
Muisca pantheon: Chiminigagua
Nabatean pantheon: Dushara
Norse pantheon: Odin
Ossetian pantheon: Xucau
Persian pantheon: Ahura Mazda
Philippine pantheon: Bathala (Tagalog), Kan-Laon (Visayan)
Roman pantheon: Jupiter
Sami pantheon: Beaivi
Slavic pantheon: Perun
Turco-Mongol pantheon: Tengri, Tngri,Qormusta Tengri
Vietnamese pantheon: Lạc Long Quân
Vodou pantheon: Bondye
Yoruba pantheon: Olorun
Zulu pantheon: Unkulunkulu, Umvelinqangi
Characteristics
The following are the characteristics shared by virtually all Kings of the gods:
Creation: Most of these gods derive their power from the fact that they created the world, formulated its laws and/or created life forms notably humans. Ex: Ra, Odin.
Dominion over the sky: Many such deities hold control over all aspects of the sky, such as weather, rain, thunderstorms, air, winds and celestial objects like stars. They also control some aspects of earth like harvest, fertility, plants or mountains. Ex: Zeus, Indra, Perun.
Lightning bolts as personal weapons: Commonly seen with sky gods.
Divine Wisdom: Some Kings of Gods possess superior wisdom and clairvoyance, compared to most beings. Ex: Ra, Odin.
God of the Sun, Daylight or Celestial Fire: Some kings of gods are associated with the Sun, as it is life giving and is a powerful symbol of order. They are said to be in charge of celestial fire which are purifying by nature. Daylight is also an important phenomenon as most events take place under its presence. Ex: Ra, Dyeus Pitr.
Conquest, Law, Justice, Order, Time and Fate: Most kings of gods have the ability to control the events of battle and grant victory to those who deserve it. They are seen as paragons of law and promote order. They are seen as powerful manifestations of their respective civilizations. Some gods either possess great skill in war or tremendous physical strength. Some of them have some control over time and regulate it with seasons. Others have limited control over the fate of a human. Ex: Zeus, Odin, Ra, Indra.
Divine authority over other gods: This may be because the concerned head of the pantheon is the father or creator of many gods and goddesses who swear allegiance to him. As a result, the king of the gods makes sure that all deities function properly, punish them for misdeeds, grant or take away immortality from lesser gods etc. Ex: Zeus, Odin.
Divine rival: In some cases, there may be another god, who is equal in supernatural power and thinks he can do a better job than the current king. This often results in conflict, and in extreme cases, war. Ex: Ra and Apophis; Osiris, Set and Horus; Perun and Veles; Indra and the Asuras; Zeus and Poseidon; Cronos and Uranus; Typhon and Zeus etc.