List of agricultural deities

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This is a list of agriculture gods and goddesses, gods whose tutelary specialty was agriculture, either of agriculture in general or of one or more specialties within the field. Each god's culture or religion of origin is listed; a god revered in multiple contexts are listed with the one in which they originated. Roman gods appear on a separate list.

Americas

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NameOrigin Notes
Azaka MedehHaitian Vodou
Dan Petro
ChaquénMuisca
Centeōtl Aztec
Cintēteo Four sons of Centeōtl. Consist of:
  • Iztāc-Cinteōtl (meaning white corn)
  • Tlatlauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning red corn)
  • Cozauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning yellow corn)
  • Yayauhca-Cinteōtl (meaning black corn)
Ixtlilton
Metztli Moon god.
Patecatl
Xipe Totec
Xochipilli
KokopelliSouthwestern Native Americans
Chaac Maya
Kukulkan
Maya maize god
Q'uq'umatz

Asia

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NameOrigin Notes
BalaramaHindu
Yaksha Also occurs in jainism and buddhism.
Ame no Wakahiko Japanese
Amenohoakari Also a sun god.
Daikokuten
Dōsojin
Inari Ōkami
Hachiman Syncretic god. Also a war god.
Hoori
Ōkuninushi
Ōmononushi
Ta-no-Kami
Takeminakata
Ugajin
Ukanomitama
Dagon Canaanite
Dewi SriBali and Javanese
Nyai Pohaci Sanghyang Asri Sundanese
EmeshMesopotamian
Enbilulu
Enkimdu
Enten
Ennugi
Kus
Lahar
Lumma Also a war god.
Ninurta
Nisroch
Sumugan
Tammuz
HainuweleMaluku
Ḫalki Hittite
Ḫapantali
Kumarbi
Telipinu
Weather god of Nerik
HoujiChinese Deified man.
Pa-cha
Shennong
MahākālaVajrayana
NulgupjisinKorean
PanthoibiMeitei
Phou Ningthou
PhosopThai folk religion, Lao folk religion and Khmer folk religion
Phouoibi
Phra Mahachai Phraisop
Phra Bhum Dhammahora
Thần NôngVietnamese

Europe

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NameOrigin Notes
AbellioCeltic From the Garonne Valley in France.
Amaethon Welsh.
Anu Irish. Also known as Anann or Anand.
Dagda Irish.
Esus Gaulish.
Sucellus Gaulish.
ÄkräsFinnish
Ukko
Peko
Agathodaemon Greek
Aristaeus
Attis
Cronus
Demeter
Dionysus Fruit and wine god.
Heracles
Hermes
Pan
Persephone Daughter of Demeter.
Philomelus
Priapus
Portunus
FreyrNorse
Feldgeister German Corn spirits.
BassareusThracians Counterpart of Dionysus.
Hennil Slavic Polabian Slavs' mythology.
Radegast
Veles
Yarilo
MarisEtruscan
SaturnRoman

Africa

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Oceania

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Name Origin Notes
Lono Hawaiian
Matariki Maori
Rongo