A tutelary (/ˈtjuːtəlɛri/; also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person...

Earth and the horizon Amun – A creator god, Tutelary deity of the city of Thebes, and the preeminent deity in ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom Anhur...

man with a falcon head. The earliest recorded form of Horus is the tutelary deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt, who is the first known national god, specifically...

to "decree the fates of mankind". Gudea described them as "Lamma (tutelary deities) of all the countries." While it is common in modern literature to...

the role of tutelary deities of the newborn not only because of their own features as goddess of the deliverers and as apotropaic tutelary god of infants...

A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. It has been a common belief in...

Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. A rarer form, 'ila, represents...

Silvanus (/sɪlˈveɪnəs/; meaning "of the woods" in Latin) was a Roman tutelary deity of woods and uncultivated lands. As protector of the forest (sylvestris...

Landlord deities (地主神) are a type of tutelary deity worshipped in the East Asian cultural sphere. They are low level deities that are considered below...

with this city in the Early Dynastic period, and was recognized as its tutelary deity and divine ruler. His temple located there was known under the ceremonial...

lit. 'clan deity'), also known as a kuladaivaṃ (Tamil: குலதெய்வம்), is an ancestral tutelary deity in Hinduism and Jainism. Such a deity is often the...

Mountain Gods (山神) are Asian tutelary deities associated with mountains. They are related to landlord deities and tudigongs and City Gods. They are well-known...

expressions of the Domovoy, are: Dvorovoy – tutelary deity of the courtyard Bannik – "Bath Spirit", the tutelary deity of the private or public bathhouses, who...

discrete, separate beings. These deities may be part of a pantheon, or different regions may have tutelary deities. The noun goddess is a secondary formation...

religion of Malaysian Chinese - Peranakans and Chinese Indonesians, "Tutelary deity of Earth and Land" Bhivsen or Bhimal, god of the earth Bhum, goddess...

chief of deity serve as guardians of the earth. (พระภูมิเจ้าที่) deity guardians of the trees (รุกขเทวดา) and Tutelary deity. (เทพารักษ์) which deity these...

In Noricum in central Europe, Isis was syncretized with the local tutelary deity Noreia, and at Petra she may have been linked with the Arab goddess...

Serapis (i.e. Apis explicitly identified as Osiris in full) had been the tutelary deity of the village of Rhacotis, before it suddenly expanded into the great...

invoking a series of abstract qualities, each paired with the name of a deity. The influence of Greek mythology and its anthropomorphic gods may have...

dedicated to a landlord deity or a Tudigong. In Tamil Nadu, spirit houses and shrines house local tutelary spirits, guardian deities, and deified ancestors...

with furnaces and kilns, and in this context could be treated as a tutelary deity of metallurgists. However, he also represented fire as a cause of destruction...

Sihai Longwang). Besides being a water deity, the Dragon God frequently also serves as a territorial tutelary deity, similarly to Tudigong "Lord of the Earth"...

of trees, marsh and forest in Eastern Baltic mythology Leshy, is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology along with his wife Leshachikha(or...

Leshy or Leshi is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic...

temple was named after Chamundeshwari or, the fierce form of Shakti, a tutelary deity held in reverence for centuries by the Maharaja of Mysuru. Chamundeshwari...

Daimons were possibly seen as the souls of men of the golden age, tutelary deities, or the forces of fate. Daimons are lesser divinities or spirits, often...

(Earth Deity), Chinese locality equivalent Landlord deity (Landlord deity), Chinese equivalent for small regions like buildings Tutelary deity Zashiki-warashi...

assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group, or nation Tutelary deity, a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular...

of tutelary deities of the city. At some point Antu was also incorporated into Hurrian religion, in which she was understood as a primeval deity. In...

Horned deity Imperial Cult Incarnation Master of Animals / Potnia Theron Mother Nature Reincarnation / Rebirth Sacred king Son of God Theophany Tutelary deity...