A knowledge deity is a deity in mythology associated with knowledge, wisdom, or intelligence.
List of knowledge deities[]
Australian Aboriginal mythology[]
- Jar'Edo Wens, deity associated with earthly knowledge and physical might
Celtic mythology[]
- Ogma, a figure from Irish and Scottish mythology, said to have invented the Ogham alphabet
Chinese mythology[]
- Erlang Shen, god possessing a truth-seeing third eye in the centre of his forehead
Egyptian mythology[]
- Neith, early Egyptian goddess sometimes associated with wisdom
- Thoth, god of wisdom and scribe of the gods, credited with the invention of writing and the alphabet
- Saa, the deification of wisdom
- Seshat, goddess of wisdom, knowledge and writing
Etruscan mythology[]
- Menrva, goddess of wisdom
Greek mythology[]
- Athena, goddess of wisdom
- Coeus, Titan god of intellect
- Eidyia, an Oceanid sometimes associated with knowledge
- Metis, goddess of wisdom, wise counsel and cunning
- Prometheus, god of forethought
Hindu mythology[]
Ganesha, the Hindu god of knowledge and wisdom
- Saraswati, goddess of knowledge and all literary arts including music, literature and speech
- Ganesha, god of intellect and wisdom
Hittite mythology[]
- A'as, god of wisdom
Japanese mythology[]
- Fukurokuju, god of wisdom and longevity
- Kuebiko, scarecrow god of wisdom and agriculture
- Omoikane, Shinto goddess of wisdom and intelligence
Mesopotamian mythology[]
- Al-Kutbay, Nabataean, god of knowledge, commerce, writing, and prophecy
- Enki, god of intelligence, as well as crafts, mischief, water and creation
- Nabu, Babylonian god of wisdom and writing
- Nidaba, Sumerian goddess of writing, learning, and the harvest
Norse mythology[]
- Odin, the ruler of Asgard who sacrificed his eye and hung for nine days from the world tree Yggdrasil in order to gain the wisdom of the ages
- Mímir, a god renowned for his knowledge and wisdom; Odin is advised by his decapitated head
- Snotra, goddess associated with wisdom
- Vör, goddess associated with wisdom
Persian mythology[]
- Anahita, goddess of 'the Waters' (Aban) - fertility, healing and wisdom
Polynesian mythology[]
- Anulap, god of magic and knowledge
Roman mythology[]
- Egeria, water nymph who gives wisdom and prophecy in return for libations of water or milk at her sacred grove
- Fabulinus, the god who taught children speech
- Minerva, goddess of wisdom and the Roman equivalent of Athena
- Providentia, goddess of forethought