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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 [ edit ]

Ala, Igbo goddess of fertility

Asase Ya, Ashanti earth goddess of fertility

Deng, Dinka sky god of rain and fertility

Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows, agriculture, rain, and bees

Oshun (known as Ochún or Oxúm in Latin America) also spelled Ọṣun, is an orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifá and Yoruba religions. She is one of the most popular and venerated orishas. Oshun is the deity of the river and fresh water, luxury and pleasure, sexuality and fertility, and beauty and love. She is connected to destiny and divination.

Ancient Egyptian [ edit ]

Min , ancient Egyptian god of fertility and lettuce

Amun, creator-god, associated with fertility

Bastet, cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility

Hathor, goddess of music, beauty, love, sexuality and fertility

Heqet, frog-goddess of fertility

Heryshaf, god of creation and fertility

Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility

Mesenet, goddess of childbirth

Min, god of fertility, reproduction, and lettuce

Osiris, god of the afterlife, the dead, and the underworld agency that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile River

Renenutet, goddess of the true name, the harvest and fertile fields

Sobek, god of the river, warfare and fertility

Sopdet, goddess of the fertility of the soil

Tawaret, goddess of fertility and childbirth

Tefnut, goddess of water and fertility

Yoruba [ edit ]

Native American [ edit ]

Atahensic, Iroquois goddess associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine endeavors

Kokopelli, Hopi trickster god associated with fertility, childbirth and agriculture

Hanhepi Wi, Lakota goddess associated with the moon, motherhood, family and femininity

Aztec [ edit ]

Chimalma, goddess of fertility, life, death, and rebirth.

Tonacatecuhtli, god of sustenance.

Tonacacihuatl, goddess of sustenance.

Tonantzin

Coatlicue, goddess of fertility, life, death, and rebirth.

Xochipilli, god of love, art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, fertility, and song. Xochiquetzal, goddess of fertility, beauty, female sexual power, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, and women's crafts.

Quetzalcoatl, god of fertility, wind, water, and chocolate.

Inca [ edit ]

Mama Ocllo, mother goddess, associated with fertility

Sara Mama, goddess of grain

Pachamama, fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting and causes earthquakes

Inuit [ edit ]

Akna, goddess of fertility and childbirth

Pukkeenegak, goddess of children, pregnancy, childbirth and the making of clothes

Mayan [ edit ]

Akna, goddess of motherhood and childbirth

Goddess I, goddess of eroticism, female fertility, and marriage

Ixchel, jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine

Maya maize god, gods of maize

Maximón, a Mayan god and modern folk saint associated with crops, death, and fertility and Sight

Muiscan [ edit ]

Chaquén, god of sports and fertility in the religion of the Muisca

Taíno [ edit ]

Atabey (goddess), mother goddess of fresh waters and fertility (of people).

Yúcahu, masculine spirit of fertility (of crops such as Yucca) along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart.

Vodou [ edit ]

Ayida-Weddo, loa of fertility, rainbows and snakes

Gede, family of spirits that embody the powers of death and fertility

Asian [ edit ]

Arabian [ edit ]

Armenian [ edit ]

Anahit, goddess of fertility, healing, wisdom, and water

Aramazd, generous king and creator god of fertility, rain, and abundance

Canaanite [ edit ]

Nikkal, goddess of fruits

Tanit, consort of Baʿal Hammon at Carthage

Chinese [ edit ]

Filipino [ edit ]

Lakapati: the hermaphrodite Tagalog deity and protector of sown fields, sufficient field waters, and abundant fish catch; [3] a major fertility deity; [4] deity of vagrants and waifs; [5] a patron of cultivated lands and husbandry [6] a major fertility deity; deity of vagrants and waifs; a patron of cultivated lands and husbandry Ikapati: the Sambal goddess of cultivated land and fertility [7] Lakan-bakod: the Tagalog god of the fruits of the earth who dwells in certain plants; [8] the god of crops; [9] the god of rice whose hollow statues have gilded eyes, teeth, and genitals; food and wine are introduced to his mouth to secure a good crop; [10] the protector of fences [11] the god of crops; the god of rice whose hollow statues have gilded eyes, teeth, and genitals; food and wine are introduced to his mouth to secure a good crop; the protector of fences Kukarog: the Bicolano giant who was swept by waters into the sea, where his genital can be seen as a rock jutting from the ocean [12]

Ibabasag: the Bukidnon goddess of pregnant women[13]

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Vietnamese [ edit ]

Bà mụ, consisting of twelve goddesses responsible for creating each part of the child

Hutellurra, Irsirra, and Tawara, goddesses of midwifery and nursing children

Shaushka, goddess of fertility, war, and healing

Indian [ edit ]

Parvati

Banka-Mundi, goddess of the hunt and fertility

Bhavani, goddess of fertility

Bhumi Devi, goddess of fertility

Bhutas, young demons of fertility

Rohini, minor goddess of fertility and fortune

Prithvi, goddess of the earth and the fertility form of Bhumi

Gayatri, goddess of Vedas and adi shakti with fertility form of Savitr

Chandra, lunar god associated with fertility

Lajja Gauri, goddess associated with abundance and fertility

Manasa, snake goddess associated with fertility and prosperity

Matrikas, a group of 7-16 goddesses who are associated with fertility and motherly power. Parvati, goddess associated with fertility, marital felicity, devotion to the spouse, asceticism, and power

Sinivali, goddess associated with fecundity and easy birth

Yogmaya, goddess of fertility and protection against evil demons

Iranian [ edit ]

Anahita: or Anahit, the divinity of "the Waters" and hence associated with fertility, healing, and wisdom

Spenta Armaiti: or Sandaramet, female divinity associated with earth and Mother Nature

Ashi: a divinity of fertility and fortune[14]

Israel [ edit ]

Yahweh, Father God of Israel

Asherah, Mother Goddess of nature, groves & trees (exiled by Hezekiah)

Japanese [ edit ]

Kichijōten, goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty

Kuebiko, god of agriculture and knowledge

Inari Ōkami, deity of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, and industry; this deity is of ambiguous gender and may be portrayed as male, female, or ambiguous

Shinda, fertility god of the Ainu people

Mesopotamian [ edit ]

Asherah, Ancient semitic goddess of motherhood and fertility

Ashratum, the wife of Amurru. Ašratum (glorified one), a cognate of Athirat

Dumuzid/Tammuz, Mesopotamian dying-&-rising god, Dumuzid-sipad (the Shepherd), husband of Inanna

Gatumdag, Sumerian fertility goddess and tutelary mother goddess of Lagash

Nanshe, Sumerian goddess of social justice, prophecy, fertility, and fishing

Sharra Itu, Identified with Asratum, later Ašrat-aḫītu (Ašratum the foreigner) or (the other Ašratum) Inanna/Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, justice, and political power. Her symbols were lions, doves & the 8-pointed star, wife of Dumuzid Umay, goddess of fertility and reproduction, believed to have saved two children (one boy and one girl) from a massacre. She is believed to have offered protection and guidance to the children, who managed to raise the Turcic communities. In the form of a deer, she is accepted by the Turks to be the protective power of the race, and therefore she is called in many texts as "Mother Umay".

European [ edit ]

Albanian [ edit ]

Prende, goddess of love, beauty and fertility

Baltic [ edit ]

Laima, goddess of luck and fate, associated with childbirth, pregnancy, marriage, and death

Zemes māte, goddess of the earth, associated with fertility

Celtic [ edit ]

Brigid, Irish goddess associated with fertility, spring, healing, smithing, and poetry

Cernunnos, horned god associated with the fertility of animals and nature

Damara, fertility goddess worshiped in Britain

Damona, Gaulish fertility goddess

Epona, goddess of horses, mules, donkeys, and the fertility of these animals

Hooded Spirits, a group of deities theorised to be fertility spirits

Nantosuelta, goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility

Onuava, goddess of fertility

Rosmerta, Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility and abundance

Etruscan [ edit ]

Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness, health, and growth in all things, equivalent to the Greek Dionysus

Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with the generation of life

Turan, goddess of love, fertility and vitality

Äkräs, Finnish god of fertility

Rauni or Raun, Finnish-Estonian goddess of fertility

Peko or Pellon-Pekko, Karelian-Seto god of fertility

Metsik, West Estonian spirit of fertility

Norovava, Mordovian goddess of fertility

Šun-Šočõnava, Mari goddess of fertility and birth

Mu-Kyldyśin, Udmurt god of fertility and earth

Zarni-Ań, Komi goddess of fertility, represented by a golden woman

Babba or Aranyanya, Hungarian goddess fertility, represented by a golden woman

Kalteš-Ekwa, Ob-Ugric goddess of fertility, represented by a golden woman

Germanic [ edit ]

Ēostre, spring and fertility goddess; in earlier times probably a dawn goddess as her name is cognate to Eos Freyr, god associated with peace, marriages, rain, sunshine, and fertility, both of the land and people

Freyja, a goddess associated with fertility and sister of the above god

Frigg, goddess associated with prophecy, marriage, and childbirth; in one myth, she also demonstrates a more direct connection with fertility, as a king and queen pray to her for a child

Gefjun, Danish goddess of ploughing and possibly fertility

Nerthus, earth goddess associated with fertility

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Njordr, since his name is cognate with the above goddess, it's possible he was originally an earth/fertility deity before transforming into a sea god thanked for a bountiful catch Thor, some strains of Norse paganism saw him as a fertility god (possibly due to bringing rain) and the father of Freyr and Freyja instead of Njordr

Greek [ edit ]

Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, love, pleasure, sexuality and procreation.

Aphaea, local goddess associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle

Artemis, goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, chastity and childbirth

Demeter, goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility and sacred law

Dionysus, god of wine, grapes, and festivity, associated with fertility, particularly that of the vine and males

Priapus , Greek god of fertility, gardens and male genitalia

Hermes, messenger of the gods, possibly associated with male fertility

Hera, goddess of marriage, women, women's fertility, childbirth

Ilithyia, (also called Eileithyia) goddess of childbirth and midwifery

Pan, god of shepherds and flocks, associated with fertility, particularly that of animals

Phanes, primeval deity of procreation and new life

Priapus, rustic god of fertility, protection of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia

Tychon, minor daemon of fertility

Persephone goddess of springtime growth, flowers, and vegetation

Irish [ edit ]

Roman [ edit ]

Bacchus, Roman version of Dionysus, identified with Roman Liber, god of agricultural and male fertility

Bona Dea, goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women

Candelifera, goddess of childbirth

Carmenta, goddess of childbirth and prophecy

Domidicus, the god who leads the bride home

Domitius, the god who installs the bride

Fascinus, embodiment of the divine phallus

Fecunditas, goddess of fertility

Feronia, goddess associated with fertility and abundance

Flora, goddess of flowers and springtime

Inuus, god of sexual intercourse

Jugatinus, the god who joins the pair in marriage

Juno, goddess of marriage and childbirth, equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera; has the epithet Lucina [15] Liber, god of viniculture, wine, and male fertility, equivalent to Greek Dionysus; in archaic Lavinium, a phallic deity Libera, female equivalent of Liber, also identified with Proserpina Romanised form of Greek Proserpina

Manturna, the goddess who kept the bride at home

Mutunus Tutunus, phallic marriage deity associated with the Greek god Priapus

Partula, goddess of childbirth, who determined the duration of each pregnancy

Pertunda, goddess who enables sexual penetration of the virgin bride; an epithet of Juno [16]

Picumnus, god of fertility, agriculture, matrimony, infants, and children

Prema, goddess who made the bride submissive, allowing penetration; also an epithet of Juno, who has the same function [17]

Robigus, fertility god who protects crops against disease

Subigus, the god who subdues the bride to the husband's will

Venus, goddess of beauty, love, desire, sex and fertility

Virginiensis, the goddess who unties the girdle of the bride

Sami [ edit ]

Beiwe, goddess of fertility and sanity

Rana Niejta, goddess of spring and fertility

Slavic [ edit ]

Dzydzilelya, Polish goddess of love, marriage, sexuality and fertility

Jarilo, god of fertility, spring, the harvest and war

Kostroma, goddess of fertility

Mokoš, Old Russian goddess of fertility, the Mother Goddess, protector of women's work and women's destiny

Siebog, god of love and marriage

Svetovid, god of war, fertility, and abundance

Živa, goddess of love and fertility

Oceanian [ edit ]

Gedi (mythology), Fijian god of fertility, who taught mankind the use of fire

Makemake, Rapa Nui creator-god, associated with fertility

Tagroa Siria, Fijian god associated with fertility

Tangaroa, Rarotongan god of the sea and creation, associated with fertility

Hawaiian [ edit ]

Haumea, goddess of fertility and childbirth

Kamapua'a, demi-god of fertility

Laka, patron of the hula dance and god of fertility

Lono, god associated with fertility, agriculture, rainfall, and music

Nuakea, goddess of lactation

Indigenous Australian [ edit ]

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

Anjea, goddess or spirit of fertility

Birrahgnooloo, Kamilaroi goddess of fertility

Dilga, Karadjeri goddess of fertility and growth

Julunggul, Yolngu rainbow snake goddess associated with fertility, initiation, rebirth and the weather

Kunapipi, mother goddess and the patron deity of many heroes

Rainbow Serpent, creator god and god of rain and fertility

Ungud, snake god or goddess associated with rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe's shaman