Volcano deity

Examples of volcano deities from different cultures (from top): Pele, Chantico, Konohanasakuya-hime and Hephaestus.

A volcano deity is a deification of a volcano. Volcano deities are often associated with fire, and are often represented as fire deities as well. The following is a list of volcano deities:

Africa, Near East and Spain

• Yahweh , in pre-Judaic Hebrew religion. Some scholars (for example, Martin Noth in his Exodus: A Commentary ^[1] and Jack Miles in his Pulitzer Prize-winning God: A Biography ^[2] ) suggest that the ancient Hebrews worshipped or associated their god with a volcano.

Santeria religion

• Aganju , in Cuba, is a volcano deity for the practitioners of the Lucumi.

Guanche mythology

• Guayota , Guanche, malignant deity which lived inside the Teide volcano.

Asia and Europe

Indigenous Philippine folk religions

• Lalahon , in Philippine mythology, Goddess of fire, volcanoes and harvest. ^[3]
• Kan-Laon , Visayan god of time associated with the volcano Kanlaon.
• Gugurang , Bicolano god of fire and volcanoes who lives inside Mayon Volcano which erupts whenever he's enraged.

Greco-Roman world

• Vulcan , in ancient Roman religion and myth, the god of fire ^[4] including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking, and the forge. ^[5]
• Hephaestus , Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. ^[6]

Americas

Aztec religion

• Chantico , goddess of the hearth fires and volcanoes.
• Xiuhtecuhtli , god of fire, day, heat, volcanoes, food in famine, the year, turquoise, the Aztec emperors, and the afterlife.

Polynesia and Pacific

Māori mythology

• Rūaumoko , in Māori mythology, god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons. ^{[7] [8]}

Hawaiian religion

• Pele , in the Hawaiian religion, goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands.

See also

• Solar deity
• Mother Earth
• List of nature deities

References

1. Noth, Martin (1962). Exodus: A Commentary. p. 109.
2. Miles, Jack (1995). God: A Biography. pp. 110–116, 126–132.
3. Rebecca R. Ongsotto; Reena R. Ongsotto; Rowena Maria Ongsotto (2005), The Study of Philippine History, REX Book Store, ISBN   971-23-4290-5
4. Georges Dumézil (1996) [1966]. Archaic Roman Religion: Volume One. trans. Philip Krapp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 320–321. ISBN   0-8018-5482-2.
5. Corbishley, Mike "Ancient Rome" Warwick Press 1986 Toronto.
6. Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage of Lemnos-based traditions and legends at Mythic Lemnos
7. Te Papa. "Ruaumoko - God of Earthquakes". Wellington, New Zealand: Earthquake Commission. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
8. McSaveney, Eileen (2 March 2009). "Historic earthquakes - Earthquakes in Māori tradition". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 3 May 2012.