List of art deities

• Gods & Goddesses who indulge in and are honored for the arts permeates through history.

The deities included here are various types of artists. They may be gods of art in general or only have a specific skill. Arts include (but are not limited to); crafts, dancing, drawing, music, painting, poetry, pottery, sculpture, smithing, storytelling, theatre, & weaving.

Africa

• Bastet (Egyptian mythology)
• Bes (Egyptian mythology)
• Ptah (Egyptian mythology)
• Hathor (Egyptian mythology)
• Meret (Egyptian mythology)
• Seker (Egyptian mythology)

Americas

• Huehuecóyotl (Aztec mythology)
• Xochipilli (Aztec mythology)
• Erzulie (Haitian vodou)
• Maîtresse Délai (Haitian vodou)
• Kokopelli (shared among various Southwestern Native American mythologies)

Asia

• Kotar or Kothar-wa-Khasis (Canaanite mythology)
• Han Xiangzi (Chinese mythology)
• Nüwa (Chinese mythology)
• Saraswati (Hindu mythology)
• Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (Japanese mythology)
• Benzaiten(Japanese-Buddhist mythology
• Nuska (Mesopotamian mythology)
• Maria Makiling (Philippine mythology)
• Arubani (Urarte mythology)

Europe

• Brigid (Celtic & Irish mythology)
• Menrva (Etruscan mythology)
• Väinämöinen (Finnish mythology)
• Apollo (Greek mythology)
• Athena (Greek mythology)
• Charites (Greek mythology)
• Muses (Greek mythology)
• Pan (Greek mythology)
• Abhean (Irish mythology)
• Odin (Norse mythology)
• Minerva (Roman mythology)
• Gwydion (Welsh mythology)

Oceania

• Lono (Hawaiian mythology)
• Pele (Hawaiian mythology)