Time and fate deities

Time and fate deities are personifications of time, often in the sense of human lifetime and human fate, in polytheistic religions. In monotheism, Time can still be personified, as in Father Time in European folklore, or Zurvan in Persian (Zoroastrian) tradition. In the book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible, the terms עדן `iddan "time" vs. זמן zĕman "season" express a contrast similar to that of Greek Chronos vs. Kairos.

Ancient Near East

Assyro-Babylonian religion

• Ashima
• Ishtar
• Mamitu
• Mammetun
• Manāt
• Manu the Great
• Meni

Classical Antiquity

Ancient Greek religion

• The Fates: Moirai — Atropos · Clotho · Lachesis
• Aion
• Ananke
• Chronos (a Protogenoi, and not to be confused with the Titan, Kronus)
• Geras
• Horae
• Kairos
• Kronos (a Titan)
• Moros
• Tyche

Ancient Roman religion

• The Fates: Parcae — Decima · Morta · Nona
• Camenae: Antevorta/Porrima · Carmenta · Egeria · Postverta
• Aeternitas
• Anna Perenna
• Caerus
• Chronos
• Fortuna
• Janus
• Saturn
• Vertumnus

Europe

Etruscan

• Nortia
• Tinia

Norse

• Norns: (Urðr · Verðandi · Skuld)
• Day: (Dagr · Skinfaxi)
• Night: (Nótt · Hrímfaxi)
• Seasons: (Sumarr and Vetr)
• Old age: Elli
• Urd

Baltic

• Aušra, goddess of the dawn
• Bezelea, Lithuanian goddess of the evening
• Brėkšta, Lithuanian goddess of twilight
• Dalia
• Dekla, Latvian goddess of fate
• Gegute, Lithuanian goddess of time
• Kruonis, Lithuanian goddess of time
• Laima, Lithuanian goddess of fate
• Lauma
• Prakorimas, Lithuanian supreme god whose function is similar to that of Praamžius
• Praamžius, Lithuanian supreme god who determines the fates of all life, the world, and the other gods. He is also the husband of the Mother Goddess Lada
• Veliuona, Lithuanian goddess of death, the afterlife, and eternity
• Verpėja, Lithuanian goddess who weaves the thread of one's life

Slavic

• Chislobog, lunar goddess of time calculation and the lunar month
• Sudenitsa, three sisters who determine the fate of one's life
• Sudice, Czech goddesses of fate
• Sudz, Polish goddesses of fate
• Ustrecha, Russian goddess of chance

Romanian

• Fates: Ursitoare

Other European

• Matres and Matrones
• Father Time
• Beten

Asia

Bali

• Batara Kala

Buddhism

• Mahakala

Hinduism

• Kala
• Kali

The Philippines

• Kan-Laon

Tibet

• Lhamo, goddess of time and fate

Zoroastrianism

• Zurvan

Africa

Ancient Egyptian religion

• Huh
• Hemsut

Igbo

• Ikenga

Nubia

• Dedun

Yoruba

• Olorun
• Ori

Americas

Lakota

• Anpao, dual-faced god of the dawn
• Etu, personification of time

See also

• List of deities
• Time
• Time cycles
• Wheel of time