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Volcano deity

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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

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Santeria religion

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

Guanche mythology

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Asia and Europe

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Indigenous Philippine folk religions

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Greco-Roman world

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Americas

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Aztec religion

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  • 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

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Māori mythology

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Hawaiian religion

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See also

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References

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  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, pp. 58
  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.