List of fertility deities
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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
Ala, Igbo goddess of fertility
Asase Ya, Ashanti earth goddess of fertility
Deng, Dinka sky god of rain and fertility
Nomkhubulwane, Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows, agriculture and bees
Orie, Ohafia goddess of fertility
Ancient Egyptian
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
Knum, Creator of the human body, source of the Nile, associated with fertility/ creation of life
Mesenet, goddess of childbirth
Min, god of fertility and reproduction
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
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 the Ọlọrun in the Yoruba religion. 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.
Eshu
Oya
North and South American
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
Chimalma, goddess of fertility, life, death, and rebirth.
Tonacatecuhtli, god of sustenance.
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