Volcano deity
List of gods purported to control volcanic activity
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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:
Examples of volcano deities from different cultures (from top): Pele, Chantico, Konohanasakuya-hime and Hephaestus.
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
Guanche mythology
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.