God (male deity)
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A god is a male deity, in contrast with a goddess, a female deity.[citation needed] While the term "goddess" specifically refers to a female deity, the plural "gods" can be applied to gods collectively, regardless of gender.[citation needed]
In most polytheistic religions, both in history and in the present, male deities had the more prominent role.[citation needed] The Greek and Roman pantheons were ruled by Zeus and Jupiter.[1][page needed]
When Ancient Egyptian religion developed closer to monotheism, it was Amun, a male god, who rose to the most prominent place.[2][need quotation to verify]
War gods, like the rulers of the pantheon, could often be male, such as Ares/Mars and Toutatis.[3][page needed]
Examples[edit]
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- Anubis - god of mummification in Egypt
- Dyeus, sky father for the Proto-Indo-Europeans
- Dyaus Pita, the reflex of Dyeus in the historical Vedic religion
- Jupiter - chief god in Roman mythology
- Tengri - primary chief deity and sky father of the early Turkic peoples and the proto-Mongols.
- Zeus - supreme god in ancient Greece
- Ra, sun god in Ancient Egyptian religion
- Enki, patron god of the Mesopotamian city of Eridu
- Yahweh, god of Bronze Age Israel, later monotheistic Judism and Christianity.
See also[edit]
- Mother goddess
- Gender of God
- Goddess
- Lists of deities
- Patriarchy
- Polytheism
- Pantheism
- Sky father
- Norse
References[edit]
- ^ Hornblower, Simon (2003). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860641-9.
- ^ Redford, Donald B. (2003). The Oxford Essential Guide to Egyptian Mythology (Berkley ed.). New York: Berkley Books. p. 20. ISBN 0-425-19096-X.
- ^ Duval, Paul-Marie (1993). Les dieux de la Gaule. Paris: Payot. ISBN 2-228-88621-1.
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