pantheon - all the gods of a religion

Demogorgon - (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld

Hypnos - (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx

Morpheus - the Roman god of sleep and dreams

spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events

daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god

Fates, the Fates, Weird Sisters - a group of three goddesses of destiny

sea-god - a deity believed to live in or to control the sea

sun-god - a god associated with the sun

Celtic deity - a deity worshipped by the Celts

Egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians

Semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites

Hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus

Persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians

Boddhisatva, Bodhisattva - Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others

Arhant, Arhat, lohan - a Buddhist who has attained nirvana

Chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese

Japanese deity - a deity worshipped by the Japanese

goddess - a female deity

earth-god - a god of fertility and vegetation

demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe

Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity - a deity of classical mythology

Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks

Roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans

Norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen

Teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons

Anglo-Saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons

Phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor

Quetzalcoatl - an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent

saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

god of war, war god - a god worshipped as giving victory in war

snake god, zombi, zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies

quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

fudge - soft creamy candy

Creation - (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

theology - the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"

limbo - (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

purgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

divine guidance, inspiration - (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance"

theanthropism - (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine

foreordination, predetermination, preordination, predestination - (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)

branch of knowledge, discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

angelology - the branch of theology that is concerned with angels

apologetics - the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines

ecclesiology - the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church

eschatology - the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and judgment; heaven and hell; the end of the world

hermeneutics - the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis

homiletics - the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies

liturgics, liturgiology - the study of liturgies

theodicy - the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil

theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"

universalist, universalistic - of or relating to or tending toward universalism

fundamentalist, fundamentalistic - of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism

catechetical, catechetic - of or relating to or involving catechesis