Father deity

Father deity

A father god is a male deity referred to as "father" by worshippers.

*Dyeus, the sky father in Indo-European tradition
**Jupiter
**Dyaus Pita
**Zeus Pater
*God the Father in trinitarian Christianity
*Odin in Norse paganism, also known as "Allfader" - father of all.

ee also

*Mother goddess
*Ancestor worship
*Creator deity
*List of deities
*Oedipus complex
*Anthropology of religion
*Son of God
*Euhemerism


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