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An art deity is a god or goddess associated with the arts, inspiration and entertainment.

Africa and the Near East[]

Afroasiatic Near East[]

Canaanite[]

  • Kotar or Kothar-wa-Khasis

Egyptian[]

Mesopotamian[]

Western Eurasia[]

Celtic[]

Germanic[]

Greaco-Roman[]

Etruscan[]

  • Menrva

Greek / Hellenic[]

Roman[]

Western Asia[]

Anatolian - Urarte[]

  • Arubani

Hindu-Vedic[]

Uralic[]

  • Väinämöinen

Asia-Pacific / Oceania[]

Far East[]

Chinese[]

  • Cao Guojiu, patron god of the theater [1]
  • Han Xiangzi
  • Nüwa
  • Zhang Guolao, who carries a fish-drum

Japanese[]

  • Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto
  • Benzaiten

Austronesia[]

Filipino[]

  • Maria Makiling

Polynesian[]

Hawaiian[]

Native Americas[]

North America[]

  • Kokopelli (shared among various Southwestern Native American mythologies)
  • Grand Master Everson (West Virginia Mythology)

Central America and the Caribbean[]

Aztec[]

  • Huehuecóyotl
  • Xochipilli

Haitian Vodou[]

  • Erzulie
  • Maîtresse Délai

References[]

  1. Fang, Jing Pei (2004). Symbols and Rebuses in Chinese Art: Figures, Bugs, Beasts, and Flowers. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. p. 68. ISBN 9781580085519. 
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