Volcano deity explained

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:

Africa, Near East and Spain

• Yahweh, in pre-Judaic Hebrew religion. Some scholars (for example, Martin Noth in his ^[1] and Jack Miles in his Pulitzer Prize-winning ^[2]) suggest that the ancient Hebrews worshipped or associated their god with a volcano.

Santeria religion

• Aganju, in Cuba, is a volcano deity for the practitioners of the Lucumi.

Guanche mythology

• Guayota, Guanche, malignant deity which lived inside the Teide volcano.

Asia and Europe

Indigenous Philippine folk religions

• Lalahon, in Philippine mythology, Goddess of fire, volcanoes and harvest.
• 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^[3] including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking, and the forge.^[4]
• Hephaestus, Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes.^[5]

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.^{[6] [7]}

Hawaiian religion

• Pele, in the Hawaiian religion, goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands.

See also

• Solar deity
• Mother Earth
• List of nature deities

Notes and References

1. Book: Noth, Martin . Exodus: A Commentary . 1962 . 109 . Martin Noth.
2. Book: Miles, Jack . God: A Biography . 1995 . 110–116, 126–132 . Jack Miles.
3. Book: Georges Dumézil . Georges Dumézil . trans. Philip Krapp . Archaic Roman Religion: Volume One . 1966 . 1996 . Johns Hopkins University Press . Baltimore . 0-8018-5482-2 . 320–321.
4. Corbishley, Mike "Ancient Rome" Warwick Press 1986 Toronto.
5. Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage of Lemnos-based traditions and legends at Mythic Lemnos
6. Web site: Te Papa . Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . Ruaumoko - God of Earthquakes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120509182933/http://www.eq-iq.co.nz/eq-intro/eq-stories/eq-stories-ruaumoko.aspx . 9 May 2012 . 8 May 2012 . . Wellington, New Zealand.
7. Web site: McSaveney . Eileen . 2 March 2009 . Historic earthquakes - Earthquakes in Māori tradition . 3 May 2012 . . . Wellington, New Zealand.