Lunar deity
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In the study of mythology, a lunar deity is a god or goddess associated with or symbolizing the Moon: see Moon (mythology). These deities can have a variety of functions and traditions depending upon the culture, but they are often related to or an enemy of the solar deity.
Lunar deities:
- Aboriginal mythology
- Ainu mythology
- Akkadian mythology
- Arabian mythology
- Aztec mythology
- Babylonian mythology
- Basque mythology
- Cahuilla mythology
- Canaanite mythology
- Celtic mythology
- Chibcha mythology
- Chinese mythology
- Chang'e or Heng O. The moon does not represent any deity in Chinese culture. The moon is a palace where immortals and fairies live.
- Dahomean mythology
- Elamite mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Etruscan mythology
- Greek mythology
- Hattic mythology
- Hindu mythology
- Hurrian mythology
- Incan mythology
- Indonesian mythology
- Inuit mythology
- Japanese mythology
- Kachin mythology
- Latvian mythology
- Mandjindja mythology
- Maya mythology
- Mochican mythology
- Navaho mythology
- Norse mythology
- Orokolo mythology
- Pagan rituals in Medieval Italy
- Palmarene mythology
- Pawnee mythology
- Persian mythology
- Philippine mythology
- Phoenician mythology
- Phrygian mythology
- Polynesian mythology
- Pygmy mythology
- Roman mythology
- Semitic mythology
- Seran mythology
- Slavic mythology
- Sumerian mythology
- Sumu mythology
- Thracian mythology
- Tupinamba mythology
- Ugaritic mythology
- Urartian mythology
- Vodun