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The sky has important religious significance. Most polytheistic religions have a deity whose portfolio includes or is even limited to the sky. This position is usually reserved for the deity who reigns over the others, or at least is one of the most powerful, and incorporates the concept of the Sky Father.
Sky deities include:
- Ouranos/Uranus and Zeus/Jupiter (Greek/Roman mythology)
- Shu, Nut, Horus (Egyptian mythology)
- Indra, Varuna (Hindu scripture)
- Tyr, Ullr (Norse mythology)
- Cabaguil (Maya mythology)
- Torngasoak (Inuit mythology)
- Anu (Akkadian mythology)
- Nyame (Ashanti mythology)
- Denka (Dinka mythology)
- Altjira, Baiame (Aboriginal mythology)
- Sin (Haida mythology)
- Shanga (Yoruba mythology)
- Gamab (Khoikhoi mythology)
- Tengri (Altaic mythology)
- Ukko (Finnish mythology)
- List of Lithuanian sky deities
See also
- Thunder god
- Nature worship
- Water deity
- Solar deity
- Lunar deity
- Death deity
- Deities of the earth
- War deities
- Category Deities of agriculture
- Category Deities of love
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