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Deities of wine and beer include a number of agricultural deities associated with the fruits and grains used to produce alcoholic beverages, as well as the processes of fermentation and distillation.
- Acan, Mayan God of alcohol.
- Acratopotes, one of Dionysus' companions and a drinker of unmixed wine.
- Aegir, a Norse divinity associated with ale, beer and mead.
- Aizen Myō-ō, Shinto god of tavern keepers.
- Ampelus, Greek lover of Dionysus transformed into the grapevine.
- Amphictyonis, Greek goddess of wine and friendship.
- Ash, Egyptian God of Wine and Oases.
- Bacchus, Roman god of wine, usually identified with the Greek Dionysus.
- Ba-Maguje, Hausa spirit of drunkenness.
- Bes, Egyptian god, protector of the home, and patron of beer brewers.
- Biersal/Bierasal/Bieresal, Germanic kobold of the beer cellar.
- Ceraon, who watched over the mixing of wine with water.
- Brigid of Kildare, patron saint of brewing.
- Dionysus, Greek god of wine, usually identified with the Roman Bacchus.
- Du Kang, Chinese Sage of wine. Inventor of wine and patron to the alcohol industry.
- Hathor, Egyptian goddess of love, passion, wine, and drunkenness.
- Inari, Shinto goddess of sake.
- Li Bai, Chinese god of wine and sage of poetry.
- Liber, a Roman god of wine.
- Liu Ling, Chinese god of wine. One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
- Mayahuel, Mexican goddess of pulque.
- Methe, Greek personification of drinking and drunkenness.
- Nephthys, Egyptian goddess of beer.
- Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of beer.
- Nokhubulwane, Zulu goddess of the rainbow, agriculture, rain, and beer.
- Oenotropae, Greek goddesses, "the women who change (anything into) wine".
- Ogoun, Yoruba/West African/Voodoo god of rum.
- Ometochtli, Aztec gods of excess.
- Siduri, wise Mesopotamian female divinity of beer and wine in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
- Silenus, Greek god of wine, wine pressing, and drunkenness.
- Siris, Mesopotamian goddess of beer.
- Sucellus, Celtic god of agriculture, forests, and of the alcoholic drinks of the Gauls.
- Tao Yuanming, Chinese spirit of wine.
- Tenemit, Egyptian goddess of beer.
- Varuni, Hindu goddess of wine.
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References
- Ebeling, Erich; Weidner, Ernst F. Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie (in German). p. 442.
- Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods And Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 174. ISBN 0-500-05120-8. Retrieved 31 March 2024.