Examples of volcano deities from different cultures (from top): Pele, Chantico, Konohanasakuya-hime and Hephaestus.
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 Exodus: A Commentary and Jack Miles in his Pulitzer Prize-winning God: A Biography) suggest that the ancient Hebrews worshipped or associated their god with a volcano.
Santeria religion
Guanche mythology
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 including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking, and the forge.
- Hephaestus, Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes.
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.
Hawaiian religion
- Pele, in the Hawaiian religion, goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands.
See also
References
- Noth, Martin (1962). Exodus: A Commentary. p. 109.
- Miles, Jack (1995). God: A Biography. pp. 110–116, 126–132.
- Rebecca R. Ongsotto, Reena R. Ongsotto, Rowena Maria Ongsotto, pp. 58 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFRebecca_R._Ongsotto,_Reena_R._Ongsotto,_Rowena_Maria_Ongsotto (help)
- Georges Dumézil (1996) . Archaic Roman Religion: Volume One. trans. Philip Krapp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 320–321. ISBN 0-8018-5482-2.
- Corbishley, Mike "Ancient Rome" Warwick Press 1986 Toronto.
- Walter Burkert, Greek Religion 1985: III.2.ii; see coverage of Lemnos-based traditions and legends at Mythic Lemnos
- Te Papa. "Ruaumoko - God of Earthquakes". Wellington, New Zealand: Earthquake Commission. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- McSaveney, Eileen (2 March 2009). "Historic earthquakes - Earthquakes in Māori tradition". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
