A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with

fertility Fertility is the capability to produce offspring through reproduction following the onset of sexual maturity. The fertility rate is the average number of children born by a female during her lifetime and is quantified demographically. Ferti ...

, sex,

pregnancy Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops ( gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb). A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Pregnancy usually occurs by sexual intercourse, but ...

childbirth Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million births glob ...

, and crops. In some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols.

Fertility rites Fertility rites or fertility cult are religious rituals that are intended to stimulate reproduction in humans or in the natural world. Such rites may involve the sacrifice of "a primal animal, which must be sacrificed in the cause of fertility or ...

may accompany their worship. The following is a list of fertility deities.

African

* Ala, Igbo goddess of fertility *

Asase Ya Asase Ya/Afua (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Yaa, Asaase Afua, Asaase Efua) is the goddess of fertility, love, procreation, peace, truth and the dry and lush earth of the Akan of Ghana and Ivory Coast. She is also Mother of the Dead known as Mother Earth ...

, Ashanti earth goddess of fertility * Deng, Dinka sky god of rain and fertility * Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows, agriculture, rain, and bees * Oshun (known as ''Ochún'' or ''Oxúm'' in

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...

) also spelled Ọṣun, is an

orisha Orishas (singular: orisha) are spirits that play a key role in the Yoruba religion of West Africa and several religions of the African diaspora that derive from it, such as Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican Santería and Brazilian Candomblé. ...

, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifá and

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...

religions. She is one of the most popular and venerated orishas. Oshun is the deity of the river and fresh water, luxury and pleasure, sexuality and fertility, and beauty and love. She is connected to destiny and divination.

Ancient Egyptian

Amun Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as ( Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → ( Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egypt ...

, creator-god, associated with fertility * Bastet, cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility *

Hathor Hathor ( egy, ḥwt-ḥr, lit=House of Horus, grc, Ἁθώρ , cop, ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ, Meroitic: ) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky ...

, goddess of music, beauty, love, sexuality and fertility * Heqet, frog-goddess of fertility * Heryshaf, god of creation and fertility *

Isis Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kin ...

, goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility * Mesenet, goddess of childbirth *

Min Min or MIN may refer to: Places * Fujian, also called Mǐn, a province of China ** Min Kingdom (909–945), a state in Fujian * Min County, a county of Dingxi, Gansu province, China * Min River (Fujian) * Min River (Sichuan) * Mineola (Amtr ...

, god of fertility, reproduction, and lettuce *

Osiris Osiris (, from Egyptian ''wsjr'', cop, ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ , ; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎𐤓, romanized: ʾsr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He wa ...

, god of the afterlife, the dead, and the underworld agency that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile flooding of the Nile River * Renenutet, goddess of the true name, the harvest and fertile fields * Sobek, god of the river, warfare and fertility *

Sopdet Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian name of the star Sirius and its personification as an Egyptian goddess. Known to the Greeks as Sothis, she was conflated with Isis as a goddess and Anubis as a god. Names The exact pronunciation of ancien ...

, goddess of the fertility of the soil * Tawaret, goddess of fertility and childbirth * Tefnut, goddess of water and fertility

Yoruba

Eshu Èṣù is an Òrìṣà/Irúnmọlẹ̀ in the ìṣẹ̀ṣe religion of the Yoruba people. Èṣù is a prominent primordial Divinity (a delegated Irúnmọlẹ̀ sent by the Olódùmarè) who descended from Ìkọ̀lé Ọ̀run, and the Chie ...

* Oya

Native American

Atahensic Atahensic is an Iroquois sky goddess. Atahensic is associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine affairs in general.Douglas M. George-kanentiio (1995).''Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois.'' Clear Light Books According to legend, at the time ...

Iroquois The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian Peoples, Iroquoian-speaking Confederation#Indigenous confederations in North America, confederacy of First Nations in Canada, First Natio ...

goddess associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine endeavors * Kokopelli, Hopi trickster god associated with fertility, childbirth and agriculture *Hanhepi Wi, Lakota goddess associated with the moon, motherhood, family and femininity

Aztec

* Chimalma, goddess of fertility, life, death, and rebirth. * Tonacatecuhtli, god of sustenance. * Tonacacihuatl, goddess of sustenance. *

Tonantzin Tonantzin ( nci-IPA, Tonāntzin, toˈnáːn.tsin) is a Nahuatl title composed of ''to-'' "our" + ''nān'' "mother" + ''-tzin'' "(honorific suffix)". When addressing Tonantzin directly, males use the suffixed vocative form ''Tonāntziné'' [], and ...

*Coatlicue, goddess of fertility, life, death, and rebirth. *Xochipilli, god of love, art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, fertility, and song. *Xochiquetzal, goddess of fertility, beauty, female sexual power, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, and women's crafts. *

Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl (, ; Spanish: ''Quetzalcóatl'' ; nci-IPA, Quetzalcōātl, ket͡saɬˈkoːaːt͡ɬ (Modern Nahuatl pronunciation), in honorific form: ''Quetzalcōātzin'') is a deity in Aztec culture and literature whose name comes from the Nah ...

, god of fertility, wind, water, and chocolate.

Inca

* Mama Ocllo, mother goddess, associated with fertility * Sara Mama, goddess of grain *

Pachamama Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous peoples of the Andes. In Inca mythology she is an "Earth Mother" type goddess, Dransart, Penny. (1992) "Pachamama: The Inka Earth Mother of the Long Sweeping Garment." ''Dress and Gender: Making ...

, fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting and causes earthquakes

Inuit

* Akna, goddess of fertility and childbirth * Pukkeenegak, goddess of children, pregnancy, childbirth and the making of clothes

Mayan

* Akna, goddess of motherhood and childbirth *

Goddess I Goddess I is the Taube's Schellhas-Zimmermann letter designation for one of the most important Maya deities: a youthful woman to whom considerable parts of the post-Classic codices are dedicated, and who equally figures in Classic Period scenes. B ...

, goddess of eroticism, female fertility, and marriage * Ixchel, jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine * Maya maize god, gods of maize * Maximón, a Mayan god and modern folk saint associated with crops, death, and fertility and Sight

Muiscan

Chaquén Chaquén was the god of sports and fertility in the religion of the Muisca. The Muisca and their confederation were one of the four advanced civilizations of the Americas and as they were warriors, sports was very important to train the fighter ...

, god of sports and fertility in the religion of the Muisca

Taíno

* Atabey (goddess), mother goddess of fresh waters and fertility (of people). * Yúcahu, masculine spirit of fertility (of crops such as Yucca) along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart.

Vodou

* Ayida-Weddo, loa of fertility, rainbows and snakes * Gede, family of spirits that embody the powers of death and fertility

Asian

Arabian

* Attar (god)

Armenian

Anahit Anahit ( hy, Անահիտ, fa, آناهید) was the goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Armenian mythology. In early periods she was the goddess of war. By the 5th century BCE she was the main deity in Armenia along with Ar ...

, goddess of fertility, healing, wisdom, and water * Aramazd, generous king and creator god of fertility, rain, and abundance

Canaanite

* Hadad, storm (and thus rain) god responsible for crops growing, also known as Adad and Ba'al *

Nikkal Nikkal (logographically dNIN.GAL, alphabetically 𐎐𐎋𐎍 ''nkl'') or Nikkal-wa-Ib (''nkl wib'') was a goddess worshiped in various areas of the ancient Near East west of Mesopotamia. She was derived from the Sumerian Ningal, and like her f ...

, goddess of fruits * Tanit, consort of Baʿal Hammon at Carthage

Chinese

* Chū Shèng Niángniáng, Goddess of Fertility * Jiutian Xuannü, a fertility goddess as well as a deity of war and long life * Yúnxiāo Niángniáng, goddess of childbirth * Qióngxiāo Niángniáng, goddess of childbirth * Bìxiāo Niángniáng, goddess of childbirth * Chén Jìnggū, goddess of childbirth

Filipino

*Lakapati: the hermaphrodite Tagalog deity and protector of sown fields, sufficient field waters, and abundant fish catch; a major fertility deity; deity of vagrants and waifs; a patron of cultivated lands and husbandry *Ikapati: the Sambal goddess of cultivated land and fertility *Lakan-bakod: the Tagalog god of the fruits of the earth who dwells in certain plants; the god of crops; the god of rice whose hollow statues have gilded eyes, teeth, and genitals; food and wine are introduced to his mouth to secure a good crop; the protector of fences *Kukarog: the Bicolano giant who was swept by waters into the sea, where his genital can be seen as a rock jutting from the ocean *Ibabasag: the Bukidnon goddess of pregnant women

Hittite/Hurrian

* Hutellurra, Irsirra, and Tawara, goddesses of midwifery and nursing children * Shaushka, goddess of fertility, war, and healing

Indian

* Banka-Mundi, goddess of the hunt and fertility * Bhavani, goddess of fertility * Bhumi Devi, goddess of fertility * Bhutas, young demons of fertility * Rohini, minor goddess of fertility and fortune *

Prithvi Prithvi or Prithvi Mata ( Sanskrit: पृथ्वी, ', also पृथिवी, ', "the Vast One") is the Sanskrit name for the earth, as well as the name of a devi (goddess) in Hinduism and some branches of Buddhism. In the Vedas, her ...

, goddess of the earth and the fertility form of Bhumi * Gayatri, goddess of Vedas and adi shakti with fertility form of

Savitr Savitṛ (Sanskrit: stem ', nominative singular '), also rendered as Savitur, in Vedic scriptures is an Aditya i.e. off-spring of the Vedic primeval mother goddess Aditi. His name in Vedic Sanskrit connotes "impeller, rouser, vivifier." He ...

Chandra Chandra ( sa, चन्द्र, Candra, shining' or 'moon), also known as Soma ( sa, सोम), is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha (nine planets of Hinduism) an ...

, lunar god associated with fertility * Lajja Gauri, goddess associated with abundance and fertility * Manasa, snake goddess associated with fertility and prosperity * Matrikas, a group of 7-16 goddesses who are associated with fertility and motherly power. *

Parvati Parvati ( sa, पार्वती, ), Uma ( sa, उमा, ) or Gauri ( sa, गौरी, ) is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. She is a physical representation of Mahadevi i ...

, goddess associated with fertility, marital felicity, devotion to the spouse, asceticism, and power * Sinivali, goddess associated with fecundity and easy birth *

Yogmaya Yogamaya (), also venerated as Vindhyavasini, Mahamaya, and Ekanamsha, is a Hindu goddess. In Vaishnava tradition, she is accorded the epithet Narayani, and serves as the personification of Vishnu's powers of illusion. The deity is regarded ...

, goddess of fertility and protection against evil demons

Iranian

* Anahita: or

, the divinity of "the Waters" and hence associated with fertility, healing, and wisdom * Spenta Armaiti: or Sandaramet, female divinity associated with earth and Mother Nature * Ashi: a divinity of fertility and fortune

Israel

Yahweh Yahweh *''Yahwe'', was the national god of ancient Israel and Judah. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age if not somewhat earlier, and in the oldest biblical literature he po ...

, Father God of Israel * Asherah, Mother Goddess of nature, groves & trees (exiled by Hezekiah)

Japanese

* Kichijōten, goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty *

Kuebiko is the Shinto ''kami'' ("god; deity") of folk wisdom, knowledge and agriculture, and is represented in Japanese mythology as a scarecrow who cannot walk but has comprehensive awareness. Names ''Kuebiko'' (久延毘古, literally "long stretch h ...

, god of agriculture and knowledge *

Inari Ōkami , also called , is the Japanese ''kami'' of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success, and one of the principal kami of Shinto. In earlier Japan, Inari was also the patron of ...

, deity of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, and industry; this deity is of ambiguous gender and may be portrayed as male, female, or ambiguous *

Shinda Shinda is the fertility god of the Ainu people The Ainu are the indigenous people of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, including Hokkaido Island, Northeast Honshu Island, Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula an ...

, fertility god of the

Ainu people The Ainu are the indigenous people of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, including Hokkaido Island, Northeast Honshu Island, Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula and Khabarovsk Krai, before the arrival of the Ya ...

Mesopotamian

* Asherah, Ancient semitic goddess of motherhood and fertility * Ashratum, the wife of Amurru. Ašratum (glorified one), a cognate of Athirat * Dumuzid/ Tammuz, Mesopotamian dying-&-rising god, Dumuzid-sipad (the Shepherd), husband of Inanna * Gatumdag,

Sumer Sumer () is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. It is one of the cradles of ...

ian fertility goddess and tutelary mother goddess of Lagash * Nanshe, Sumerian goddess of social justice, prophecy, fertility, and fishing * Sharra Itu, Identified with Asratum, later Ašrat-aḫītu (Ašratum the foreigner) or (the other Ašratum) * Inanna/ Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, justice, and political power. Her symbols were lions, doves & the 8-pointed star, wife of Dumuzid

Turco-Mongol

* Umay, goddess of fertility and reproduction, believed to have saved two children (one boy and one girl) from a massacre. She is believed to have offered protection and guidance to the children, who managed to raise the Turcic communities. In the form of a deer, she is accepted by the Turks to be the protective power of the race, and therefore she is called in many texts as "Mother Umay".

European

Albanian

* Prende, goddess of love, beauty and fertility

Baltic

* Laima, goddess of luck and fate, associated with childbirth, pregnancy, marriage, and death *

Zemes māte In Latvian mythology, the term Māte stands for "mother", sometimes written in English as Mahte. It was an epithet applied to some sixty-seventy goddesses. They were clearly distinct goddesses in most or all cases, so the term definitely referred ...

, goddess of the earth, associated with fertility

Celtic

* Brigid, Irish goddess associated with fertility, spring, healing, smithing, and poetry * Cernunnos, horned god associated with the fertility of animals and nature * Damara, fertility goddess worshiped in Britain *

Damona In Gallo-Roman religion, Damona was a goddess worshipped in Gaul as the consort of Apollo Borvo and of Apollo Moritasgus. Name The theonym ''Damona'' is a derivative of the Proto-Celtic stem ''*damo-'', meaning 'bull' or 'deer' (cf. Old Iris ...

, Gaulish fertility goddess * Epona, goddess of horses, mules, donkeys, and the fertility of these animals * Hooded Spirits, a group of deities theorised to be fertility spirits *

Nantosuelta In Celtic mythology, Nantosuelta is the goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility. Pseudo-historical texts explain how there is an uncanny resemblance between Nantosuelta and what we know of the Irish goddess The Morrígan, who was associa ...

, goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility * Onuava, goddess of fertility * Rosmerta, Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility and abundance

Etruscan

Fufluns In Etruscan religion, Fufluns ( ett, 𐌚𐌖𐌚𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌔) or Puphluns ( ett, 𐌐𐌖𐌘𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌔) was a god of plant life, happiness, wine, health, and growth in all things. He is mentioned twice among the gods listed in the inscri ...

, god of plant life, happiness, health, and growth in all things, equivalent to the Greek Dionysus * Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with the generation of life * Turan, goddess of love, fertility and vitality

Finno-Ugric

* Äkräs, Finnish god of fertility * Rauni or Raun, Finnish-

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goddess of fertility * Peko or Pellon-Pekko, Karelian- Seto god of fertility *Metsik, West Estonian spirit of fertility *Norovava, Mordovian goddess of fertility *Šun-Šočõnava, Mari goddess of fertility and birth *Mu-Kyldyśin, Udmurt god of fertility and earth *Zarni-Ań, Komi goddess of fertility, represented by a golden woman *Babba or Aranyanya, Hungarian goddess fertility, represented by a golden woman * Kalteš-Ekwa, Ob-Ugric goddess of fertility, represented by a golden woman

Germanic

* Ēostre, spring and fertility goddess; in earlier times probably a dawn goddess as her name is cognate to Eos * Freyr, god associated with peace, marriages, rain, sunshine, and fertility, both of the land and people * Freyja, a goddess associated with fertility and sister of the above god * Frigg, goddess associated with prophecy, marriage, and childbirth; in one myth, she also demonstrates a more direct connection with fertility, as a king and queen pray to her for a child * Gefjun, Danish goddess of ploughing and possibly fertility * Nerthus, earth goddess associated with fertility * Njordr, since his name is cognate with the above goddess, it's possible he was originally an earth/fertility deity before transforming into a sea god thanked for a bountiful catch *

Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, ...

, some strains of Norse paganism saw him as a fertility god (possibly due to bringing rain) and the father of Freyr and Freyja instead of Njordr

Greek

Aphrodite Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols incl ...

, goddess of beauty, love, pleasure, sexuality and procreation. * Aphaea, local goddess associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle *

Artemis In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Artemis (; grc-gre, Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity. She was heavily identified with ...

, goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, chastity and childbirth *

Demeter In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Demeter (; Attic Greek, Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric Greek, Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Twelve Olympians, Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, ...

, goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility and sacred law *

Dionysus In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, myth, Dionysus (; grc, wikt:Διόνυσος, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstas ...

, god of wine, grapes, and festivity, associated with fertility, particularly that of the vine and males Pompeya erótica6

Hermes Hermes (; grc-gre, Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves, merchants, and orat ...

, messenger of the gods, possibly associated with male fertility *

Hera In ancient Greek religion, Hera (; grc-gre, Ἥρα, Hḗrā; grc, Ἥρη, Hḗrē, label=none in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she ...

, goddess of marriage, women, women's fertility, childbirth *

Ilithyia Eileithyia or Ilithyiae or Ilithyia (; grc-gre, Εἰλείθυια; (''Eleuthyia'') in Crete, also (''Eleuthia'') or (''Elysia'') in Laconia and Messene, and (''Eleuthō'') in literature)Nilsson Vol I, p. 313 was the Greek goddess of c ...

, (also called Eileithyia) goddess of childbirth and midwifery * Pan, god of shepherds and flocks, associated with fertility, particularly that of animals * Phanes, primeval deity of procreation and new life *

Priapus In Greek mythology, Priapus (; grc, Πρίαπος, ) is a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia. Priapus is marked by his oversized, permanent erection, which gave rise to the medical ter ...

, rustic god of fertility, protection of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia * Tychon, minor daemon of fertility *

Persephone In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone ( ; gr, Περσεφόνη, Persephónē), also called Kore or Cora ( ; gr, Κόρη, Kórē, the maiden), is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld aft ...

goddess of springtime growth, flowers, and vegetation

Irish

Dagda The Dagda (Old Irish: ''In Dagda,'' ga, An Daghdha, ) is an important god in Irish mythology. One of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the Dagda is portrayed as a father-figure, king, and druid.Koch, John T. ''Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia' ...

Roman

* Bacchus, Roman version of Dionysus, identified with Roman

Liber In Religion in ancient Rome, ancient Roman religion and Roman mythology, mythology, Liber ( , ; "the free one"), also known as Liber Pater ("the free Father"), was a god of viticulture and wine, male fertility and freedom. He was a patron de ...

, god of agricultural and male fertility * Bona Dea, goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women * Candelifera, goddess of childbirth * Carmenta, goddess of childbirth and prophecy * Domidicus, the god who leads the bride home * Domitius, the god who installs the bride * Fascinus, embodiment of the divine

phallus A phallus is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis. In art history a figure with an erect penis is described as ithyphallic. Any object that symbolically—or, more precise ...

* Fecunditas, goddess of fertility *

Feronia Feronia may mean: * Feronia (mythology), a goddess of fertility in Roman and Etruscan mythology * ''Feronia'' (plant), a genus of plants * Feronia Inc., a plantations company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Feronia (Sardinia) ...

, goddess associated with fertility and abundance *

Flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring ( indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. ...

, goddess of flowers and springtime * Inuus, god of sexual intercourse * Jugatinus, the god who joins the pair in marriage * Juno, goddess of marriage and childbirth, equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera; has the epithet Lucina *

, god of viniculture, wine, and male fertility, equivalent to Greek

; in archaic

Lavinium Lavinium was a port city of Latium, to the south of Rome, midway between the Tiber river at Ostia and Antium. The coastline then, as now, was a long strip of beach. Lavinium was on a hill at the southernmost edge of the ''Silva Laurentina'', ...

, a phallic deity * Libera, female equivalent of Liber, also identified with Proserpina Romanised form of Greek Proserpina * Manturna, the goddess who kept the bride at home * Mutunus Tutunus, phallic marriage deity associated with the Greek god Priapus * Partula, goddess of childbirth, who determined the duration of each pregnancy * Pertunda, goddess who enables sexual penetration of the virgin bride; an epithet of Juno * Picumnus, god of fertility, agriculture, matrimony, infants, and children * Prema, goddess who made the bride submissive, allowing penetration; also an epithet of Juno, who has the same function * Robigus, fertility god who protects crops against disease * Subigus, the god who subdues the bride to the husband's will * Venus, goddess of beauty, love, desire, sex and fertility * Virginiensis, the goddess who unties the girdle of the bride

Sami

Beiwe Beaivi, Beiwe, Bievve, Beivve or Biejje is the Sami Sun-deity; the name of the deity is the same as the name of the Sun. The Sami Sun-deity is usually depicted as female, but sometimes as male. In Sápmi, north of the Polar circle, where th ...

, goddess of fertility and sanity * Rana Niejta, goddess of spring and fertility

Slavic

* Dzydzilelya, Polish goddess of love, marriage, sexuality and fertility * Jarilo, god of fertility, spring, the harvest and war * Kostroma, goddess of fertility * Mokoš, Old Russian goddess of fertility, the Mother Goddess, protector of women's work and women's destiny * Siebog, god of love and marriage *

Svetovid Svetovit, Sventovit, Svantovit is the god of abundance and war, and the chief god of the Slavic tribe of the Rani, and later of all the Polabian Slavs. His organized cult was located on the island of Rügen, at Cape Arkona, where his main tem ...

, god of war, fertility, and abundance * Živa, goddess of love and fertility

Oceanian

* Gedi (mythology),

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...

an god of fertility, who taught mankind the use of fire * Makemake, Rapa Nui creator-god, associated with fertility *

Tagroa Siria Tagroa Siria (" God Above", or "God the Highest" in the Rotuman language) was the supreme deity in pre-Christian Rotuman society. He is understood to be the Rotuman version of the pan-Pacific deity Tangaroa.Aubrey L. Parke: ''Seksek ʿe Hatana: Tro ...

, Fijian god associated with fertility *

Tangaroa Tangaroa (Takaroa in the South Island) is the great of the sea, lakes, rivers, and creatures that live within them, especially fish, in Māori mythology. As Tangaroa-whakamau-tai he exercises control over the tides. He is sometimes depicted a ...

, Rarotongan god of the sea and creation, associated with fertility

Hawaiian

* Haumea, goddess of fertility and childbirth * Kamapua'a, demi-god of fertility * Laka, patron of the hula dance and god of fertility * Lono, god associated with fertility, agriculture, rainfall, and music *

Nuakea In Hawaiian mythology, Nuakea is a beneficent goddess of milk and lactation. This name was also a title for a wet nurse of royal prince, according to David Malo. Nuakea was appealed to staunch the flow of milk in the mother's breasts. Euhemerism ...

, goddess of lactation

Indigenous Australian

* Anjea, goddess or spirit of fertility * Birrahgnooloo, Kamilaroi goddess of fertility * Dilga,

Karadjeri Garadjari (Karajarri, many other spellings; see below) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Karajarri The Karajarri are an Aboriginal Australian people, who once lived south-west of the Kimberleys in the northern Pilbara region, ...

goddess of fertility and growth *

Julunggul The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as the creator God, known by numerous names in different Australian Aboriginal languages by the many different Aboriginal peoples. It is a common motif in the art and religion ...

, Yolgnu rainbow snake goddess associated with fertility, initiation, rebirth and the weather * Kunapipi, mother goddess and the

patron deity A tutelary () (also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation. The etymology of "tutelary" expresses the concept of safety an ...

of many heroes * Rainbow Serpent, creator god and god of rain and fertility *

Ungud In the mythology of the Wunambal people of northwestern Australia, Ungud is a snake god who is sometimes male and sometimes female. He is associated with rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe's shamans. In the beginning, when only ...

, snake god or goddess associated with rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe's shaman *

Wollunqua Wollunqua, also written Wollunka or Wollunkua, is a snake-god of rain and fertility in Australian Aboriginal mythology of the Warramunga people of the Northern Territory of Australia, a variation of the "Rainbow Serpent" present in the mythology ...

, snake god of rain and fertility

References

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