Time and fate deities are

personification Personification is the representation of a thing or abstraction as a person, often as an embodiment or incarnation. In the arts, many things are commonly personified, including: places, especially cities, National personification, countries, an ...

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time Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...

, often in the sense of human lifetime and human

fate Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predeterminism, predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words wiktionary ...

, in polytheistic religions.

Africa

Ancient Egyptian religion Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of Polytheism, polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian culture. It centered on the Egyptians' interactions with Ancient Egyptian deities, many deities belie ...

* Huh * Hemsut *

Shai Shai (also spelt Sai, occasionally Shay, and in Greek, Psais) was the deification of the concept of fate in Egyptian mythology. As a concept, with no particular reason for associating one gender over another, Shai was sometimes considered femal ...

Neith Neith (, a borrowing of the Demotic (Egyptian), Demotic form , also spelled Nit, Net, or Neit) was an ancient Egyptian deity, possibly of Ancient Libya, Libyan origin. She was connected with warfare, as indicated by her emblem of two crossed b ...

, as a goddess who represented time

Igbo

Ikenga Ikenga ( Igbo literal meaning "strength of majesty") is a horned god found among the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria. It is one of the most powerful symbols of the Igbo people and one of the most common cultural artifacts. Ikenga is mostly m ...

Yoruba

* Ori

Americas

Lakota Lakota may refer to: Lakota people, a confederation of seven related Native American tribes Lakota language Lakota ( ), also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan languages, Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of ...

* Etu, personification of timeLakota Gods
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Asia

Bali Bali (English:; Balinese language, Balinese: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller o ...

* Batara Kala

Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

Mahakala Mahākāla (, ) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism. In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as a ''Dharmapala, Dharmapāla'' ("Protector of the Dharma") and a Wrathful deities, wrathful manifestation of a The Buddha, Buddha, while in Hindu ...

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

* Kala *

Kali Kali (; , ), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death and destruction. Kali is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is the first of the ten Mahavidyas, a group of goddesses who p ...

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

Surya Surya ( ; , ) is the Sun#Dalal, Dalal, p. 399 as well as the solar deity in Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta tradition, Smarta tradition, all of whom are considered as equivalent deities in the Panchaya ...

Navagraha The navagraha are nine heavenly bodies and deities that influence human life on Earth according to Hinduism and Hindu mythology. The term is derived from ''nava'' ( "nine") and ''graha'' ( "planet, seizing, laying hold of, holding"). The nine part ...

Korea

* Samgong

Mari

* Purysho, god of fate who creates the future of all men

Daoism Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ...

* Jīn Bàn, god of fate of the years 1924, 1984, 2044, 2104... * Chén Cái, god of fate of the years 1925, 1985, 2045, 2105... * Gěng Zhāng, god of fate of the years 1926, 1986, 2046, 2106... * Shěn Xīng, god of fate of the years 1927, 1987, 2047, 2107... * Zhào Dá, god of fate of the years 1928, 1988, 2048, 2108... * Guō Càn, god of fate of the years 1929, 1989, 2049, 2109... * Wáng Qīng, god of fate of the years 1930, 1990, 2050, 2110... * Lǐ Sù, god of fate of the years 1931, 1991, 2051, 2111... * Liú Wàng, god of fate of the years 1932, 1992, 2052, 2112... * Kāng Zhì, god of fate of the years 1933, 1993, 2053, 2113... * Shī Guǎng, god of fate of the years 1934, 1994, 2054, 2114... * Rèn Bǎo, god of fate of the years 1935, 1995, 2055, 2115... * Guō Jiā, god of fate of the years 1936, 1996, 2056, 2116... * Wāng Wén, god of fate of the years 1937, 1997, 2057, 2117... * Zēng Guāng, god of fate of the years 1938, 1998, 2058, 2118... * Lóng Zhòng, god of fate of the years 1939, 1999, 2059, 2119... * Dǒng Dé, god of fate of the years 1940, 2000, 2060, 2120... * Zhèng Dàn, god of fate of the years 1941, 2001, 2061, 2121... * Lù Míng, god of fate of the years 1942, 2002, 2062, 2122... * Wèi Rén, god of fate of the years 1943, 2003, 2063, 2123... * Fāng Jié, god of fate of the years 1944, 2004, 2064, 2124... * Jiǎng Chóng, god of fate of the years 1945, 2005, 2065, 2125... * Bái Mǐn, god of fate of the years 1946, 2006, 2066, 2126... * Fēng Jì, god of fate of the years 1947, 2007, 2067, 2127... * Zōu Tāng, god of fate of the years 1948, 2008, 2068, 2128... * Pān Zuǒ, god of fate of the years 1949, 2009, 2069, 2129... * Wū Huán, god of fate of the years 1950, 2010, 2070, 2130... * Fàn Níng, god of fate of the years 1951, 2011, 2071, 2131... * Péng Tài, god of fate of the years 1952, 2012, 2072, 2132... * Xú Huá, god of fate of the years 1953, 2013, 2073, 2133... * Zhāng Cí, god of fate of the years 1954, 2014, 2074, 2134... * Yáng Xiān, god of fate of the years 1955, 2015, 2075, 2135... * Guǎn Zhòng, god of fate of the years 1956, 2016, 2076, 2136... * Táng Jié, god of fate of the years 1957, 2017, 2077, 2137... * Jiāng Wǔ, god of fate of the years 1958, 2018, 2078, 2138... * Xiè Dào, god of fate of the years 1959, 2019, 2079, 2139... * Yú Qǐ, god of fate of the years 1960, 2020, 2080, 2140... * Yáng Xìn, god of fate of the years 1961, 2021, 2081, 2141... * Xián È, god of fate of the years 1962, 2022, 2082, 2142... * Pí Shí, god of fate of the years 1963, 2023, 2083, 2143... * Lǐ Chéng, god of fate of the years 1964, 2024, 2084, 2144... * Wú Suì, god of fate of the years 1965, 2025, 2085, 2145... * Wén Zhé, god of fate of the years 1966, 2026, 2086, 2146... * Móu Bǐng, god of fate of the years 1967, 2027, 2087, 2147... * Xú Hào, god of fate of the years 1968, 2028, 2088, 2148... * Chéng Bǎo, god of fate of the years 1969, 2029, 2089, 2149... * Ní Mì, god of fate of the years 1970, 2030, 2090, 2150... * Yè Jiān, god of fate of the years 1971, 2031, 2091, 2151... * Qiū Dé, god of fate of the years 1972, 2032, 2092, 2152... * Zhū Dé, god of fate of the years 1973, 2033, 2093, 2153... * Zhāng Zhāo, god of fate of the years 1974, 2034, 2094, 2154... * Wàn Qīng, god of fate of the years 1975, 2035, 2095, 2155... * Xīn Yà, god of fate of the years 1976, 2036, 2096, 2156... * Yáng Yàn, god of fate of the years 1977, 2037, 2097, 2157... * Lí Qīng, god of fate of the years 1978, 2038, 2098, 2158... * Fù Dǎng, god of fate of the years 1979, 2039, 2099, 2159... * Máo Zǐ, god of fate of the years 1980, 2040, 2100, 2160... * Shí Zhèng, god of fate of the years 1981, 2041, 2101, 2161... * Hóng Chōng, god of fate of the years 1982, 2042, 2102, 2162... * Yú Chéng, god of fate of the years 1983, 2043, 2103, 2163...

Western Asia

Anunnaki The Anunnaki (Sumerian language, Sumerian: , also transcribed as Anunaki, Annunaki, Anunna, Ananaki and other variations) are a group of deity, deities of the ancient Sumerian religion, Sumerians, Akkadian Empire, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylo ...

, major Mesopotamian deities of fate *

Nabu Nabu (, ) is the Babylonian patron god of literacy, scribes, wisdom, and the rational arts. He is associated with the classical planet Mercury in Babylonian astronomy. Etymology and meaning The Akkadian means 'announcer' or 'authorised pe ...

, Babylonian god of writing, inscribed the fates * Hutena and Hutellura, Hurrian goddesses of fate * Istustaya and Papaya, Hittite goddesses of destiny *

Mamitu Mamitu (Mammitum, Mammitu, Mammi) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with the underworld. She was regarded as the wife of Nergal, or sometimes of other gods regarded as analogous to him, such as Erra. Her importance in Mesopotamian religio ...

, Akkadian goddess of fate and destiny * Manāt, pre-

Islamic Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

goddess of fate * Namtar, minor Mesopotamian deity of fate/destiny * Lelwani, Hittite underworld deity who also determined fates

The Philippines

*Bangun Bangun (Suludnon mythology): the deity of universal time who regulates cosmic movements *Patag'aes (Suludnon mythology): awaits until midnight then enters the house to have a conversation with the living infant; if he discovers someone is eavesdropping, he will choke the child to death; their conversation creates the fate of the child, on how long the child wants to live and how the child will eventually die, where the child will always get to choose the answers; once done, Patag'aes takes out his measuring stick, computes the child's life span, and then departs, sealing the child's fate *D’wata, a general name (T'boli mythology): the general term for the gods; guard lives and determine fate and destiny *Muhen (T'boli mythology): a bird god of fate whose song when heard is thought to presage misfortune; any undertaking is immediately abandoned or postponed when one hears the Muhen singManzano, L. C. The T’boli. National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism ( ), also called Mazdayasnā () or Beh-dīn (), is an Iranian religions, Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zoroaster, Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, ...

* Zurvan

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

* Nam Tào * Bắc Đẩu * Twelve Hành binh alternated through the years * Twelve Hành khiển alternated through the years * Twelve Phán quan alternated through the years

Europe

Indo-European

Albanian

* Fatia * Mira * Ora * Zana

Baltic

* Dalia * Deivės Valdytojos, Lithuanian group of seven goddesses who weave garments from human lives ** Dekla, Latvian goddess of fate ** Karta, Latvian goddess of fate ** Gegute, Lithuanian goddess of time ** Kruonis, Lithuanian goddess of time **

Laima Laima is a Baltic goddess of fate. She was associated with childbirth, marriage, and death; she was also the patron of pregnancy, pregnant women. Laima and her functions are similar to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. In Latvia In Latvian mythology, ...

, Latvian goddess of fate ** Veliuona, Lithuanian goddess of death, the afterlife, and eternity ** Verpėja, Lithuanian goddess who weaves the thread of one's life

Germanic

Norns The Norns ( , plural: ) are a group of deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies.''Nordisk familjebok'' (1907) The Norns are often represented as three goddesses known as Urd ( Urðr), Verðandi, and S ...

** Urdr, Norn of the past ** Verdandi, Norn of the present ** Skuld, Norn of the future * Sumarr and Vetr, the seasons personified *

Wyrd Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to Modern English '' weird'', whose meaning has drifted towards an adjectival use with a more general sense of "supernatural" or ...

, the Anglo-Saxon cognate of Urdr

Greek

* Aion *

Ananke In ancient Greek religion, Ananke (; ), from the common noun ("force, constraint, necessity"), is the Orphic personification of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity. She is customarily depicted as holding a spindle. One of the Greek pr ...

Chronos Chronos (; ; , Modern Greek: ), also spelled Chronus, is a personification of time in Greek mythology, who is also discussed in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature. Chronos is frequently confused with, or perhaps consciously identified ...

(a Protogenos, not to be confused with the Titan,

Cronus In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos ( or ; ) was the leader and youngest of the Titans, the children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (mythology), Uranus (Sky). He overthrew his father and ruled dur ...

) * Heimarmene *

Horae In Greek mythology, the Horae (), Horai () or Hours (, ) were the goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time. Etymology The term ''hora'' comes from the Proto-Indo-European ("year"). Function The Horae were originally the ...

Kairos ''Kairos'' () is an ancient Greek language, Greek word meaning 'the right or critical moment'. In modern Greek, ''kairos'' also means 'weather' or 'time'. It is one of two words that the ancient Greeks had for 'time'; the other being (). ...

Moirai In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, the Moirai ()often known in English as the Fateswere the personifications of fate, destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (mythology), Lachesis (the allotter ...

Atropos Atropos (; "without turn"), in Greek mythology, was the third of the Three Fates or Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny. Her Roman equivalent was Morta. Atropos was one of the Three Fates and was known as "the Inflexible One." It was Atro ...

Clotho Clotho (; ) or Klotho, is a mythological figure. She was one of the Three Fates or Moirai. In ancient Greek mythology, she spins the thread of human life, her sisters draw out ( Lachesis) and cut ( Atropos) the thread. She also made major dec ...

Lachesis Lachesis ( ; ; from , 'to obtain by lot, by fate, or by the will of the gods'), in ancient Greek religion, was the middle of the Three Fates, or Moirai; the others were her sisters, Clotho and Atropos. Normally seen clothed in white, Laches ...

Moros In Greek mythology, Moros /ˈmɔːrɒs/ or Morus /ˈmɔːrəs/ (Ancient Greek: Μόρος means 'doom, fate') is the personified spirit of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate. It was also said that Moros gave people the abi ...

Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, mu ...

, as a god who represented prophecy *

Themis In Greek mythology and religion, Themis (; ) is the goddess and personification of justice, divine order, law, and custom. She is one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia and Uranus, and the second wife of Zeus. She is associated with oracles a ...

, normally associated with law and order, but had an oracle and was also associated with prophecy. *

Tyche Tyche (; Ancient Greek: Τύχη ''Túkhē'', 'Luck', , ; Roman mythology, Roman equivalent: Fortuna) was the presiding tutelary deity who governed the fortune and prosperity of a city, its destiny. In Classical Greek mythology, she is the dau ...

Roman

* Aeternitas * Anna Perenna * Antevorta, goddess of the future, one of the Camenae *

Janus In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus ( ; ) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces. The month of January is named for Janus (''Ianu ...

Parcae In Religion in ancient Rome, ancient Roman religion and Roman mythology, myth, the Parcae (singular, Parca) were the female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods. They are often called the Fates in En ...

** Decima ** Morta ** Nona * Postverta, goddess of the past, one of the Camenae * Vertumnus *

Fortuna Fortuna (, equivalent to the Greek mythology, Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Religion in ancient Rome, Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular thr ...

Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has an eighth the average density of Earth, but is over 95 tim ...

Romanian

* Ursitoare

Slavic

* Deities and fairies of fate in Slavic mythology

Other European

Etruscan

* '' Dii involuti'' * Nortia Gallic and Celtic deities * Arianrhod *

The Morrigan ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

The Dagda The Dagda ( , ) is considered the great god of Irish mythology. He is the chief god of the Tuatha Dé Danann, with the Dagda portrayed as a father-figure, king, and druid.Koch, John T. ''Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia''. ABC-CLIO, ...

* Alaunas *

Brigid Brigid or Brigit ( , ; meaning 'exalted one'),Campbell, MikBehind the Name.See also Xavier Delamarre, ''brigantion / brigant-'', in ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise'' (Éditions Errance, 2003) pp. 87–88: "Le nom de la sainte irlandaise ''B ...

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