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List of Health Gods/Goddesses
By: Merak Date: March 29, 2019, 2:41 pm
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African
Agwu, Igbo god of health and divination
Jengu, water spirits that bring good fortune and cure disease
!Xu, sky god of the Bushmen of southern Africa who is invoked in
illness
Osanyin orisha of herbalism
Armenian
Anahit, goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in
Armenian mythology.
Aztec
Ixtlilton, god of medicine.
Patecatl, god of Pulque and healing.
Celtic
Airmed, Irish goddess associated with healing and resurrection.
Alaunus, Gaulish god of the sun, healing and prophecy associated
with Greek god Helios-Apollo
Atepomarus, Gaulish healing god associated with the Greek god
Apollo
Borvo, Celto-Lusitanian healing god associated with bubbling
spring water
Brigid, Irish goddess associated with healing
Dian Cecht, Irish god of healing
Glanis, Gaulish god associated with a healing spring at the town
of Glanum
Grannus, Gaulish god associated with spas, healing thermal and
mineral springs, and the sun and associated with Apollo
Hooded Spirits, hooded deities associated with health and
fertility
Ianuaria, goddess associated with healing
Iovantucarus, Gaulish healer-god and protector of youth
associated with Lenus Mars
Lenus, Gaulish healing god associated with the Greek god Ares
Maponos, god of youth, associated with the Greek god Apollo
Mullo, Gaulish deity associated with the Greek god Ares and said
to heal afflictions of the eye
Nodens, Gallo-Roman and Roman British god associated with
healing, the sea, hunting and dogs
Sirona, Gallo-Roman and Celto-Germanic goddess associated with
healing
Chinese
Wu Ben (Baosheng Dadi, the King of Medicine)
Shennong, a mythical emperor who spread knowledge of herbs and
medicine.
Hua Tuo, legendary physician who lived between 140-208AD, known
for his diagnostic and surgical skills
Bian Que, legendary physician who lived around 400BC, known for
his multidisciplinary medical skills, especially early diagnosis
and complicated surgery
Sun Simiao, legendary physician known for Chinese medicine,
titled as China's "King of Medicine".
Wei Chizhuang, ancient physician
Wei Shanjun, ancient physician
Wei Gudao, ancient physician
Pi Tong, ancient physician
Wang Wei, ancient physician known for Acupuncture
Li Shizhen, legendary physician from the Ming Dynasty known for
profiling Chinese medicine
Taiyi Zhushen, God of Qi
Taokang Geyan, God of Essence
Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals, whose wine was
considered to have healing properties
He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals, whose lotus flower
improves one's mental and physical health
Li Tieguai, one of the Eight Immortals, who alleviates the
suffering of the poor, sick and needy with special medicine from
his gourd
Wong Tai Sin, a god with the power of healing
Jiutian Xuannü, goddess of war, sex, and longevity (long life),
who is connected to calisthenics, diet, alchemy, neidan (inner
alchemy), and physiology [1]
Egyptian
Sekhmet, goddess of healing and medicine of Upper Egypt
Heka, deification of magic, through which Egyptians believed
they could gain protection, healing and support
Serket, goddess of healing stings and bites
Ta-Bitjet, a scorpion goddess whose blood is a panacea for all
poisons
Isis, goddess of healing, magic, marriage and perfection
Etruscan
Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness and health and growth in
all things
Menrva, goddess of war, art, wisdom and healthcare
Greek
Aceso, goddess of curing sickness and healing wounds
Aegle, goddesss of the healthy glow
Apollo, god of the sun and light, music, poetry, prophecy,
archery, healing, medicine and plague
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, the wilderness,
fertility, good health, girls and young women
Asclepius, god of medicine and healing
Chiron, a centaur known for his knowledge and skill in healing
Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth
Epione, goddess of the soothing of pain
Hebe, goddess of eternal youth, and cupbearer to the gods
Hera, goddess of the air, marriage, women, and women's health
Hygieia, goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation
Iaso, goddess of cures, remedies, and modes of healing
Paean, physician of the gods. An epithet of Apollo and
Asclepius.
Panacea, goddess of the universal cure
Telesphorus, demi-god of convalescence, who "brought to
fulfillment" recuperation from illness or injury
Hindu
Vaidyanatha - Shiva as healer of all
Lord Dhanvantari, the Hindu god of medicine and Lord of
Ayurvedic medicine
Ashvins, twin doctors of the gods and gods of Ayurvedic medicine
Dhanvantari, physician of the gods and god of Ayurvedic medicine
Dharti, or Earth is considered god of nature and well being of
living creatures
Mariamman, goddess of disease and rain
Shitala Devi, goddess of smallpox and disease
Jvarasura, god of fever
Paranasabari, diseases
Hittite
Kamrusepa, goddess of healing, medicine, and magic
Shaushka, goddess of fertility, war, and healing
Inuit
Eeyeekalduk, god of medicine and good health
Pinga, goddess of the hunt, fertility and medicine
Japanese
Ebisu, god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, and the
guardian of the health of small children
Maya
Ixchel, jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine
Maximón, hero god of health
Mesopotamian
Anahita, Indo-Iranian goddess of fertility, healing and wisdom
Namtar, god of death and disease
Ninazu, god of the underworld and healing
Ningishzida, god of the underworld and patron of medicine
Nintinugga, goddess of healing
Ninurta, god of the South Wind and healing
Native American
Kumugwe, Nuxalk underwater god with the power to see into the
future, heal the sick and injured, and bestow powers on those
whom he favors
Angak, a Hopi kachina spirit, represents a healing and
protective male figure.
Norse
Eir, goddess associated with medical skill
Persian
Haoma, god of health
Phoenician
Eshmun, god of healing
Roman
Angitia, snake goddess associated with magic and healing
Apollo, Greco-Roman god of light, music, healing, and the sun
Bona Dea, goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women
Cardea, goddess of health, thresholds and door hinges and
handles
Carna, goddess who presided over the heart and other organs
Endovelicus, god of public health and safety
Febris, goddess who embodied and protected people from fever and
malaria
Feronia, goddess of wildlife, fertility, health, and abundance
Valetudo, Roman name for the Greek goddess Hygieia, goddess of
health, cleanliness, and hygiene
Vejovis, god of healing
Verminus, god who protected cattle from disease
Sami
Beiwe, goddess of the sun, spring, fertility and sanity, who
restored the mental health of those driven mad by the darkness
of the winter
Slavic
Żywie, goddess of health and healing
Thracian
Derzelas, god of abundance and the underworld, health and human
spirit's vitality
Yoruba and Afro-American
Aja, spirit of the forest, the animals within it and herbal
healers
Babalu Aye, spirit of illness and disease
Erinle, spirit of abundance, the healer, and Physician to the
Orisha
Loco, patron of healers and plants
Mami Wata, a pantheon of water deities associated with healing
and fertility
Sopona, god of smallpox
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