Religion:List of beauty deities

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A beauty deity is a god or (usually) goddess associated with the concept of beauty. Classic examples in the Western culture are the Greek goddess Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart, Venus. The following is a list of beauty deities across different cultures. For some deities, beauty is only one of several aspects they represent, or a lesser one. Male deities are italicized.

African

Akan

• Asase Yaa
• Nyankuntom, personification of the rainbow, part of the royal entourage of Nyame or the sun god Awia, usually presented as the son of Awia and Nsuoto, personification of rain.

Efik mythology

• Anansa

Egyptian

• Hathor
• Nefertem
• Astarte
• Qetesh

Igbo

• Nne Uto

Yoruba

• Oshun

American

Aztec

• Xochiquetzal

Vodou

• Erzulie

Guarani

• Caupé

Asian

Chinese

• Yang Asha

Egyptian

• Hathor

Filipino

• Mayari
• Dal'lang

Hindu

• Rati
• Radha
• Dewi Ratih
• Indrani
• Kartikeya
• Lakshmi
• Parvati
• Saraswati
• Mohini

Japanese

• Kisshōten

Korean

• Jacheongbi

Mesopotamia

• Inanna (also known as Ishtar)
• Astarte

European

Albanian

• Prende

Etruscan

• Aplu
• Turan

Greek

• Adonis (note: a mortal, occasionally depicted as a god)
• Aglaea
• Aphrodite
• Apollo
• Charis
• Charites
• Hebe
• Kale

Irish

• Clíodhna

Norse

• Freyja

Roman

• Apollo
• Venus
• Gratiae, specifically Aglaia

Slavic

• Lada

Oceania

New Zealand / Aotearoa

• Tāne

See also

• List of fertility deities
• List of love and lust deities