List of deities in Marvel Comics
includes many characters based on deities from several mythological pantheons. The most significant one is Thor, a character based on the deity of the same name from Norse mythology. Other deities from Norse myths were adapted for Thor's supporting cast, along with Heracles and other deities from Greek mythology. Deities from other pantheons are also adapted from time to time and there are also other original deities created by Marvel.
Deities
Other deities
- Aala – the Sea-Goddess of Bal-Sagoth.
- Beelzebub – a powerful demonic god, also known as Lord of Flies or as the God of the Depths.
- Bel – a hideous looking creature, he was the Masked God of Thieves and Pirates.
- Belathauzer – a Dark God or demon, he was exiled from Earth, but was summoned back by the Agents of Fortune through some sacrificial flames. He was later defeated by the Defenders.
- Black Shadow – a god formed out of magical construction.
- Black Gods of R'Lyeh – these gods were Old Ones and sometimes invoked. It is unknown if the Thing from R'Lyeh is a member of this group.
- Cleito – a goddess based on the figure of Cleito, she is the Goddess of Illusion and member of the Fallen Stars.
- Damballah — an Elderspawn of Set, he's the Serpent God.
- Primal Gods – these gods forged the Sword of Strength, the Crown of Wisdom, the Mirror of Beauty and the Rose of Peace, embodiment of the four elements of the cosmos' creation. N'Gabthoth was a Primal God, while the ancient Egyptians, considered the Four Primal Gods to be Nu of the Primordial Waters, Amun, Hautet and Keku.
- Cyttorak — a deity, who was banished from the Earth and took up residence in the Crimson Cosmos dimension.
- Omm — the Spider-God and one of the spawns of Gaea. He created the Spider-People.
- Mogul of the Mystic Mountain – a warlord who had conquered the homeland of Hogun the Grim. He commanded several magical creatures, including a Jinni Spirit and Satan's forty horsemen.
- Abu Dakir – an adviser of Mogul.
- Nightmare — the God of Nightmares.
- Necromon — a Nethergod, he resurrected Mordred and attempted to overthrow Otherworld, before being defeated by Black Knight, Captain Britain, Merlyn and a resurrected King Arthur. –
- Pantheon — a group mostly consisted of descendants of Agamemnon, a Human and Asgardian hybrid.
- Phorcys — the Primeval sea god/demon.
- Enchanters — a group of sorcerers from Asgard who tried to conquer the place, but were defeated by Odin.
- Stargod — the ruler of the Other-Realm. As he was dying he put his powers into the gemstone which turned John Jameson into Man-Wolf.
- Walker — the Death God. He hailed from a distant Galaxy and was killed when Death restored to life every soul which was drained by Walker.
- Witchcraft — an Abstract Entity, revered as a deity, who serves as the wellspring of power for all witches and warlocks who utilize Spells and Phrases related to the branch of Magic known as witchcraft.
- Shadrak — the God of Bombs and Fireballs. He was spared by Gorr and unwillingly build the Godbomb for Gorr. He later became attended the Challenge of Gods between Jane Foster and the Shi'ar Gods.
- Hawk God — the being responsible for killing the Watchers of his reality and giving the powers to Starhawk and Aleta Ogord.
- Korvac — a human, he transcended into a God.
- Keep — after Thor was separated from Donald Blake, the Enchantress cut off Donald's head from his body and then the body mutated into a new entity named Keep and became Enchantress' lover.
- Reptyl — the last member of his race, he transcended into a God by Thanos.
- Zalkor — a powerful but immobile God who grants unlimited wishes to people in exchange for their soul and service.
- Uprising Storm – this group claimed to be the new age of gods and tried to replace the old gods. They were all killed during Civil War II.
- Lord Librarian — the caretaker of the divine archive known as Halls of All-Knowing in Omnipotence City.
- Time Gods — a race of pacifist Gods who used their blood in combination with a special device created by them called the Pool of Forevers to travel through time. They were killed by Gorr, who later used their blood in order to build the Godbomb.
- Tae and Pennsu — Gods who treated their worshipers with cruelty and were eventually killed by Desak.
- Tier – The son of Wolfsbane and Hrimhari, he was being raised by Werewolf by Night, but was killed by Strong Guy.
- War Faeries of Wendigorge — a race of immortals who lived in a palace with caramelized walls, in a valley where the skies rained milk and the trees oozed honey. They were killed by Gorr.
- Janaro — God of Friendship and friend of Shadrak. Killed by Gorr.
- Ja-Quari – the Tiger-God bestowed upon Irania and her army of women the power to transform into powerful tigers.
- Scythian Algurus — a remorseless and destructive deity of the planet Dartayus in the Negative Zone. He eventually fought against the X-Men Gold.
- Yug-Sluggoth — the Baron of the Elder Hell. Killed by Gorr.
- Kronnitt — one of the gods worshipped by Desak Sterixian and his fellows. Killed by Desak.
- Gibborim — the last known survivors of an ancient race of six-fingered giants who ruled Earth before humanity's dawn.
- Gods of the Void — these beings were mentioned in War of Kings: Warriors #1.
- Godpack – former criminals transcended into gods by the High Evolutionary as part of a phase which was after the creation of the New Men and the New Immortals.
- Wolf Gods — the spawn of Chthon, Vârcolac, was a Wolf God/Demon who mated with Set's spawn, Echidna and conceived a shapeshifting giantess, Angerboda. Then Loki mated with Angerboda, conceiving Fenris Wolf and Fenris would become the father of the Wolf Gods.
- Hoarfen — a child of Fenris and a Frost Giantess.
- Zephyr — a member of the Elementals, she was the wind goddess.
- Storm — she had a gift of godhood passed from her ancestors and the faith of Wakanda helped her transcend into a goddess.
- Uovu — a Dark God who replaced Storm as deity to worship in Kenya with his worshippers becoming violent as they killed everyone who opposed him. He was destroyed by Storm using a replica of Mjolnir called Stormcaster.
- Uluath — an Undergod slumbering in his City Below the Seas in the Pacific Ocean.
- Great Weaver — an entity worshipped as deity, which spins the Web of Life and Destiny which gives the Spider-Totems their powers and turned Peter Parker from Earth-616 into its avatar.
- Great Scorpion – the Scorpion God.
- Glenglavenglade Gods – Gods of the Eternal Garden of Glenglavenglade. Murdered by Gorr.
- White Wolf – one of the deities worshiped in the Pre-Cataclysmic Age.
- Zukala – a minor evil God-Sorcerer.
- Those Who Sit Above in Shadows – being who fed off the energy of the Ragnarok, which caused the rebirth and destruction of Asgard. They are the alleged creators of the Asgardians and were considered to be the Beyonders or Primal Gods.
- Falligar – the Patron god of the Galactic Frontier and champion god of the Tournament of Immortals.
- Idoidea Swarm Collective – the deity, Ceffyad the Righteous, was the main member of this group, until he became one of the slaves of the Skrull Gods.
- Ishiti – the Snake goddess/demoness.
- God of the Watch – during the of Gore on Omnipotence City, this deity gave his report to Lord Librarian.
- Manchester Gods – These beings represented the industrial revolution and appeared one day in Otherworld. They waged war on Otherworld and Asgardia, but then sacrificed themselves in order to save the universe from Surtur.
- Nameless Ones – these gods were mentioned in the second volume of Journey into Mystery and were based on H.P. Lovecraft's Nameless Ones.
- Sky Lords of Indigarr – these gods were among the victims of Gorr the God Butcher.
- Mujaji goddness of sustenance from Wakanda.
- Ngi another Gorilla God from Jabari tribe.
False deities
- Apocalypse
- Axi-Tun
- Beta Ray Bill
- Captain Universe
- Celestials
- Cosmic Ghost Rider
- Demons
- Eternals
- Horusians
- The Phoenix Force
- Galactus
- Gorr the God Butcher
- Selene the Black Queen
- Supreme Intelligence
- Storm
- Mayapan
- Nate Grey
- Llan the Sorcerer