Triad (religious)

List of deity triads

Historical polytheism

• The Classical Greek Olympic triad of Zeus, Athena and Apollo
• The Delian chief triad of Leto, Artemis and Apollo and second Delian triad of Athena, Zeus and Hera
• The Eleusinian Mysteries centered on Persephone, Demeter, and Triptolemus
• In ancient Egypt there were many triads:
• * the Osirian triad of Osiris, Isis, and Horus,
• * the Theban triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu
• * the Memphite triad of Ptah, Sekhmet and Nefertem
• * the Elephantine triad of Khnum, Satet, and Anuket.
• * the sungod Ra, whose form in the morning was Khepri, at noon Re-Horakhty and in the evening Atum, and many others.
• The Hellenistic Egypt triad of Isis, Alexandrian Serapis and Harpocrates, though in the early Ptolemaic period Serapis, Isis and Apollo were preferred.
• The Roman Capitoline Triad of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva
• The Roman pleibian triad of Ceres, Liber Pater and Libera
• The Julian triads of the early Roman Principate:
• * Venus Genetrix, Divus Iulius, and Clementia Caesaris
• * Divus Iulius, Divi filius and Genius Augusti
• * Eastern variants of the Julian triad, e.g. in Asia Minor: Dea Roma, Divus Iulius and Genius Augusti
• The Matres in Roman mythology
• The Fates, Moirai or Furies in Greek and Roman mythology: Clotho or Nona the Spinner, Lachesis or Decima the Weaver, and Atropos or Morta the Cutter of the Threads of Life. One's Lifeline was Spun by Clotho, Woven into the tapestry of Life by Lachesis, and the thread Cut by Atropos.
• The Hooded Spirits or Genii Cucullati in Gallo-Roman times
• The main supranational triad of the ancient Lusitanian mythology and religion and Portuguese Neopagans made up of the couple Arentia and Arentius and Quangeius and Trebaruna, followed by a minor Gallaecian-Lusitanian triad of Bandua, Nabia and Reve female nature: Reva
• The sisters Uksáhkká, Juksáhkká and Sáhráhkká in Sámi mythology.
• The triad of Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manat in the time of Mohammed
• Lugus in Celtic mythology
• Odin, Vili and Ve in Norse mythology
• The Norns in Norse mythology
• Odin, Freyr, and Thor in Norse mythology. Odin is the god of wisdom and knowledge, Freyr is the god of fertility and prosperity, and Thor is the god of thunder and strength.
• The Triglav in Slavic mythology
• Perkūnas, Patrimpas and Pikuolis in Prussian mythology
• The Zorya or Auroras in Slavic mythology
• The Charites or Graces in Greek mythology
• The One, the Thought and the Soul in Neoplatonism

  Dharmic religions

• Ayyavazhi Trinity
• Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva in Puranic Hinduism
• Lord Dattatreya
• Mitra, Aryaman, and Varuna in early vedic Hinduism
• Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati merged in one is the Triveni
• Sahā Triad in Mahayana Buddhism
• Shakti, Lakshmi, and Saraswati in Puranic Hinduism

  Other Eastern religions

• Three Pure Ones in Taoism
• Fu Lu Shou in Taoism
• The Ahuric Triad of Ahura Mazda, Mithra and Apam Napat in Zoroastrianism. Also, in Achaemenid times, Mazda, Mithra and Anahita.

  Hermeticism

• Nuit, Hadit and Ra Hoor Khuit in the Thelemic spiritual system