Supreme deity

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Template:Short description Template:Sister project Template:Broad-concept article Template:God A supreme deity, supreme god or supreme being is the conception of the sole deity of monotheistic religions or, in polytheistic or henotheistic religions, the paramount deity or supernatural entity which is above all others.

General

  • Creator deity, often also the supreme deity in many religions
  • God, the singular deity of monotheistic religions
  • King of the gods, the lead god of a polytheistic pantheon
  • Supreme god, the god exclusively worshipped by henotheists
File:El, the Canaanite creator deity, Megiddo, Stratum VII, Late Bronze II, 1400-1200 BC, bronze with gold leaf - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07734.JPG
Gilded statue of the Canaanite "supreme deity" El (c.Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) from the site of Tel Megiddo. El is considered to be the cognate of the word "Ilah" turning Allah[1][2] and continues to appear in compound names like Gabriel, Michael, Azrael, Israel, Ishmael, Samuel, Raphael, etc.

Abrahamic religions

African religions

Indian religions

Ancient Roman and Greek religion

  • Zeus, in ancient Greek religion
  • Jupiter, in the religion of ancient Rome, often identified with Zeus

Other

See also

References

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