South America

People or Tribe (location)
  • God or Goddess - Role of deity

Various (Andes)
  • Sibu - Creator god

Various (High Andes)
  • Khuno - God of snow and storm

Various (Brazil)
  • Boiuna - Goddess of the Amazon River

Various (Caribbean, Central and South America)
  • Obatala - Most powerful of all gods; only one who knows the hiding place of the Great Almighty
  • Ogun - God of warriors

Various (Southern Chile)
  • Watauineiwa - Supreme, omnipresent god

Various (Patagonia and Pampas)
  • Maipe - Supreme god

Various (Peru)
  • Con Ticci Viracocha - Creator god
  • Kon - God of the desert
  • Tutujanawin - A supreme god and creator god
  • Xiuhtecutli - God of fire

Various (Western Peru)
  • Pariaca - The god who flooded the earth because mortals were unkind to him

Various (Venezuela)
  • Cachimana - The great spirit

Achagua (Colombia, Venezuela)
  • Baraca - God of riches

Ackawoi (Guyana)
  • Makonaima - Supreme and creator god

Alacaluf (Tierra del Fuego)
  • Xolas - Supreme being and creator

Amniapa (Bolivia, Brazil)
  • Arikuagnon - Creator god

Anserma (Colombia)
  • Xixarama - Principal god and father of the sun and the moon

Antioquian (Colombia)
  • Abira - Creator god

Apiaca (Brazil)
  • Bahyra - Creator god

Araona (Bolivia)
  • Cuati Edutzi - God of fire

Araucanian (Chile)
  • Auchimalgen - Moon goddess
  • Chonchonyi - God of men's nightmares
  • Guinechan - Chief god
  • Huaillepenyi - God of fog
  • Meuler - God of whirlwinds and typhoons
  • Nenechen - Supreme and creator god
  • Ngurvilu - God of water, the seas, the lakes
  • Pillan - Supreme god and god of thunder and fire
  • Rañiñhuenu - Supreme being
  • Toquichen - Supreme being and creator god

Arawak (Northern Brazil, Guyana)
  • Aiomun Kondi - Supreme and creator god
  • Aluberi - The great spirit
  • Habuiri - Remote principal god and creator
  • Kururumany - Creator of man
  • Sigoo - God of mercy
  • Wa cinaci - Supreme being

Aymara (Bolivia)
  • Alaxpaca - Sky god
  • Khuno - God of snowstorms

Bare (Colombia)
  • Porana Minari - Supreme being and ruler over all

Betoi (Colombia)
  • Es - Creator and sun god

Botocudo (Brazil)
  • Taru - Sky god

Cagaba (Colombia)
  • Heiséi - God of sickness, death, and sexuality
  • Misevályue - Weather goddess and mother of dancing and singing

Caingua (Brazil)
  • Tupa - Chief god and god of storms, thunder, and lightning

Carib (Northern Brazil, Guiana, Antilles)
  • Makonaima - Supreme and creator god
  • Pura - Supreme being and creator
  • Tamosi - Supreme god

Chamacoco (Gran Chaco)
  • Eschetewaurha - All-powerful goddess mother

Chavin (Peru)
  • Onkoy - Hybrid supreme god

Chibcha (Colombia)
  • Bachue - Mother goddess and protector of crops
  • Bochica - Supreme creator and lawgiver
  • Chibchacum - God of laborers and merchants
  • Chiminagua - Omnipotent master and creator
  • Huitaca - Goddess and patron of drunkenness and misbehavior
  • Thomagata - God of thunder

Chiriguano (Bolivia)
  • Tunpa - Creator god

Conibo (Peru, Ecuador)
  • Mueraya - God who ruled the heavens

Cubeo (Colombia)
  • Homanihiko - Supreme god and creator

Cunuana (Venezuela)
  • Uanari - Creator god

Desana (Colombia)
  • Vai-mahse - God of hunting and fishing

Fuegian (Tierra del Fuego)
  • Halakwulup - Sky god

Goajiro (Venezuela)
  • Maleeiwa - Creator god

Guarani (Brazil, Paraguay)
  • Ariconte - God of night
  • Namandu - Chief god
  • Timondonar - God of light
  • Zume - ??

Guaratagaja (Bolivia, Brazil)
  • Arikuagnon - Creator god

Guarayu (Bolivia)
  • Abaangui - Creator god
  • Mbir - Creator god
  • Zaguguayu - Creator god

Huanyam (Matto Grosso)
  • Namakon - Sky god

Huarochiri (Peru)
  • Coniraya - Creator god

Ica (Colombia)
  • Ati - Highest goddess

Inca (Peru)
  • Catequil - God of thunder and lightning
  • Chuichu - Rainbow god
  • Coniraya - Creator god
  • Ilyap'a - Thunder god
  • Inti - Supreme god and sun god
  • Kilya - Goddess of matrimony
  • Mama Cocha - Goddess of the sea, water, and rain
  • Mama Kilya - Moon goddess
  • Manco-Capac - Sun god and god of fire
  • Nina - God of fire
  • Pacha-Mama - Goddess of the eart, all plants and animals, and fertility
  • Rima - God of war
  • Supai - God of death
  • Taguacipa - God of deception
  • Tuapaca - Creator god
  • Urcaguary - God of underworld treasures
  • Viracocha - Supreme god and god of law
  • Yllapa - Thunder god

Kamaiura (Northern Brazil)
  • Kuat - Sun god
  • Jakui - God of jakui flute

Kogi (Colombia)
  • Misevályue - Weather goddess and mother of dancing and singing
  • Nabia - Mother of adultery and jaguar goddess

Macheyenga (Peru)
  • Idioci - Remote sky and creator god

Makiritari (Venezuela)
  • Guanari - Always existent supreme god and creator
  • Wanadi - Celestial father of all being

Makushi (Guyana)
  • Makonaima - Supreme and creator god

Matto Grosso (Brazil)
  • Jurupari - Cult god who upholds traditional custom

Muyscaya (Colombia)
  • Chia - Moon goddess

Muzo (Colombia)
  • Ramiriqui - Creator of men and women
  • Sogamozo - Creator of men and women

Omagua (Brazil)
  • Zume Topana - Main god

Ona
  • Temaukel - Supreme god and creator god

Ono (Tierra del Fuego)
  • Kenos - Creator of human beings on the direction of the supreme god

Paressi (Bolivia)
  • Enore - Supreme god

Puelché (Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego)
  • Guayavacuni - Remote supreme being and creator

Purekamekran
  • Turpi - Supreme being

Quechua (Highland Peru)
  • Ataguju - Creator god
  • Ekkekko - Household god and god of fortune

Saliva (Colombia)
  • Barraca - God of wealth
  • Puru - Supreme being and creator

Selknam (Tierra del Fuego)
  • Temaukel - Supreme god and creator god

Shavante (Brazil)
  • Aiwamdzu - Creator and ancestor god
  • Waptokwa - Sun god and creator

Sherenti (Brazil)
  • Waptokwa - Sun god and creator

Shipibo (Brazil)
  • Iba - Omnipotent and invisible supreme god and creator

Surara (Brazil)
  • Poré - Supreme being and god of the moon

Tehuelcho (Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego)
  • Guayavacuni - Remote supreme being and creator
  • Heller - Creator of men

Tehuelhets (Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego)
  • Guayavacuni - Remote supreme being and creator

Terena (Brazil)
  • Itukoviche - Remote high god and creator

Timote (Venezuela)
  • Ches - Supreme god

Toba-Pilaga (Argentina, Paraguay)
  • Nedamik - Creator god

Tukano (Colombia)
  • Homanihiko - Supreme god and creator
  • Vai-mahse - God of hunting and fishing

Tupi (Brazil)
  • Ariconte - God of night
  • Monan - Creator god and destroyer of the world
  • Peruda - God of love and procreation
  • Timondonar - God of light
  • Tupa - Chief god and god of storms, thunder, and lightning
  • Zume - ??

Tupinamba (Northern Brazil)
  • Maire-Monan - Hero god, successor to Monam
  • Tupan - God of thunder and lightning

Uitoto (Colombia, Ecuador)
  • Naimuena - Supreme god, creator, and vegetation god

Waika (Brazil, Venezuela)
  • Omaua - Supreme and creator god

Warrau (Venezuela)
  • Kanabo - Supreme being and creator god

Winikina-Warso (Venezuela)
  • Oriwakarotu - God of dance

Yanomami (Northern Brazil)
  • Omam - Creator god

Yaruro (Venezuela)
  • Kuma - Moon goddess and creator, goddess of afterworld of happiness

Yunca (Peru)
  • Pachacamac - Supreme god and creator

Zaparo (Peru, Ecuador)
  • Piietzo - Creator god