WorldBuilding:Religion

Indo-European Pantheons
The bellow is included as a starting point for research or to be used in a fictional sense and largely copied from these two Wikipedia articles as well as this Quora answer with a few edits. I don't know much about a lot of the religions mentioned.

In short, see the bellow table as merely a rough exercise in the imagination, barely prevented from collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions. {| class="wikitable" !Role !Indo-European !Greek !Roman !Norse / Teutonic !Egyptian !Sumerian !Phoenician !Hindu
 * +Versions of gods
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Gods
underworld  and death
 * Head god
 * Dyeus Pater
 * Zeus
 * Jupiter
 * Odin
 * Amun, Horus
 * Enlil, Bel
 * Hadad
 * Indra
 * rowspan="2" |Love goddess
 * rowspan="2" | -
 * Aphrodite
 * Venus
 * rowspan="2" |Freyja
 * rowspan="2" |Hathor, Isis
 * rowspan="2" |Inanna
 * rowspan="2" |Astarte
 * rowspan="2" |Rati
 * Eros
 * Cupid
 * Light god
 * Apollo
 * Apollo
 * Baldr
 * Horus
 * Resheph
 * Rudra
 * War god
 * Perkwunos
 * Horus
 * Resheph
 * Rudra
 * War god
 * Perkwunos
 * War god
 * Perkwunos
 * Ares
 * Mars
 * Thor, Tyr
 * Anhur
 * Nergal
 * Kartikeya
 * Wilderness goddess
 * Artemis
 * Diana
 * Skadi
 * Bastet
 * Kotharat
 * Bhadra
 * Strategy & Wisdom Goddess
 * Athena
 * Minerva
 * Frigg, Freyja
 * Neith, Isis, Thoth
 * Inanna
 * Anat
 * Saraswati, Ganesha
 * Earth and Harvest Goddess
 * Dhéǵhōm
 * Demeter
 * Ceres
 * Sif
 * Isis
 * Wine God
 * Dionysus
 * Liber
 * Osiris
 * Dawn Goddess
 * Eos
 * Aurora
 * Tefnut
 * God of the
 * Wine God
 * Dionysus
 * Liber
 * Osiris
 * Dawn Goddess
 * Eos
 * Aurora
 * Tefnut
 * God of the
 * Dawn Goddess
 * Eos
 * Aurora
 * Tefnut
 * God of the
 * Eos
 * Aurora
 * Tefnut
 * God of the
 * God of the
 * God of the
 * God of the
 * God of the
 * God of the
 * Hades
 * Pluto
 * Hel
 * Anubis / Osiris
 * Mot
 * Yama
 * Goddess of youth
 * Hebe
 * Juventas
 * Idunn
 * Renpet
 * Goddess of Magic
 * Hecate
 * Trivia
 * Heqet
 * Ereshkigal
 * God of Smiths
 * Hephaestus
 * Vulcan
 * Ptah
 * Kothar-wa-Khasis
 * Vishvakarma, Agni
 * Mother Goddess
 * Hera
 * Juno
 * Frigga
 * Mut, Hathor
 * Indrani
 * Messenger of the Gods
 * Hermes
 * Mercury
 * Hermod
 * Anubis, Thoth
 * Nabu
 * Taautus
 * Narada
 * Goddess of Hearth and Home
 * Hestia
 * Vesta
 * Anuket
 * Goddess of Rainbows
 * Iris
 * Arcus
 * Nut
 * God of Karma
 * Nemesis
 * Invidia
 * Shani
 * Goddess of Victory
 * Nike
 * Victoria
 * Kartikeya
 * Wilderness God
 * Pan
 * Faunus
 * Min
 * Aranyani, Budha
 * Sea God
 * Poseidon
 * Neptune
 * Njörd
 * Enki
 * Yam
 * Varuna
 * underworld Goddess
 * Persephone
 * Proserpina
 * Ēostre
 * God or Goddess of the moon
 * Selene
 * Luna
 * Isis, Thoth, Khonsu
 * Yarikh
 * Chandra
 * Goddess or God of Fortune
 * Tyche
 * Fortuna
 * Hermond
 * Gad
 * Lakshmi, Ganesha
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 * Nemesis
 * Invidia
 * Shani
 * Goddess of Victory
 * Nike
 * Victoria
 * Kartikeya
 * Wilderness God
 * Pan
 * Faunus
 * Min
 * Aranyani, Budha
 * Sea God
 * Poseidon
 * Neptune
 * Njörd
 * Enki
 * Yam
 * Varuna
 * underworld Goddess
 * Persephone
 * Proserpina
 * Ēostre
 * God or Goddess of the moon
 * Selene
 * Luna
 * Isis, Thoth, Khonsu
 * Yarikh
 * Chandra
 * Goddess or God of Fortune
 * Tyche
 * Fortuna
 * Hermond
 * Gad
 * Lakshmi, Ganesha
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 * Varuna
 * underworld Goddess
 * Persephone
 * Proserpina
 * Ēostre
 * God or Goddess of the moon
 * Selene
 * Luna
 * Isis, Thoth, Khonsu
 * Yarikh
 * Chandra
 * Goddess or God of Fortune
 * Tyche
 * Fortuna
 * Hermond
 * Gad
 * Lakshmi, Ganesha
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 * Yarikh
 * Chandra
 * Goddess or God of Fortune
 * Tyche
 * Fortuna
 * Hermond
 * Gad
 * Lakshmi, Ganesha
 * colspan="9" |
 * Gad
 * Lakshmi, Ganesha
 * colspan="9" |
 * Lakshmi, Ganesha
 * colspan="9" |
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Personifications

 * The Earth
 * Dhéǵhōm
 * Gaia
 * Terra
 * The Sun
 * Helios
 * Sol
 * Sleep
 * Hypnos
 * Somnus
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 * The Sun
 * Helios
 * Sol
 * Sleep
 * Hypnos
 * Somnus
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 * Sleep
 * Hypnos
 * Somnus
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 * Hypnos
 * Somnus
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YouTube videos
I know some people hold strong religious or political opinions, and some of the YouTube videos listed bellow make jokes about religion, so I have attached a ? next to such videos so you can pick and choose which ones you want to watch.


 * How the Elite use Religion to Control People - Stoneworks - ? - a brief overview of some of the interactions between religion and politics (in Anglo-Saxon Britain, the United States, the Roman Empire, Ancient Judea, and The Ottoman Empire) along with a few thoughts on how that can inform worldbuilding religion.
 * How to worldbuild: Religion - James Tullos - ? - a view on how religion affects the world; in particular in politics, war,

Podcasts

 * Worldcasting has a number of videos on this subject.
 * Divine Oomph is the most immediately relevant. Some questions out of this:
 * How does religion interact with magic in your system? I would add this might not just be metaphysical but also between religious figures and wizards.