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A supreme deity, supreme god or supreme being is the conception of the sole sovereign deity who is all powerful in a religion. It is common in monotheistic, polytheistic and henotheistic religions. A supreme deity is often also a creator deity and other deities are often aspects or manifestations of the supreme deity.[1]
African
[edit]Asian
[edit]- Shangdi, in Shenism
- Wusheng Laomu/Wusheng Shengmu/Wujimu/Wuji Shengmu, in many Chinese salvationist religions such as Yiguandao.[2]
- Yaochih Jinmu, in Cihui Tang.[3]
European
[edit]- Supreme Being, in a deistic religion established by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution
- Jupiter, in the Cult of Jupiter Summus Exsuperantissimus
- Rod, in some religions of syncretic Slavic neopaganism
- Ukko, in Ukonusko, a syncretic Finnish neopagan religion
- Zeus, in Middle Platonism
Indian
[edit]- Para Brahman, in Hinduism
- Indra, in Vedism
- Shiva, in Shaivism
- Vishnu, in Vaishnavism
- Adi Parashakti, in Shaktism
- Maha Ganapati, in Ganapatya
- Surya, in Sauram
- Adibuddha and Dharmakaya, in Mahayana Buddhism
- Waheguru, in Sikhism
Middle Eastern
[edit]- God in Abrahamic religions
- God in Judaism
- God in Christianity
- Yahweh
- Allah in Muslim belief: see God in Islam
- Bahá in Bahá'í belief: see God in the Baháʼí Faith
- Hayyi Rabbi in Mandaeism
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Herbener, Jens-André P. (2013). "On the Term "Monotheism"" (PDF). Numen – via Brill.
- ↑ Sangren, P. Steven (1983). "Female Gender in Chinese Religious Symbols: Kuan Yin, Ma Tsu, and the "Eternal Mother"". doi:10.1086/494021. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
- ↑ Clart, Philip (1997). "The Phoenix and the Mother: The Interaction of Spirit Writing Cults and Popular Sects in Taiwan". Journal of Chinese Religions=中國宗教研究集刊. 25 (1): 1–32.