Eos, a reflex of the goddess Hausos, the original love goddess of the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

A love deity is a deity in mythology associated with sex, lust, or sexuality. Love deities are common in mythology and may be found in many polytheistic religions. Female sex goddesses are often associated with beauty and other traditionally feminine attributes.

List of love deities [ edit ]

Albanian folklore [ edit ]

Prende, goddess of love and beauty

Armenian mythology [ edit ]

Astghik, goddess of fertility and love

Aztec mythology [ edit ]

Ixcuiname, goddess of carnality

Teicu, goddess of sexual appetite

Tiacapan, goddess of sexual hunger

Tlaco, goddess of sexual longing

Tlazolteotl, goddess of lust, carnality, sexual misdeeds

Xocotzin, goddess of sexual desire

Xochiquetzal, goddess of sex and beauty

Xochipilli, god of love, art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, fertility, and song

Buddhism [ edit ]

Aizen Myō-ō or Rāgarāja, a deity who transforms worldly lust into spiritual awakening; his red-skinned appearance represents suppressed lust and passion

Kuni, god of love

Canaanite mythology [ edit ]

Astarte, goddess of sex and war, Canaanite version of Inanna

Qetesh, goddess of love, beauty, and sex; "Qetesh" is her Egyptian name

Celtic mythology [ edit ]

Áine, Irish goddess of love, summer, wealth, and sovereignty; possibly originally a sun goddess

Cliodhna Irish goddess, sometimes identified as a goddess of love and beauty[1]

Chinese mythology [ edit ]

Jiutian Xuannü, a goddess of war, sex, and longevity [2]

Yue-Lao, a god of love, who binds two people together with an invisible red string

Tu Er Shen, a deity who oversees love between (effeminate) homosexual men

White Peony (Bai Mudan or Pai Mu-Tan), a goddess who tempts men, especially ascetics

Wutong Shen, a group of five wanton deities from Southern China. They ravished and possessed beautiful women.

Baimei Shen, Chinese prostitution god. On her first assignment with a client, a prostitute was supposed to make a sacrifice to him.

Qian Keng (Peng Zu), a god of health-focused sex

Chuangmu, goddess of the bedchamber. She and her husband Chuanggong look after everything that may happen in the bed room, including sex, sleep, and childbirth.

King Zhou, one of worst tyrants in Chinese history. He is known as the god of sodomy.

Egyptian mythology [ edit ]

Bastet, goddess of felines, love, protection, perfume, beauty, and dance

Bes, god of music, love, and dance

Hathor, goddess of love, beauty, and music; originally a sky goddess

Min, god of reproduction, love, and sexual pleasure

Qetesh, goddess of love, beauty, and sex; apparently borrowed by the Egyptians from the Canaanites

Etruscan mythology [ edit ]

Albina, goddess of the dawn and protector of ill-fated lovers

Turan, goddess of love and vitality

Germanic mythology [ edit ]

Eostre, Germanic reflex of Hausos and thus Frigg/Frijjo's predecessor; she was apparently transformed into a spring/fertility goddess by the Anglo-Saxons and Continental Germanic tribes and thus kept her relevancy in these traditions. She does not appear to have survived in the Norse tradition, probably being replaced by Freyja.

Freyja, goddess of love/sex, beauty, seiðr, war, and death; often thought of as the Norse equivalent of Aphrodite

Freyr, phallic god of lust, marriages, peace, and pleasure

Frigg, goddess of marriage and women. Has numerous similarities with Freyja and in the Gesta Danorum acts more like her. This, combined with the fact that only cognates of her name, and not Freyja's, appear outside of Scandinavia has led to the theory that Freyja is just a hypostasis of Frigg and Frigg was the Common Germanic love and sex goddess.

acts more like her. This, combined with the fact that only cognates of her name, and not Freyja's, appear outside of Scandinavia has led to the theory that Freyja is just a hypostasis of Frigg and Frigg was the Common Germanic love and sex goddess. Lofn, goddess who has permission from Frigg to arrange forbidden marriages

Sjöfn, goddess associated with love

Eros Farnese MAN Napoli 6353

Greek mythology [ edit ]

Aphrodite, goddess of sex and beauty, Greek version of Astarte and ultimately Inanna

Eos, Greek reflex of Hausos, who may have been the PIE lust/sex goddess

The Erotes Anteros, god of requited love Eros, god of procreation; originally a primordial deity unconnected to Aphrodite, he was later made into her son, possibly with Ares as his dad; this version of him was imported to Rome where he came known as Cupid Himeros, god of sexual desire and unrequited love Hedylogos, god of sweet talk and flattery Hermaphroditus, god of hermaphrodites and effeminate men Hymen, god of marriage, weddings, and the bridal hymn Pothos, god of sexual longing, yearning, and desire

Pan, god of the wild, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, and fertility of the wild/flocks. Is portrayed as very lustful and often depicted with an erect phallus. He lusted after several nymphs, most importantly Echo (mythology and Syrinx. Diogenes of Sinope, speaking in jest, related a myth of Pan learning masturbation from his father, Hermes, and teaching the habit to shepherds. Pan's greatest conquest was that of the moon goddess Selene. He accomplished this by wrapping himself in a sheepskin to hide his hairy black goat form, and drew her down from the sky into the forest where he seduced her. [ citation needed ]

Peitho, personification of persuasion and seduction

Philotes, either a goddess of affection or a daimon of intercourse

Priapus, god of sexual intercouse, genitalia, nature, fertility, and lust

Guaraní mythology [ edit ]

Kurupi, god of sexuality and fertility

Hindu mythology [ edit ]

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Kama , god of love and sexuality, Hindu version of Eros

Rati, goddess of passion and lust, wife of Kama

Ushas, Hindu reflex of Hausos so she was likely the lust goddess before Rati appeared

Milda, goddess of love and freedom

Mesopotamian mythology [ edit ]

Inanna/Ishtar, goddess of sex and war [3]

Nanaya, goddess personifying voluptuousness and sensuality

Persian mythology [ edit ]

Anahita, seems to have gained an association with fertility and sex due to being influenced by the Mesopotamian Inanna; originally appears to have been a water goddess

Roman mythology [ edit ]

Aurora, Roman reflex of Hausos and thus likely to originally have had characteristics of a lust/sex goddess

Cupid, Roman version of the Greek Eros, also called Amor

Suadela, Roman version of the Greek Peitho

Venus, Roman version of the Greek Aphrodite

Slavic mythology [ edit ]

Dogoda, Polish spirit of the west wind, associated with love and gentleness

Dzydzilelya, Polish goddess of love and marriage and of sexuality and fertility

Siebog, god of love and marriage

Živa, goddess of love and fertility

Vodun [ edit ]

Baron La Croix, loa of the dead and sexuality

Baron Samedi, loa of the dead, sex, and resurrection

Erzulie Freda Dahomey, loa of love, beauty, jewelry, dancing, luxury, and flowers

Yoruba mythology [ edit ]

Oshun, goddess of sex and beauty

Fakelore [ edit ]

Lada, fakeloric goddess of sex and beauty, basically a made up Slavic version of Aphrodite almost certainly influenced by Greek mythology