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Mythos Atlas

Divine domains

Gods of Magic

11 deities from 7 traditions whose entries in this atlas list magic among their domains, grouped by tradition.

Celtic

2 deities

Manannán mac Lir

sea · otherworld · weather

Lord of the sea and guardian of Tír na nÓg, the Land of Youth. He rides the waves in his chariot and cloaks the Otherworld in mist.

The Dagda

fertility · agriculture · manliness

The father figure and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. A giant, bearded powerhouse with a magic club that can kill with one end and heal with the other, and a cauldron that never runs empty.

Egyptian

2 deities

Isis

magic · motherhood · healing

The most powerful goddess in the Egyptian pantheon, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. Goddess of magic, healing, and protection.

Thoth

wisdom · writing · magic

God of wisdom, writing, and magic. Inventor of hieroglyphs and scribe of the gods. He records the results of the weighing of hearts ceremony.

Mesopotamian

2 deities

Marduk

creation · kingship · magic

Chief god of Babylon and slayer of Tiamat. Marduk rose from a minor deity to supreme god of the Babylonian pantheon after defeating the primordial chaos dragon and creating the world from her body.

Enki

wisdom · water · creation

God of wisdom, fresh water, and creation. Enki is the cleverest of the gods, creator of humanity, and the cunning protector of mortals against divine wrath.

Norse

2 deities

Odin

wisdom · war · death

King of the Aesir and god of wisdom, war, and death. Odin sacrificed his eye at Mimir's well for wisdom and hung himself on Yggdrasil for nine days to learn the runes.

Freyja

love · beauty · fertility

Most renowned of the Vanir, goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, but also associated with war and death. She receives half of those who die in battle in her hall Folkvangr.

Hittite

1 deity

Kamrušepa

magic · healing · ritual purification

Goddess of magic and healing rites, who in the Telipinu myth performs the ritual that draws out the angry god's rage and sends it to the Dark Earth.

Japanese

1 deity

Okuninushi

nation-building · medicine · magic

The Great Land Master who built and ruled the earthly realm before ceding it to Amaterasu's descendants. God of nation-building, medicine, magic, and matchmaking. Principal deity of Izumo Grand Shrine.

Slavic

1 deity

Veles

cattle · wealth · the underworld

The "cattle god" (skotii bog) of the treaty oaths, sworn by beside Perun in 907 and 945, and left off Vladimir's 980 hilltop pantheon in a way scholars have long puzzled over.

Parallels across traditions

Editorial comparisons recorded on these entries; a shared role does not establish a shared origin.

Quick answers

Who is the Celtic god of magic?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Celtic deities whose domains include magic are Manannán mac Lir and The Dagda.
Who is the Egyptian god of magic?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Egyptian deities whose domains include magic are Isis and Thoth.
Who is the Mesopotamian god of magic?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Mesopotamian deities whose domains include magic are Marduk and Enki.
Who is the Norse god of magic?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Norse deities whose domains include magic are Odin and Freyja.
Who is the Hittite god of magic?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Hittite deity whose domains include magic is Kamrušepa.
Who is the Japanese god of magic?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Japanese deity whose domains include magic is Okuninushi.

Related domains

Built from each deity's catalog entry. See every domain side by side on Divine Domains, or browse every cross-pantheon parallel.