Dian Cécht
The physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann, whose healing well could restore the dead to life. His jealousy over his son's greater skill led to tragedy.
Divine domains
Gods of Medicine
5 deities from 5 traditions whose entries in this atlas list medicine among their domains, grouped by tradition.
Celtic
Greek
Asclepius
The healer god, son of Apollo and the mortal Coronis, trained in medicine by the centaur Chiron. His skill grew so great that he raised the dead, and Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt; he was nonetheless worshipped across the Greek and Roman world at sanctuaries where the sick slept in hope of a cure.
Japanese
Okuninushi
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.
Mesoamerican
Ix Chel
The Maya moon goddess associated with fertility, childbirth, medicine, and weaving. Ix Chel appears in both young and aged forms, representing different aspects of the lunar cycle and feminine power.
Yoruba
Osanyin
The Orisha of herbs, healing, and the forest. Osanyin knows the secret properties of all plants and is essential to all Orisha worship.
Parallels across traditions
Editorial comparisons recorded on these entries; a shared role does not establish a shared origin.
Osanyin (Yoruba) and Asclepius (Greek)
Both are gods of healing and medicine
Compare Osanyin and AsclepiusOkuninushi (Japanese) and Asclepius (Greek)
Both are gods of medicine and healing who underwent trials and death
Compare Okuninushi and AsclepiusAsclepius (Greek) and Dian Cécht (Celtic)
Both are divine physicians whose healing reaches toward restoring the dead
Compare Asclepius and Dian Cécht
Quick answers
- Who is the Celtic god of medicine?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Celtic deity whose domains include medicine is Dian Cécht.
- Who is the Greek god of medicine?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Greek deity whose domains include medicine is Asclepius.
- Who is the Japanese god of medicine?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Japanese deity whose domains include medicine is Okuninushi.
- Who is the Mesoamerican god of medicine?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Mesoamerican deity whose domains include medicine is Ix Chel.
- Who is the Yoruba god of medicine?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Yoruba deity whose domains include medicine is Osanyin.
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