Bastet
Goddess of home, fertility, and protection. Originally a fierce lioness warrior goddess, she later became gentler as a cat goddess.
Divine domains
Gods of Music
6 deities from 5 traditions whose entries in this atlas list music among their domains, grouped by tradition.
Egyptian
Hathor
Goddess of love, beauty, music, and motherhood. The 'Golden One' who embodies the feminine ideal. Protector of women.
Greek
Apollo
God of sun, music, poetry, prophecy, and healing. Twin brother of Artemis, patron of the Muses and leader of the nine sisters.
Hindu
Saraswati
Goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom, and learning. Consort of Brahma. She invented Sanskrit and the Devanagari script. Patron of students, artists, and scholars.
Japanese
Benzaiten
Goddess of everything that flows: water, time, words, music, and knowledge. One of the Seven Lucky Gods. Originated from Hindu goddess Saraswati.
Roman
Apollo
God of the sun, music, poetry, prophecy, healing, and archery. One of the few gods whose name remained unchanged from Greek to Roman. Patron of the Sibylline Books and protector of Augustus.
Parallels across traditions
Editorial comparisons recorded on these entries; a shared role does not establish a shared origin.
Apollo (Greek) and Apollo (Roman)
Apollo is one of the few deities whose name remained unchanged in Roman religion, retaining all his Greek attributes
Compare Apollo and ApolloSaraswati (Hindu) and Benzaiten (Japanese)
Benzaiten is the Japanese Buddhist adaptation of Saraswati; both are goddesses of music, eloquence, water, and the arts
Compare Saraswati and Benzaiten
Quick answers
- Who is the Egyptian god of music?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Egyptian deities whose domains include music are Bastet and Hathor.
- Who is the Greek god of music?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Greek deity whose domains include music is Apollo.
- Who is the Hindu god of music?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Hindu deity whose domains include music is Saraswati.
- Who is the Japanese god of music?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Japanese deity whose domains include music is Benzaiten.
- Who is the Roman god of music?
- In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Roman deity whose domains include music is Apollo.
Related domains
Built from each deity's catalog entry. See every domain side by side on Divine Domains, or browse every cross-pantheon parallel.