Template:Infobox deity

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The template can be used for any god, deity or mythological figure who is worshiped in a religion or cult. For other mythological figures, please consider other templates like Template:Infobox mythical creature or Template:Infobox character.

All fields

{{{name}}}
{{{deity_of}}}
Member of {{{member_of}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|alt={{{alt}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Name in hieroglyphs	{{{hiero}}}
Name in Old Norse	{{{Old_Norse}}}
{{{script_name}}}	{{{script}}}
Venerated in	{{{venerated_in}}}
Affiliation	{{{affiliation}}}
Major cult center	{{{cult_center}}}
Predecessor	{{{predecessor}}}
Successor	{{{successor}}}
Abode	{{{abode}}}
Planet	{{{planet}}}
Mantra	{{{mantra}}}
Weapon	{{{weapon}}}
Army	{{{army}}}
Battles	{{{battles}}}
Artifacts	{{{artifacts}}}
Animals	{{{animals}}}
Symbol	{{{symbol}}}
Adherents	{{{adherents}}}
Height	{{{height}}}
Age	{{{age}}}
Tree	{{{tree}}}
Day	{{{day}}}
Color	{{{color}}}
Number	{{{number}}}
Mount	{{{mount}}}
Texts	{{{texts}}}
Gender	{{{gender}}}
Region	{{{region}}}
Ethnic group	{{{ethnic_group}}}
Festivals	{{{festivals}}}
Personal information
Parents	{{{parents}}}
Siblings	{{{siblings}}}
Consort	{{{consort}}}
Offspring	{{{offspring}}}
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	{{{Greek_equivalent}}}
Roman equivalent	{{{Roman_equivalent}}}
Etruscan equivalent	{{{Etruscan_equivalent}}}
Christian equivalent	{{{Christian_equivalent}}}
Slavic equivalent	{{{Slavic_equivalent}}}
Hindu equivalent	{{{Hinduism_equivalent}}}
Canaanite equivalent	{{{Canaanite_equivalent}}}
Indo-European equivalent	{{{Indo-european_equivalent}}}
{{{equivalent1_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent1}}}
{{{equivalent2_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent2}}}
{{{equivalent3_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent3}}}
{{{equivalent4_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent4}}}
{{{equivalent5_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent5}}}

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Examples

Ganesha
God of New Beginnings, Success and Wisdom Remover of Obstacles
Attired in an orange dhoti, an elephant-headed man sits on a large lotus. His body is red in colour and he wears various golden necklaces and bracelets and a snake around his neck. On the three points of his crown, budding lotuses have been fixed. He holds in his two right hands the rosary (lower hand) and a cup filled with three modakas (round yellow sweets), a fourth modaka held by the curving trunk is just about to be tasted. In his two left hands, he holds a lotus in the upper hand and an axe in the lower one, with its handle leaning against his shoulder. Basohli miniature, c. 1730. National Museum, New Delhi.
Affiliation	Deva, Brahman (Ganapatya), Saguna Brahman (Panchayatana puja)
Abode	• Mount Kailash (with parents Shiva and Parvati) , • Ganeshloka
Mantra
Weapon	(axe), (noose), (elephant goad)
Symbols	Swastika, Om, Modak
Mount	Mouse
Texts	Ganesha Purana, Mudgala Purana, Ganapati Atharvashirsa
Gender	Male
Festivals	Ganesh Chaturthi
Personal information
Parents	Shiva (father) Parvati (mother)
Siblings	Kartikeya
Consorts	Riddhi (Prosperity) Siddhi (Attainment) Buddhi (Intelligence)
Children	Shubha, Labha, Santoshi Mata

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Ganesha
God of New Beginnings, Success and Wisdom Remover of Obstacles
Attired in an orange dhoti, an elephant-headed man sits on a large lotus. His body is red in colour and he wears various golden necklaces and bracelets and a snake around his neck. On the three points of his crown, budding lotuses have been fixed. He holds in his two right hands the rosary (lower hand) and a cup filled with three modakas (round yellow sweets), a fourth modaka held by the curving trunk is just about to be tasted. In his two left hands, he holds a lotus in the upper hand and an axe in the lower one, with its handle leaning against his shoulder. Basohli miniature, c. 1730. National Museum, New Delhi.
Affiliation	Deva, Brahman (Ganapatya), Saguna Brahman (Panchayatana puja)
Abode	• Mount Kailash (with parents Shiva and Parvati) , • Ganeshloka
Mantra
Weapon	(axe), (noose), (elephant goad)
Symbols	Swastika, Om, Modak
Mount	Mouse
Texts	Ganesha Purana, Mudgala Purana, Ganapati Atharvashirsa
Gender	Male
Festivals	Ganesh Chaturthi
Personal information
Parents	Shiva (father) Parvati (mother)
Siblings	Kartikeya
Consorts	Riddhi (Prosperity) Siddhi (Attainment) Buddhi (Intelligence)
Children	Shubha, Labha, Santoshi Mata

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TemplateData

TemplateData

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox deity in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox deity

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	Character name to display in top header (default = PAGENAME).	String	optional
Image	image	Image of the character. "File:" and wikilinking is not required. i.e. use {{para|image|Example.png}}.	File	optional
Image upright	image_upright	The image size defaults to frameless (220px). The size should not be set to a value that would result in an image width greater than 270px. See [[#Calculating "image_upright"|help below]] for guidance on determining the value to be used.	String	optional
Alt	alt	Alt text for image per [[WP:MOSALT]].	String	optional
Caption	caption	A caption explaining the image.	String	optional
Type	type	Religion in which the deity is worshipped Example Hindu for Rama	String	required
avatar_birth	avatar_birth	no description	Unknown	optional
avatar_end	avatar_end	no description	Unknown	optional
deity_of	deity_of	no description	Unknown	optional
god_of	god_of	no description	Unknown	optional
alusi_of	alusi_of	no description	Unknown	optional
member_of	member_of	no description	Unknown	optional
qid	qid	no description	Unknown	optional
suppressfields	suppressfields	no description	Unknown	optional
fetchwikidata	fetchwikidata	no description	Unknown	optional
image_size	image_size	no description	Unknown	optional
other_names	other_names	no description	Unknown	optional
hiero	hiero	no description	Unknown	optional
old_norse	old_norse	no description	Unknown	optional
script_name	script_name	no description	Unknown	optional
script	script	no description	Unknown	optional
venerated_in	venerated_in	no description	Unknown	optional
associate	associate	no description	Unknown	optional
affiliation	affiliation	no description	Unknown	optional
cult_centre	cult_centre	no description	Unknown	optional
cult_center	cult_center	no description	Unknown	optional
predecessor	predecessor	no description	Unknown	optional
successor	successor	no description	Unknown	optional
abode	abode	no description	Unknown	optional
abodes	abodes	no description	Unknown	optional
planet	planet	no description	Unknown	optional
world	world	no description	Unknown	optional
mantra	mantra	no description	Unknown	optional
weapon	weapon	no description	Unknown	optional
weapons	weapons	no description	Unknown	optional
army	army	no description	Unknown	optional
battles	battles	no description	Unknown	optional
artefacts	artefacts	no description	Unknown	optional
artifacts	artifacts	no description	Unknown	optional
animals	animals	no description	Unknown	optional
symbol	symbol	no description	Unknown	optional
symbols	symbols	no description	Unknown	optional
adherents	adherents	no description	Unknown	optional
height	height	no description	Unknown	optional
age	age	no description	Unknown	optional
tree	tree	no description	Unknown	optional
day	day	no description	Unknown	optional
complexion	complexion	no description	Unknown	optional
colour	colour	no description	Unknown	optional
color	color	no description	Unknown	optional
number	number	no description	Unknown	optional
mount	mount	no description	Unknown	optional
texts	texts	no description	Unknown	optional
gender	gender	no description	Unknown	optional
region	region	no description	Unknown	optional
ethnic_group	ethnic_group	no description	Unknown	optional
temples	temples	no description	Unknown	optional
temple	temple	no description	Unknown	optional
festivals	festivals	no description	Unknown	optional
birth_name	birth_name	no description	Unknown	optional
birth_date	birth_date	no description	Unknown	optional
birth_place	birth_place	no description	Unknown	optional
death_date	death_date	no description	Unknown	optional
death_place	death_place	no description	Unknown	optional
spouse	spouse	no description	Unknown	optional
children	children	no description	Unknown	optional
father	father	no description	Unknown	optional
mother	mother	no description	Unknown	optional
siblings	siblings	no description	Unknown	optional
dynasty	dynasty	no description	Unknown	optional
birthname	birthname	no description	Unknown	optional
moksha_date	moksha_date	no description	Unknown	optional
moksha_place	moksha_place	no description	Unknown	optional
parents	parents	no description	Unknown	optional
consort	consort	no description	Unknown	optional
consorts	consorts	no description	Unknown	optional
offspring	offspring	no description	Unknown	optional
greek_equivalent	greek_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
roman_equivalent	roman_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
norse_equivalent	norse_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
etruscan_equivalent	etruscan_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
christian_equivalent	christian_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
slavic_equivalent	slavic_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
hinduism_equivalent	hinduism_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
canaanite_equivalent	canaanite_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
Indo-european_equivalent	Indo-european_equivalent	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent1	equivalent1	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent2	equivalent2	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent3	equivalent3	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent4	equivalent4	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent5	equivalent5	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent1_type	equivalent1_type	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent2_type	equivalent2_type	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent3_type	equivalent3_type	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent4_type	equivalent4_type	no description	Unknown	optional
equivalent5_type	equivalent5_type	no description	Unknown	optional
child	child	no description	Unknown	optional
nocat_wdimage	nocat_wdimage	no description	Unknown	optional

Color template

If “|type= “ is filled with any of the following inputs, it will use colors from the infobox drawn from Template:Infobox deity/color

Deity type and color style

|type = Input	Color style output	Sidebar matching?	Footer matching?
Akan	#FFD700	No	checkY Yes
Arabian	#CDC8B8
Australian	#EBA9EE
Aztec	#00A86B
Bantu	#BDFDFB
Canaanite	#800080
Chinese	#C04851
Eblaite	#008113
Edo	#93C572
Egyptian	#DECD87	checkY Yes	checkY Yes
Elamite	#159E4F
Etruscan	#F7E3CD
Greek	#CEF2E0
Hindu	#FFC569	checkY Yes	checkY Yes
Hittite	#021AF2
Hurrian	#4B539C
Igbo	#ACE1AF	checkY Yes	checkY Yes
Indo-European	#006400
Irish	#90DB90
Jain	#F5DEB3
Japanese, Shinto	#A12F25	checkY Yes	No
Kongo	#E1BAE7	checkY Yes	checkY Yes
Mayan	#50C578
Meitei	#330055
Mesopotamian	#228B22
Muisca	#FFD500
Norse	#D6DBBE		checkY Yes
Nubian	#F0E4AE
Phillippine	#F6E396
Polynesian, Hawaiian	#AFEEEE	No	No
Roman	#F0ACAC	checkY Yes checkY Yes
Slavic	#CD0000	No sidebar	No
Turkic	#00ABC2
Ugaritic	#00817D
Yoruba	#93C572	checkY Yes	checkY Yes

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox deity with unknown parameters (1)
• Category:Pages using infobox deity with color param (3)
• Category:Pages using infobox deity without type param (2)

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