List of beauty deities
A beauty deity is a god or (usually) goddess associated with the concept of beauty. Classic examples in the Western culture are the Greek goddess Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart, Venus. The following is a list of beauty deities across different cultures. For some deities, beauty is only one of several aspects they represent, or a lesser one. Male deities are italicized.
African
Akan
- Asase Yaa
- Aniwaa
Egyptian
Yoruba
American
Vodou
Asian
Chinese
Hindu
Japanese
Mesopotamia
- Ishtar)
- Astarte
European
Albanian
Etruscan
- Aplu
- Turan
Greek
- Adonis (note: a mortal, occasionally depicted as a god)
- Aglaea
- Aphrodite
- Apollo
- Charis
- Charites
- Kale
- Anna Romanovna Pak