Deities of wine and beer include a number of agricultural deities associated with the fruits and grains used to produce alcoholic beverages, as well as the processes of fermentation and distillation.
Abundantia - Roman goddess of abundance (see also: Habonde). Acan - Mayan god of alcohol. Accla - Incan female keepers of the sacred fires (who also brewed beer). Acratopotes - one of Dionysus' companions and a drinker of unmixed wine. Aegir - a Norse divinity associated with ale, beer and mead. Aizen Myō-ō - Shinto god of tavern keepers. Albina - Arcadian, British & Irish white barley goddess. Ampelos - Greek lover of Dionysus transformed into the grapevine. Amaethon - Welsh god of agriculture. Amphictyonis - Greek goddess of wine and friendship. Aristaeus - Greco-Roman god of rustic, rural arts, including making wine, beer, mead and kumis. Arnemetia - Celtic river goddess (Her name is connected with nemeton, “sacred grove,” which means it’s the best place to find brewing water). Ash - Egyptian god of wine and oases. Bacchus - Roman god of wine, usually identified with the Greek Dionysus. Ba-Maguje - Hausa spirit of drunkenness. Bes - Egyptian god, protector of the home, and patron of beer brewers. Biersal/Bierasal/Bieresal - Germanic kobold of the beer cellar. Bhairava/Bharani - Indian/Hindu god of soma (also associated with sacred beer). Brigid of Kildare/Saint Brigid - patron saint of brewing. Byggvir - Norse god of barley (and, thus, beer). Ceraon - who watched over the mixing of wine with water. Dea Latis - Celtic goddess of beer. Dionysus - Greek god of wine, usually identified with the Roman Bacchus. Du Kang - Chinese sage of wine. Inventor of wine and patron to the alcohol industry. Hathor - Egyptian goddess of love, passion, wine, and drunkenness. Inari - Shinto goddess of sake. Li Bai - Chinese god of wine and sage of poetry. Liber/Liber Pater - a Roman god of wine. Liu Ling - Chinese god of wine. One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Mayahuel - Mexican goddess of pulque. Methe - Greek personification of drinking and drunkenness. Nephthys - Egyptian goddess of beer. Ninkasi - Mesopotamian goddess of beer. Nokhubulwane - Zulu goddess of the rainbow, agriculture, rain, and beer. Oenotropae - Greek goddesses, "the women who change (anything into) wine". Ogoun - Yoruba/West African/Voodoo god of rum. Ometochtli - Aztec gods of excess. Osiris - Egyptian god of beer and wine. Radegast - Slavic god of drinking and hospitality. Raugutiene and Raugupatis - Baltic god and goddess of fermentation and beer. Silenus - Greek god of wine, wine pressing, and drunkenness. Siris - Mesopotamian goddess of beer. Soma - Hindu god of alcoholic beverages. Sucellus - Celtic god of agriculture, forests, and of the alcoholic drinks of the Gauls. Tao Yuanming - Chinese spirit of wine. Tenemit - Egyptian goddess of beer. Tenenet - Egyptian goddess of childbirth and beer. Tezcatzontecati- Aztec god of pulque, of drunkenness and fertility (one of the Ometochtli). Varuni - Hindu goddess of wine. Yasigi - African goddess of beer (depicted as the ultimate party girl). Yi-ti - Chinese god (said to have created the first rice and grape wines).
See also Beer goddess Religion and alcohol
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