| Name | Origin | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adimurti | Hindu | Avatar of Vishnu Hindu |
| Akerbeltz | Basque | Avatar of the god Mari Basque |
| Annapurna | India | A Hindu avatar of Durga who ruled over food production. India |
| Avatar | Hindu | Avatar, avatara or avataram, most commonly refers to the incarnation of a higher being, or the Supreme Being onto Earth. Hindu |
| Ayya Vaikundar | Tamil | According to Akilattirattu Ammanai, a scripture of the Ayyavazhi, was an avatar of Narayana. As per the Ayyavazhi mythology the body in which Ayya Vaikundar incarnated is that of Mudisoodum Perumal. Tamil |
| Bhut | India | A type of evil spirit. It is especially the evil ghost of a man who has died due to execution, accident, or suicide. People protect themselves by lying on the ground, because the bhutas never rest on earth. In the Bhagvad Gita, Krishna the Avatar declares that the humans who worship bhutas become bhutas themselves. India |
| Ce Actal | Aztec | An avatar of Mixcaotl, he represents the warrior's savagery in battle. Aztec |
| Colop U Uichkin | Mayan | Sky god who, with a night avatara of the same name, is the bringer of disease Mayan |
| Dagon | Hindu | The fish avatar of Krishna. Hindu |
| Dhanvantari | Hindu/Puranic/Vedic/Epic | God of the sun who later became an avatar of the god Visnu. Hindu/Puranic/Vedic/Epic |
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| Goraknath | Hindu | Guardian god who is an avatar of Siva Hindu |
| Hara | Hindu/Puranic | Avatar of Siva. Hindu/Puranic |
| Hrsikesa | Hindu | God, a minor avatar of Visnu Hindu |
| Ibis or Nile-bird | Egypt | The Egyptians call the sacred Ibis Father John. It is the avatar' of the god Thoth, who in the guise of an Ibis escaped the pursuit of Typhon. The Egyptians say its white plumage symbolises the light of the sun, and its black neck the shadow of the moon, its body a heart, and its legs a triangle. It was said to drink only the purest of water, and its feathers to scare or even kill the crocodile. Egypt |
| Kalki[n] | Hindu/ Vedic/ Puranic/ Epic | This god will be the 10th avatar of Visnu that rewards good & punishes people |
| Kesava | Hindu | This God is a minor avatar of Visnu |
| Krishna | Indian | The modern deity Krishna is the most celebrated hero of Indian mythology, and the most popular of all the deities. He is said to be the eighth Avatara or incarnation of Vishnu, or rather a direct manifestation of Vishnu himself. This hero, around whom a vast mass of legend and fable has been gathered, probably lived in the Epic age, when the Hindus had not advanced far beyond their early settlements in the north-west. |
| Kurma | Hindu/Puranic/Epic | Avatar of Visnu. In the form of a tortoise he placed himself at the bottom of the sea of milk, and made his back the base or pivot of the mountain Mandara. The gods and demons twisted the great serpent Vasuki round the mountain' and, dividing into two parties, each took an end of the snake as a rope, and thus churned the sea until they recovered the desired objects. Hindu/Puranic/Epic |
| Kurma[vatara] | Hindu/ Puranic/ Epic | An avatar of Visnu |
| Mohini | Hindu | One of the 25 avatars of Vishnu found in the Puranas. Hindu |
| Raumas or Raumyas | India | Hairy; a race sweated from the pores of Virabhadra, one of the avataras of Siva. They had a thousand heads and a thousand arms. India |
| Rukmini | Hindu/ Puranic/ Epic | A goddess who is avatar of Laksmi among other things |
| Vamana | Hinduism | A personality described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the Fifth Avatara of Vishnu, and the first incarnation of the Second Age, or Treta yuga. Also he is the first Avatar of Vishnu which appears with a completely human form, though it was that of a dwarf brahmin. He is also sometimes known as Upendra. |
| Varaha | Hindu | The third avatar of Vishnu, in the form of a boar, who appeared in order to defeat Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the Earth and carried it to the bottom of the cosmic ocean. Hindu |
| Yagrenat | Hindu | Yagrenat "Land of the King of the World," an Avatar of Vishnu. Hindu |
| Yambuvan | Hindu | An Avatar of Brahma in the form of a huge bear. In the war against Ravana, Yambuvan led an army of bears to Ceylon. Hindu |
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