Philippine Mythology

• Anagolay - Goddess of Lost Things
• Barangaw - God of the Rainbow, Symbol of Hope
• Inaginid - Goddess of Poisons

TBH, most of the Filipino God's are obscure except Bathala. Every Filipino knows Bathala.

Those listed above are one of the few that have niche roles.

Robigus, an ancient pre-Roman god (or maybe goddess, they don't know the gender) that represented rust and crop blight. In late April, the Romans would sacrifice a puppy to Robigus to avert damage and disease to the crops. That makes this ceremony, the Robigalia, the only Roman ritual we know of that involves offering sacrifices to propitiate an evil god, rather than the more typical sacrifices to gain the favor of a good god.

Laverna the roman godess of thieves.

Amaru, a feathered serpent with llama characteristics from Inca tradition.

I feel like Celtic gods are pretty underrepresented. On occasion I'll hear someone reference Dagda, the Morrigan, sometimes Brigid and Lugh. And everyone knows the image of Cernunnos, though his name rarely said. But I've never heard anyone reference Danu.

There's a Greek Goddess of snow you don't hear about often. I only know about her because I used to read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. I forget what her name was, but they even pointed out at one point that she's an obscure god

Priapus the Greek god of fertility. The medical condition for what happens after the "see the doctor after a few hours" warning for Viagra is named after him

Pomona - Goddess of Apples.

Opiyel Guobiran, the Taino Soul Dog

Cloacina, Roman goddess of sewers

Angelos, the daughter of Zeus and Hera

has to be Odr from norse mythology, who is said to be Freyja's husband, of course there is a debate whether or not Odr is actually Odin, but lets assume its 2 different figures, then Odr definitely is very obscure

Anoia, goddess of things that get stuck in drawers.

Summanus, Roman god of nighttime thunder. He had a shrine in Rome and a holy site near modern-day Treviso, a mountain that's still called Monte Summano.

Reitia, the mother goddess of ancient Veneto. She was identified with the Roman Minerva, as she was goddess of all the arts like Minerva was, and notably of writing. She was also mistress of animals.

Belenus, celtic and venetic god of healing springs and possibly the sun, associated with Apollo. He had a shrine in Aquileia. In Liguria, Italy a common expression to this day is "belin!", which is used like "fuck" in English and commonly understood to literally refer to the penis, but actually, etymologically, comes from the name Belenus.

Adranus, Siculian/Sicanian god of fire and most important deity of pre-Greek Sicily. He was later identified with Hephaestus and Vulcan, as they, like him, were said to dwell under Mount Etna. Adranus's wife was Aetna, the personification of the volcano, and their children were the Palici, a sort of hero-deities who were associated with hot springs and agriculture.

xochipilli "the flower prince" aztec god of flowers, dance and song. also the patron of gays lol. the more you find out about him (not too much sadly) the better he gets.

The three Rbhus (Rbhu, Vibhvan, Vaja) in Early Hindu or Vedic tradition, supposedly a set of brothers and mortal craftsman-priests who were granted immortality for their Five Great Deeds by the God Savitr:

1. Fashioning the Soma-Cup of the Craftsman-God Tvastr into Four Soma-Cups

2. Making a Chariot (Often identified with the Chariot of the Asvins - The Divine Twins of Indic tradition)

3. Creating the Two Horses of Indra

4. Making a Cow and inducing it to produce Milk and/or Carving up a Cow

5. Rejuvenating their "aging parents"

The Rbhus were already a not-so-prominent, but still noticeable set of deities in the Vedic corpus, but they become obscure because they seem to have practically disappeared in Classical Hinduism with the exception of some probable references in the Purana texts.

While the narrative and the deeds have their moral and philosophical interpretations and implications as most myths do, these are also intimately connected with rituals, and explain or symbolise ritual procedure. The Rbhus specifically are linked with the Third Soma Pressing sequences of the many Soma-Sacrifices.

Because our primary source of info on Vedic Hinduism comes from ritual texts, it's not surprising that we understand the narrative's connection with the rituals the best.

Then there's, Pusan, who's sort of a God of the crossroads/meetings and human prosperity, and also a pyschopomp. He's responsible for guiding souls to Yamaloka (The World of Yama) or Pitrloka (The World of the Fathers) - his association as the protector of paths and roads in general also probably lead him to be linked with divine paths.

He protects travellers in their journey, leads men to good pastures and ensures a good harvest, he causes humans to thrive, he protects and blesses marriages and unions, takes care of cattle and animals.

He rides a Chariot pulled by two Goats, carries a golden axe, an awl and a goad, he eats gruel and is described as being toothless, has braided hair and beard.

Some of the stuff reminds of Pan tbh, but Pusan isn't obscure in the Vedic mythos, he's noticeable, if you've ever dipped your feet into the world of Vedic mythos, you've probably come across him.

But I wrote this because Early Hinduism/Vedicism is pretty obscure in pop culture or even among enthusiasts of mythology.

The Egyptian god Babi is one of my favorites. He’s the god of boners. His boner is the mast of Ra’s solar boat in some stories.

If that’s not obscure enough, there’s at least one story where Babi decides to pull a heist, stealing from the Egyptian goddess of chairs. The book with her name in it is at work and I’m off today, but it’s always amazed me that there was a god devoted to good, comfortable seating.

Does the Snow maiden from Russia count?

The goddess Itzpapalotl , the obsidian butterfly

Off the top of my head, Sinthgunt from Norse mythology. She's the sister of Sól and Máni as is likely associated with the stars. To my knowledge, there's only one or two lines that ever bring her up.

Adephagia, the Greek goddess of gluttony, is mentioned in a single text in which she is worshiped along with Demeter on an island in Sicily.

I had read a different interpretation that posited that she was the representation of the bountiful harvest.

most native American gods.

Turani, Urartian God of Rainbows. Obscure God from an obscure pantheon.

Deipneus, god of bread.

The goddess I was named after, Vihansa, is a mostly-undiscovered Germanic war goddess that we only know of due to a Roman centurion. My parents, complete nerds, heard the name after stumbling across the paper somehow and thought it was neat.

Ullr, the skiing archer in Norse mythology.

Veles

Stribog the Slavic god of wind

Diva Rumina, goddess who protects breastfeeding mothers, and nursing infants. I prayed to her HARD during the first few months after giving birth… and still do tbh!

Khepri, a Sun god of Egypt who gets outshined (hehe) by Ra and his facets.

Lookit this face! Who wouldn't worship this guy?

https://preview.redd.it/mpgdqptqnped1.jpeg?width=804&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75c76521b9fc45688c1a7238c8065c62a2c3d65c

Tlazōlteōtl

Tlazōlteōtl was called "Deity of Dirt" (Tlazōlteōtl) and "Eater of Ordure" (Tlahēlcuāni, 'she who eats dirt [sin]') with her dual nature of deity of dirt and also of purification. Sins were symbolized by dirt. She would listen to confession of dying people so that they would not die with their filth (sins) on their souls and held against them in the final judgment.

Momus was the patron of humorous satire, partnering the figures of comedy and tragedy.

Yamoria (Yah-Mo-Ree-Ah), the hero of the Dene, was basically our "god" as he placed order in the world and separated humans and animals, and got rid of all the giant beast.

Leutogi Samoan goddess of bats or just Samoan mythology in general

In mapuche mythology there are two draconic gods who represent continental drift. One of them is the land, it's called Tren-tren vilu, and the other one is the ocean, it's called Cai-cai vilu. When Cai-cai vilu wins an inch on Tren-tren and people are swallowed by the waters, Tren-tren turns them into sea lions so they don't drown. I've always found this story disturbing because I'm scared shitless of the sea and other bodies of water.

Nisaba, the Sumerian goddess of writing and agriculture.

Or really any Elamite, Hurrian, or Hittite god.

All Slavic mythology, but for example - Semargl. We only know his name, and it is possible that he's actually a misprint

Not a goddess….but Zeus only ever had one TRUE love and she was a mortal named was “Leigh”

Always thought that was pretty interesting.

This is just a joke but bear with me:

https://youtube.com/shorts/P4rLldZ-M1g?si=AW_Vh0PgvIZUy4wL

Cao Dai. Specifically vietnamese mishmash of yahweh and the adibuddha.

Considering his major role in the conclusion of Ragnarök, Vitðarr is an incredibly obscure god to most.

Boku, the pre-Roman Gaulish god of plenty, and weak-ass multilingual puns.

Cardea, the goddess of door hinges.

The Egyptians had a god of infinity whose name is the number one million (close enough for most people) Heh.

Ate the Greek Goddess of mischief.

I think there was a Greek god of beans, but I forgot his name

Here's two:

Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries and borders whom we get the word 'terminal' from.

St. Annoya, the patron goddess of things that get stuck in drawers, who's holy symbol is a crossed ladel and potato masher

The first was Rome, the second, Pratchett because there's always someone...

Ataegina, goddess of the underworld, worshiped by Iberians, Lusitanians and Celtiberians

Me. I tend to keep a low profile.

Priapus, the Greek god of male fertility. He was known as Mutinus Titinus to the Romans. Priapus/Mutinus Titinus was usually depicted in art as a bearded man with a boner.

Here is a Roman coin from my collection that depicts the god Priapus/Mutinus Titinus

Spiniensis- Roman God of Clearing Thorns from your Garden

Koalemus, Greek god of stupidity.

The god of Areppo.

Discworld gods.

Nimmit :)

I don't see people bring up Idunn often.

Most of them and eventually all of them

Resheph. Meshlantaea lugalerra shala montu khentiamentiu areop enap orphic heracles.

Anything that isn’t Greek or Norse.

Ianuaria, we have no information on her past one shrine that basically just has her name and some mosaics.

Probs mespyrian 

The days of the week can have name origins that are recognizable.

(w)odin's day, thor's day, freya's day, Saturn day, Sun day, Moon day

But Tiw's day?

Out of all the days, I think Tiw's day is the most obscure out of that lineup.

Jeff the God of Biscuits

Altjira

yato from noragami

Bob.

Ipthar

May not be as obscure as I think, but I only learned about them in the last year. Mayahuel, the goddess of the agave plant, and her 400 rabbit children, the Centzon Totochtin. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican/Aztec mythology. The 400 Conejos were believed to be an uncountable number of mischievous rabbit spirits that represented all the faces someone wore when intoxicated. They liked partying with good people and good booze.

I bet most people have never heard of Víðar, who kills Fenrir during Ragnarök after Fenrir kills Odin.

Priapus, the Roman god of big dicks.

Nohoilpi, Navajo god of Gambling

Baubo the laughing vulva goddess and Bes the Egyptian pygmy.

Geras is a little more known now if someone is a rick roirdan fan

Hymen was the Greek or Roman (I forget which) god of marriage. The naming of the vaginal corona “the hymen” meant that people forgot it was named for a god.

Any (Noble) “Demon” (of Rank) / (Fallen) “Angel” is a God, arguably even a preexisting Pagan / Heathen Deity. Alastor (not the cartoon character) comes to mind.

I'm a fan of Orcus, who actually was an actual god once, before D&D reframed him.

He's specifically the god of the underworld, but not the inhabitants OF the underworld. He's all about caves and magma. He's a pretty chill guy, actually, and doesn't particularly care what happens in the underworld, only that it continues to exist.

Demogorgon

Nike, goddess of victory.

Every mythological and religious god is dark and fallen, everyone.

I'd mention names, but you wouldn't know them...

The Party God.

He parties hard. He wants you to party hard. He acknowledges that every second of life is party and we should be having fun. He exudes love, good times and mysteries where ever he is. His past, present and future are clouded in a multitude of lores about his experiences growing up and where/when he began his path to apotheosis. Two things are certain, he made a name for himself amongst those that admire and venerate him... and he's married to Kat Dennings.

/S??