Template:Infobox deity/doc

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}}}
Hinduism 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
File:Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg 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	Oṃ Shri Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ Oṃ Gaṃ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ
Weapon	Paraśu (axe), pāśa (noose), aṅkuśa (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 and Ashokasundari
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
File:Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg 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	Oṃ Shri Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ Oṃ Gaṃ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ
Weapon	Paraśu (axe), pāśa (noose), aṅkuśa (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 and Ashokasundari
Consorts	Riddhi (Prosperity) Siddhi (Attainment) Buddhi (Intelligence)
Children	Shubha, Labha, Santoshi Mata

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TemplateData

TemplateData

Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox deity Template parameters 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	File:Yes check.svgY Yes
Arabian	#cdc8b8
Canaanite	#800080
Eblaite	#008113
Egyptian	#decd87	File:Yes check.svgY Yes	File:Yes check.svgY Yes
Elamite	#159e4f
Etruscan	#f7e3cd
Greek	#cef2e0
Hindu	#FFC569	File:Yes check.svgY Yes	File:Yes check.svgY Yes
Hittite	#021af2
Hurrian	#4b539c
Igbo	#ACE1AF	File:Yes check.svgY Yes	File:Yes check.svgY Yes
Indo-European	#006400
Irish	#90db90
Jain	#F5DEB3
Japanese, Shinto	#A12F25	File:Yes check.svgY Yes	No
Kongo	#B284BE	File:Yes check.svgY Yes	File:Yes check.svgY Yes
Mesopotamian	#228b22
Muisca	#FFD500
Nubian	#f0e4ae
Norse	#d6dbbe		File:Yes check.svgY Yes
Phillippine	#F6E396
Polynesian, Hawaiian	#AFEEEE	No	No
Roman	#F0ACAC	File:Yes check.svgY Yes File:Yes check.svgY Yes
Slavic	#CD0000	No sidebar	No
Turkic	#00ABC2
Ugaritic	#00817d
Yoruba	#93C572	File:Yes check.svgY Yes	File:Yes check.svgY Yes

Tracking categories

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• Category:Pages using infobox deity with color param (2)
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