Per Freud, all gods are derived from the way we enter the world, a process he referred to as infantile helplessness. Just as infants look up to their parents for love and meaning and seek to obey them, all resulting from instinct, Gods are simply substitute parents, acting as childhood neuroses in a manner similar to parents of the universe for all its human children.

Origins of God(s)

Psychological: Origins of God(s) - Excerpts from 'Are we hardwired for God?'

Hebrew gods (along with other gods): History / Origins / Future of Energy, Matter, Space, Time, and Life (5 of 5)

Greco-Roman gods

European gods (Celtic, Etruscan, Greek, Latvian, Norse, Roman)

Mesopotamian gods

Iranian-Persian gods

Egyptian gods (list 1)

Egyptian gods (list 2)

Asian gods (Chinese, Hindu, Islamic, Japanese, Judaic, Korean, Mesopotamian, Persian)

Gods of India

African gods

Gods of hell

Gods of America's Native populations (Aztec, Haitian, Inca, Mayan, Native American)

Gods of Oceania (Aboriginal, Polynesian)

Religions : Origins, Geographical Distribution, Populations / Percentages