Supreme Being

A supreme deity, supreme god or supreme being is the conception of the sole deity of monotheistic religions or, in polytheistic or henotheistic religions, the paramount deity or supernatural entity which is above all others.

General

• Creator deity, often also the supreme deity in many religions
• God, the singular deity of monotheistic religions
• King of the gods, the lead god of a polytheistic pantheon
• Supreme god, the god exclusively worshipped by henotheists

Abrahamic religions

• God in Abrahamic religions
  • God in Judaism
  • God in Christianity
    • The Trinity in most Christian traditions
    • Jesus in some Christian traditions
  • Yahweh
  • Allah in Muslim belief: see God in Islam
  • Bahá in Bahá'í belief: see God in the Baháʼí Faith

African religions

• Amun-Ra in Ancient Egyptian mythology
• Aten in Ancient Egyptian mythology
• Chukwu in Igbo religion
• Mwari in Shona religion
• Nyambe in Bantu religion
• Nzambi in Bakongo religion
• Ọlọrun in Yoruba religion
• Ruhanga in Rutara religion

Indian religions

• Para Brahman, in Hinduism
  • Indra, in Vedism
  • Shiva, in Shaivism
  • Vishnu, in Vaishnavism
  • Adi Parashakti, in Shaktism
  • Maha Ganapati, in Ganapatya
  • Surya, in Sauram
• Adibuddha and Dharmakaya in Mahayana Buddhism
• Waheguru, in Sikhism

Ancient Roman and Greek religion

• Zeus, in ancient Greek religion and modern Hellenism
• Jupiter, in the religion of ancient Rome, often identified with Zeus

Other

• Cult of the Supreme Being, a deistic cult established by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution
• Hayyi Rabbi in Mandaeism
• Queen Mother of the West in Maitreyanism and many Chinese salvationist religions
• Pangu or Shangdi in Chinese folk religion
• Radien-attje, the superior deity of the Sami
• Rod (Slavic religion), in pre-Christian Slavic mythology
• Tagroa Siria, in Rotuman society
• Ukko, in Finnish mythology

See also

• Absolute (philosophy)
• Conceptions of God
• Monad (Gnosticism)

References