A multicultural list
- Aesculapius – Greek god of healing
- Agni – Vedic god who caused fever
- Ashakku – Babylonian demon of fever
- Eshu Elegba – African trickster god, source of witches’ power to cause sickness
- Imhotep – Egyptian god of healing
- Innana – Babylonian goddess of fertility
- Mata – Northern Indian goddess who causes smallpox
- Namtaru – Babylonian demon of sickness
- Nergal – Mesopotamian god of plagues
- Orishas – African gods who can cause sickness when angered
- Pazuzu – Babylonian demon of sickness
- Rudra – Vedic god who caused pain
- Shopanna – African god who inflicts smallpox epidemics
- Tlazolteotl – Aztec goddess who caused convulsions (epilepsy)
- Xipetotec – Aztec god of spring who also caused skin diseases
- Xochipilli – Mixtec god of fruitfulness, also caused venereal disease
- Xolotl-Nanauatzin – Mixtec god who caused venereal diseases
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