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National gods are a class of guardian divinities or deities whose special concern is the safety and well-being of an ethnic group (''nation''), and of that group's leaders. This is contrasted with other guardian figures such as family gods responsible for the well-being of individual clans or professions, or personal gods who are responsible for the well-being of individuals. These guardian roles augment the functions that a divinity might otherwise have (wisdom, health, war, and so on). ==National gods== In antiquity (and to some extent continuing today), religion was a characteristic of regional culture, together with language, customs, traditions, etc. Many of these ethnic religions included national god(s) in their pantheons, such as *Amaterasu of the Japanese; *Amun and Horus for the Egyptians; *Apollo for the people of Troy *eponymous Assur for the Assyrians; *Asherah for the Sidonians; *eponymous Athena-Mykene for the Athenians and Mycenaeans; *Baal for the Tyrians; *Chemosh for Moabites *Dagon for Philistia *Huitzilopochtli of the Tenochtitlan Aztecs; *Indra for the Vedic Indians; *Itzamna for the Mayas; *Marduk for the Babylonians; *Mars and eponymous Romulus-Quirinus for the Romans; *Tengri for the Turks; *Yahweh for the Judaeans and Samarians. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「national god」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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