Template:Infobox deity

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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 character.

All fields

{{{name}}}
{{{deity_of}}}
Member of {{{member_of}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|alt={{{alt}}}|upright=1]] {{{caption}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Name in hieroglyphs	{{{hiro}}}
Name in Old Norse	{{{Old_Norse}}}
{{{script_name}}}	{{{script}}}
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}}}
{{{equivalent1_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent1}}}
{{{equivalent2_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent2}}}

{{Infobox deity
| type         = 
| name         = 
| deity_of     = <!-- or god_of / Alusi_of -->
| member_of    = 
| image        = 
| alt          = <!-- for alternate text of the title image per [[WP:ALT]] -->
| caption      = 
| other_names  = 
| hiro         = 
| Old_Norse    = 
| script_name  = 
| script       = 
| affiliation  = <!-- or | associate = -->
| cult_center  = <!-- or | cult_centre = -->
| abode        = <!-- or | abodes = -->
| planet       = <!-- or | world = -->
| mantra       = 
| mantra benefits =
| weapon       = <!-- or | weapons = -->
| battles      = 
| artifacts    = <!-- or | artefacts = -->
| animals      = 
| symbol       = <!-- or | symbols = -->
| adherents    =
| height       = 
| age          = 
| tree         =
| day          = 
| color        = <!-- or | colour = -->
| number       = 
| consort      = <!-- or | consorts = -->
| parents      = 
| siblings     = 
| offspring    = <!-- or | children = -->
| predecessor  =
| successor    =
| army         =
| mount        = 
| texts        = 
| gender       =
| Greek_equivalent     = 
| Roman_equivalent     = 
| Etruscan_equivalent  = 
| Christian_equivalent = 
| Slavic_equivalent    = 
| Hinduism_equivalent  = 
| Canaanite_equivalent =
| equivalent1_type = 
| equivalent1 =
| equivalent2_type = 
| equivalent2 =
| region       = 
| ethnic_group = 
| festivals    = 
| nirvana      =
}}

Examples

Ganesha
Basohli miniature, circa 1730. National Museum, New Delhi, India.
Affiliation	Deva
Mantra	ॐ गणेशाय नमः (Oṃ Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ)
Weapon	Paraśu (axe) Pāśa (lasso) Aṅkuśa (hook)
Symbols	Aum, modak
Mount	Mouse/rat
Consort	Buddhi (wisdom) Riddhi (prosperity) Siddhi (attainment)

{{Infobox deity <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type                     = Hindu 
| name                     = Ganesha ({{IAST|Gaṇeśa}})
| image                    = Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg
| caption                  = [[Basohli Painting|Basohli]] miniature, circa 1730. [[National Museum, New Delhi|National Museum]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]].
| alt                      = Attired in an orange dhoti, an elephant-headed man sits on a large lotus. His body is red in colour and he wears various golden necklaces and bracelets and a snake around his neck. On the three points of his crown, budding lotuses have been fixed. He holds in his two right hands the rosary (lower hand) and a cup filled with three modakas (round yellow sweets), a fourth modaka held by the curving trunk is just about to be tasted. In his two left hands, he holds a lotus above and an axe below, with its handle leaning against his shoulder.
| affiliation              = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]]
| mantra                   = {{lang|sa|ॐ गणेशाय नमः}} <br />({{IAST|Oṃ Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ}})
| weapon                   = {{IAST|[[Paraśu]]}} (Axe),<br /> [[Pāśa]] (Lasso), <br />[[Ankus|{{IAST|Aṅkuśa}}]] (Hook)
| consort                  = [[Buddhi]] (wisdom),<br/>[[Riddhi]] (prosperity),<br/>[[Siddhi]] (attainment)
| mount                    = [[Mouse]]/[[rat]]
| symbols                  = [[Aum]], [[modak]]
}}

TemplateData

TemplateData

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox deity in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox deity Creates an infobox for a fictional character of any type. Template parameters[Edit template data] 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}}. String 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 Religious in which the deity is worshipped Example Hindu for Rama String required 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 hiro hiro 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 equivalent1 equivalent1 no description Unknown optional equivalent2 equivalent2 no description Unknown optional equivalent1_type equivalent1_type no description Unknown optional equivalent2_type equivalent2_type no description Unknown optional child child no description Unknown optional nocat_wdimage nocat_wdimage no description Unknown optional

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