In my studies on false gods in the bible, I found the names of many Pagan or false gods. It can be kind of confusing because some gods were the same but spelled differently in different place or because of a different language. So, of these gods I listed below, some may be the same god but in a different name because of the language change (I have tried to keep them in alphabetical order but because of the listings and ease of reading, they are often combined in the same location for ease of reference) ie: some gods names in Hebrew may have a different name in Greece or Rome but have the same characteristics such as the god of luck, destiny, fortune etc. It is also interesting to note that most of the larger cities had numerous gods (polytheism). It is said that at 2Kings 17:29 "Each different nation became a maker of its own god". For example, the city of Athens had so many idols/gods (Acts 17:16), that they even made an idol "To The Unknown god" (Acts 17:23), just in case they missed any! (Paul used this opportunity to tell them about the one true God of all creation.)
The cities of ancient Babylonia came to have their own special guardian deities, some who like patron saints had names. Some of those identified in this report are (first the name of the city then the name of the man-made god): In history there have been named some 8,747 gods. Some of them and their location are: Adremmalech & Anamelech worshipped in Sepharvites (2Kings 17:31) In Ur, it was Sin; in Eridu, Ea; in Niuppur, Enlil; in Cutha, Nergal; in Borsippa, Nebo; and in the city of Babylong, Marduk later referred to as Merodach. Amon, the chief god of Egypt maybe in Thebes (Jeremiah 46:25); Asherah, a Canaanite goddess Ex 34:13-14; Ashtoreth, a goddess of war and fertility (Judges 2:12-13) See also Judges 10:6; 1Sa 7:3-4; 1Samuel 12:10; & 31:10; 1Ki 11:5,33; Ashima from Hamath in Syria (2Kings 17:30) Baal, a Canaanite and Phoenician god of fertility and rain (Judges 2:10-13); Baal-Zebub, a popular deity of the Philistines in Ekron Mt 12:24 pp Mk 3:22 pp Luke 11:15 Beelzebub is the Greek form of the Hebrew name “Baal-Zebub”, meaning “lord of the flies”. See also 2Ki 1:1-6,16-17; Also Baal-Berith of Shechem of Canaan Judges 8:33; Baal-Peor a Moabite god (Numbers 25:3-5); Castor Pollux were twin brothers in Greece (Acts 28:11) Chemosh, the chief god of Moab 1Ki 11:7 See also Nu 21:29; 1Ki 11:33; 2Ki 23:13; Jeremiah 48:7,13,46; Dagon, worshipped in Babylonia and Philistia Judges 16:23 See also 1Sa 5:2-7; 1Ch 10:10; Gad from the Philistines (Isaiah 65:11) the god of good luck and also the god of destiny, also referred to as the god of fortune, Lamni or in Greek Tei tykhei; The Queen of heaven Ishtar of Assyria and Babylon of love, war & fertility (Jeremiah 7:18) The golden calf which Israel borrowed from the Egyptians; Kaiwan Chiun from Babylon (Amos 5:26) Merodach of the Babylonians in Jeremiah 50:2; Milcom, Malcham or Malcam of the Ammonites (1Kings 11:5, 33); Molech or Moloch and Molech was the chief deity of Ammon 1Ki 11:4-5 See also Lev 18:21 The practice of sacrificing children to Molech was common in Phoenicia and the region; Lev 20:2-5; 1Ki 11:7,33; 2Ki 23:10 Josiah destroyed the area where the altars for child sacrifice were located; 2Ki 23:13; Isa 57:9; Jeremiah 32:35; & 49:1,3; Zephaniah 1:5; Ac 7:43; Tammuz, a Babylonian fertility god (Ezekiel 8:14); At the time that Hammurabi made Babylon, the capital of Babylonia, the importance of the city’s favorite god Marduk was enhanced. Finally Marduk was given the attribute of earlier gods and displaced them in the Babylonian myths. In later periods his proper name Marduk was supplanted by the title Belu or owner, so that finally he was commonly spoken of as Bel. Bel, was the chief deity of Babylon Isa 46:1 Bel was another name for the sun god, Marduk. Nebo, the god of learning and writing was the son of Marduk. See also Jeremiah 50:2; & 51:44; His wife was called Belit or mistress. Nebo of Chaldea in Babylon (Isaiah 46:1); Nehushtan from Israel (2Kings 18:4) during Moses' day; Nergal in Cuth Babylon a war and hunting god (2Kings 17:30); Succothbenoth aka Succoth-Benoth in Babylon; The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; while the Sepharvites were burning their sons in the fire to Adremmelech and Anammelech the gods of the Sepharvaim; Rimmon was a god of the Syrians (2Kings 5:18) Sikkuth is a god of the Babylonians (Amos 5:26) Zeus and Hermes Ac 14:12 Zeus was the patron god of the city of Lystra and his temple was there. Paul was identified as the god Hermes (the Roman Mercury), Zeus’ attendant and spokesman. Jupiter was also mentioned in the list of Grecian gods. Artemis Ac 19:24-28 Artemis was the Greek name for the Roman goddess, Diana. Castor and Pollux See also Ac 28:11 the two “sons of Zeus”, regarded as the guardian deities of sailors. "Down to this day, they were all doing according to their former religions, none were fearing their God Jehovah and none doing according to His statutes and His judicial decisions and the law and the commandment that Jehovah had commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel, when Jehovah concluded a covenant with them and commanded them saying, 'you must not fear other gods and you must not bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them, But Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, is the one whom you should fear, and to him you should bow down, and to him you should sacrifice.'" (2Kings 17:34-36)
The pictures portrayed of the gods and goddesses in ancient Babylonian texts is but a reflection of sinful mortal man. These accounts say that the deities were born and loved had reflection of sinful mortal man. These accounts say that the deities were born, loved and had families, fought and even died as did Tammuz. Terrified by the deluge of Noah’s day, they are said to have crouched like dogs. The deities were also portrayed of as being greedy, frequently eating to the point of gluttony and drinking to the point of intoxication. They had furious tempers and were vindictive and suspicious of one another. Bitter hatreds existed among them. To illustrate: Tiamat, bent on destroying the other gods, was overcome by Marduk who split her into two halves, forming the sky with one half and using the other half in connection with the establishment of the earth. Eresh-Kigal, the goddess of the underworld constructed Namtaru, the god of pestilence to imprison her sister Ishtar and afflict her with 60 different miseries.
There were many Assyrian Deities, the Egyptian deities, the Canaanite Deities, the gods of Medo-Persia, the Grecian Deities, the Roman Deities, not to mention the gods of the nations. One of the ultimate self made gods was known as Gog. He was called in the Bible Gog of Magog in Ezekiel 38:1-2 and in Revelation 20:8-10 to mention a few places this deity was identified. But all of these and other self created or man made gods experience the same eventuality. In Revelation 20:7-10 it states, “Now as soon as the 1,000 years were ended, Satan will be let loose (out of his prison) and he will go out and mislead those nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war. The number of these is as of the sands of the sea.” Further in that same chapter of Revelation, their outcome is verified. These gods and their supporters will experience total destruction.
There was another certain god that was very powerful in the days of Moses about the time of the 15th century BCE as named Molech . (Also called Malcam; Milcom; Moloch) His worship was one detestable to Jehovah, but to the people in this particular generation, his worship was powerful. His worship linked with astrology: Molech and Astrology in Israel. There is evidence to show that astrology was closely allied with the worship of Molech, a god who was sometimes depicted with a bull’s head. The bull was worshiped by the Babylonians, Canaanites, Egyptians, and others as a symbol of their deities—Marduk, Molech, Baal, and so forth. The bull was one of the most important signs of the zodiac, Taurus. The sun-god was often represented by bulls, the horns signifying the rays, and the bull’s strong reproductive power, the sun’s power as “giver of life.” The female, the cow, was given equal honor as a symbol of Ishtar or Astarte, as she was variously called. So when Aaron and Jeroboam introduced in Israel such worship of the bull (calf worship) it was indeed a great sin in Jehovah’s eyes.—Ex 32:4, 8; De 9:16; 1Ki 12:28-30; 2Ki 10:29.
There are also identified a myriad of false gods worshiped or at least known in other lands today. Since there are false gods in every land the listing of them all would go beyond the point I am trying to make which is to show that there are many false gods since the beginning of time, so for the purpose of this Court Case and since this writer or Court observer is from Hawaii, I will refer to or identify these Hawaiian gods and as time permits, I will alphabetically add in the names of other false gods of historical record, and again as time permits might even be able to add a little about how the god was worshipped or used to accelerate the false beliefs that accompanied that god:
• Aumakua - spirit of an ancestor or family god
• ‘Elepaio - monarch flycatcher
• Haikili - god of thunder
• Haumea - goddess of birth
• Hiʻiaka - goddess of hula and daughter of Haumea
• Hina - goddess of Moon, the mother of Maui & the wife of a chief called Aikanaka, goddess mother of Matii
• Iao (i-ao)
• Ina-inaram - The moon goddess of Ponape
• Kaha'i - Daughter of Kane a Warrior aka Kahaiamano
• Kahōʻāliʻi - god of underworld
• Kalamainuʻu - lizard goddess
• Kamapuaʻa
• Kāmohoaliʻi - shark god
• Kanaloa - complementary power of Kāne
• Kāne - highest of the four major Hawaiian deities
• Kāne-milo-hai or Kāne-hekili
• Kapo
• Kapu - the ancient code of conduct of laws and regulations
• Kapua
• Kaulu - The fish god of Hawaii and killer of Haumea
• Kinilau
• Kū - god of war
• Kumulipo - ancient chant of creation
• Laka - culture hero, son of Wahieloa
• Lono - god of agriculture
• Lona - Moon goddess
• Mana - impersonal force
• Kuula, fish deity
• Māui - ancient hero and chief
• Menehune
• Nāmaka - sea goddess and sister of Pele
• Nuʻakea - goddess of milk
• Nightmarchers
• Nuʻu - Hawaiian Noah
• Paʻao
• Pakaʻa - god of the wind
• Paliuli
• Poliʻahu - goddesses of snow
• Papahānaumoku
• Pele - goddess of wind, lightning and volcanoes
• Sin - the moon god of the Assyrians
• Ukupanipo - another shark god
• Wahieloa
• Wākea - Sky father
