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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 mythical creature]] or [[Template:Infobox character]].

== All fields ==
{{Parameter names example | type | name | deity_of | member_of | image | alt | caption | other_names | hiero | Old_Norse | script_name | script | affiliation | cult_center  | abode | planet | mantra | weapon | battles | artifacts | animals | symbol | day | color | number | consort | parents | siblings | offspring | army | mount | texts | Greek_equivalent | Roman_equivalent | Etruscan_equivalent | Christian_equivalent | Slavic_equivalent | Hinduism_equivalent | Canaanite_equivalent| Indo-european_equivalent | equivalent1_type | equivalent1 | equivalent2_type | equivalent2 | equivalent3_type | equivalent3 | equivalent4_type | equivalent4 | equivalent5_type | equivalent5 | region | ethnic_group | festivals | height | age | tree | predecessor | successor | adherents | gender | venerated_in}}

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{{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  = 
| hiero        = 
| avatar_birth = 
| avatar_end   =
| 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        = 
| Islamic_equivalent          = 
| Slavic_equivalent           = 
| Hinduism_equivalent         = 
| Canaanite_equivalent        =
| Indo-european_equivalent =
| Maya_equivalent        =
| Aztec_equivalent        =
| equivalent1_type = 
| equivalent1 =
| equivalent2_type = 
| equivalent2 =
| equivalent3_type = 
| equivalent3 =
| equivalent4_type = 
| equivalent4 =
| equivalent5_type = 
| equivalent5 =
| region       = 
| ethnic_group = 
| festivals    = 
| nirvana      =
}}
</syntaxhighlight>
{{clear}}

==Examples==
{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type = Hindu
| name = Ganesha
| gender = Male
| father = [[Shiva]]
| mother = [[Parvati]]
| siblings = [[Kartikeya]] 
| deity_of = {{ubl
 |God of New Beginnings, Success and Wisdom
 |Remover of Obstacles}}
| image = Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg
| caption = [[Basohli]] miniature, c. 1730. [[National Museum, New Delhi]].
| 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 in the upper hand and an axe in the lower one, with its handle leaning against his shoulder.
| affiliation = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]], [[Brahman]] ([[Ganapatya]]), [[Saguna Brahman]] ([[Panchayatana puja]])
| mantra = {{IAST|Oṃ Shri Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ<br>Oṃ Gaṃ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ}}
| abode =• '''[[Mount Kailash]]''' (with parents [[Shiva]] and [[Parvati]]) ,<br>• '''Ganeshloka'''
| weapon = [[Parashu|{{IAST|Paraśu}} (axe)]], [[Pasha (Hinduism)|{{IAST|pāśa}} (noose)]], [[Elephant goad|{{IAST|aṅkuśa}} (elephant goad)]]
| consorts = {{ubl
 | [[Riddhi]] (Prosperity)
 | [[Siddhi]] (Attainment)
 | [[Buddhi]] (Intelligence) 
  }}
| mount = [[Mouse]]
| symbols = [[Swastika]], [[Om]], [[Modak]]
| festivals = [[Ganesh Chaturthi]]
| texts = ''[[Ganesha Purana]]'', ''[[Mudgala Purana]]'', ''[[Ganapati Atharvashirsa]]''
| children = Shubha, Labha, [[Santoshi Mata]] 
}}

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{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type = Hindu
| name = Ganesha
| gender = Male
| father = [[Shiva]]
| mother = [[Parvati]]
| siblings = [[Kartikeya]] 
| deity_of = {{ubl
 |God of New Beginnings, Success and Wisdom
 |Remover of Obstacles}}
| image = Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg
| caption = [[Basohli]] miniature, c. 1730. [[National Museum, New Delhi]].
| 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 in the upper hand and an axe in the lower one, with its handle leaning against his shoulder.
| affiliation = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]], [[Brahman]] ([[Ganapatya]]), [[Saguna Brahman]] ([[Panchayatana puja]])
| mantra = {{IAST|Oṃ Shri Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ<br>Oṃ Gaṃ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ}}
| abode =• '''[[Mount Kailash]]''' (with parents [[Shiva]] and [[Parvati]]) ,<br>• '''Ganeshloka'''
| weapon = [[Parashu|{{IAST|Paraśu}} (axe)]], [[Pasha (Hinduism)|{{IAST|pāśa}} (noose)]], [[Elephant goad|{{IAST|aṅkuśa}} (elephant goad)]]
| consorts = {{ubl
 | [[Riddhi]] (Prosperity)
 | [[Siddhi]] (Attainment)
 | [[Buddhi]] (Intelligence) 
  }}
| mount = [[Mouse]]
| symbols = [[Swastika]], [[Om]], [[Modak]]
| festivals = [[Ganesh Chaturthi]]
| texts = ''[[Ganesha Purana]]'', ''[[Mudgala Purana]]'', ''[[Ganapati Atharvashirsa]]''
| children = Shubha, Labha, [[Santoshi Mata]] 
}}
</syntaxhighlight>
{{clear}}

==TemplateData==
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{{TemplateData header|noheader=1}}
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{
	"description": "",
	"params": {
		"name": {
			"label": "Name",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"suggested": false,
			"deprecated": false,
			"description": "Character name to display in top header (default = PAGENAME)."
		},
		"image": {
			"label": "Image",
			"type": "wiki-file-name",
			"required": false,
			"suggested": false,
			"deprecated": false,
			"description": "Image of the character. \"File:\" and wikilinking is not required. i.e. use {{para|image|Example.png}}."
		},
		"image_upright": {
			"label": "Image upright",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"suggested": false,
			"deprecated": false,
			"description": "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."
		},
		"alt": {
			"label": "Alt",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"suggested": false,
			"deprecated": false,
			"description": "Alt text for image per [[WP:MOSALT]]."
		},
		"caption": {
			"label": "Caption",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"suggested": false,
			"deprecated": false,
			"description": "A caption explaining the image."
		},
		"type": {
			"label": "Type",
			"description": "Religion in which the deity is worshipped",
			"example": "Hindu for Rama",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		},
        "avatar_birth" : {},
        "avatar_end": {},
		"deity_of": {},
		"god_of": {},
		"alusi_of": {},
		"member_of": {},
		"qid": {},
		"suppressfields": {},
		"fetchwikidata": {},
		"image_size": {},
		"other_names": {},
		"hiero": {},
		"old_norse": {},
		"script_name": {},
		"script": {},
		"venerated_in": {},
		"associate": {},
		"affiliation": {},
		"cult_centre": {},
		"cult_center": {},
		"predecessor": {},
		"successor": {},
		"abode": {},
		"abodes": {},
		"planet": {},
		"world": {},
		"mantra": {},
		"weapon": {},
		"weapons": {},
		"army": {},
		"battles": {},
		"artefacts": {},
		"artifacts": {},
		"animals": {},
		"symbol": {},
		"symbols": {},
		"adherents": {},
		"height": {},
		"age": {},
		"tree": {},
		"day": {},
		"complexion": {},
		"colour": {},
		"color": {},
		"number": {},
		"mount": {},
		"texts": {},
		"gender": {},
		"region": {},
		"ethnic_group": {},
		"temples": {},
		"temple": {},
		"festivals": {},
		"birth_name": {},
		"birth_date": {},
		"birth_place": {},
		"death_date": {},
		"death_place": {},
		"spouse": {},
		"children": {},
		"father": {},
		"mother": {},
		"siblings": {},
		"dynasty": {},
		"birthname": {},
		"moksha_date": {},
		"moksha_place": {},
		"parents": {},
		"consort": {},
		"consorts": {},
		"offspring": {},
		"greek_equivalent": {},
		"roman_equivalent": {},
		"norse_equivalent": {},
		"etruscan_equivalent": {},
		"christian_equivalent": {},
		"slavic_equivalent": {},
		"hinduism_equivalent": {},
		"canaanite_equivalent": {},
"Indo-european_equivalent": {},
		"equivalent1": {},
		"equivalent2": {},
		"equivalent3": {},
		"equivalent4": {},
		"equivalent5": {},
		"equivalent1_type": {},
		"equivalent2_type": {},
		"equivalent3_type": {},
		"equivalent4_type": {},
		"equivalent5_type": {},
		"child": {},
		"nocat_wdimage": {}
	},
	"format": "{{_\n| _ = _\n}}"
}
</templatedata>
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==Color template ==
If “|type= “ is filled with any of the following inputs, it will use colors from the infobox drawn from [[Template:Infobox deity/color]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+Deity type and color style
!<nowiki>|type = Input</nowiki>
!Color style output
!Sidebar matching?
!Footer matching?
|-
|Akan
|style="background-color:#FFD700;" | '''#FFD700'''
|No
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Akan topics|Yes]]
|-
|Arabian
|style="background-color:#cdc8b8;" | '''#CDC8B8'''
|
|
|-
|Aztec
|style="background-color:#00a86b; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#00A86B'''
|
|
|-
|Australian
|style="background-color:#eba9ee"
|'''#eba9ee'''
|No
|No
|-
|Bantu
|style="background-color:#bdfdfb" | '''#BDFDFB'''
|
|
|-
|Canaanite
|style="background-color:#800080; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#800080'''
|
|
|-
|Eblaite
|style="background-color:#008113; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#008113'''
|
|
|-
|Edo
|style="background-color:#93C572;" | '''#93C572'''
|
|
|-
|Egyptian
|style="background-color:#decd87;" | '''#DECD87'''
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Ancient Egyptian religion|Yes]]
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Ancient Egyptian religion footer|Yes]]
|-
|Elamite
|style="background-color:#159e4f; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#159E4F'''
|
|
|-
|Etruscan
|style="background-color:#f7e3cd;" | '''#F7E3CD'''
|
|
|-
|Greek
|style="background-color:#cef2e0;" | '''#CEF2E0'''
|
|
|-
|Hindu
|style="background-color:#FFC569;" | '''#FFC569'''
|{{Tick}} [[template:Hinduism|Yes]]
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Hindudharma|Yes]]
|-
|Hittite
|style="background-color:#021af2; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#021AF2'''
|
|
|-
|Hurrian
|style="background-color:#4b539c; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#4B539C'''
|
|
|-
|Igbo
|style="background-color:#ACE1AF;" | '''#ACE1AF'''
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Odinala sidebar|Yes]]
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Odinala|Yes]]
|-
|Indo-European
|style="background-color:#006400; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#006400'''
|
|
|-
|Irish
|style="background-color:#90db90;" | '''#90DB90'''
|
|
|-
|Jain
|style="background-color:#F5DEB3;" | '''#F5DEB3'''
|
|
|-
|Japanese, Shinto
|style="background-color:#A12F25; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#A12F25'''
| {{Tick}} [[Template:Shinto|Yes]]
|No
|-
|Kongo
|style="background-color:#E1BAE7;" | '''#E1BAE7'''
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Kongo religion sidebar|Yes]]
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Kongo religion footer|Yes]]
|-
|Mayan
|style="background-color:#50C578; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#50C578'''
|
|
|-
|Meitei
|style="background-color:#00FF00;" | '''#00FF00'''
|
|
|-
|Mesopotamian
|style="background-color:#228b22; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#228B22'''
|
|
|-
|Muisca
|style="background-color:#FFD500;" | '''#FFD500'''
|
|
|-
|Norse
|style="background-color:#d6dbbe;" | '''#D6DBBE'''
|
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Norse paganism footer|Yes]]
|-
|Nubian
|style="background-color:#f0e4ae;" | '''#F0E4AE'''
|
|
|-
|Phillippine
|style="background-color:#F6E396;" | '''#F6E396'''
|
|
|-
|Polynesian, Hawaiian
|style="background-color:#AFEEEE;" | '''#AFEEEE'''
|No
|No
|-
|Roman
|style="background-color:#F0ACAC;" | '''#F0ACAC'''
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Ancient Roman religion sidebar|Yes]] {{Tick}} [[Template:Priesthoods of ancient Rome|Yes]]
|
|-
|Slavic
|style="background-color:#CD0000; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#CD0000'''
|No sidebar
|No
|-
|Turkic
|style="background-color:#00ABC2; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#00ABC2'''
|
|
|-
|Ugaritic
|style="background-color:#00817d; color: #FFFFFF;" | '''#00817D'''
|
|
|-
|Yoruba
|style="background-color:#93C572;" | '''#93C572'''
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Orisa-Ifá sidebar|Yes]]
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Orisa-Ifá|Yes]]
|-
|}

== Tracking categories ==
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* {{clc|Pages using infobox deity without type param}}

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