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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 | 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}}

<pre style="overflow:auto">
{{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        =
| Maya_equivalent        =
| Aztec_equivalent        =
| equivalent1_type = 
| equivalent1 =
| equivalent2_type = 
| equivalent2 =
| equivalent3_type = 
| equivalent3 =
| equivalent4_type = 
| equivalent4 =
| equivalent5_type = 
| equivalent5 =
| region       = 
| ethnic_group = 
| festivals    = 
| nirvana      =
}}
</pre>
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==Examples==
{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type = Hindu
| name = Ganesha
| gender = Male
| father = [[Shiva]]
| mother = [[Parvati]]
| siblings = [[Kartikeya]] and [[Ashokasundari]]
| 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]] 
}}

<pre style="overflow: auto">
{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type = Hindu
| name = Ganesha
| gender = Male
| father = [[Shiva]]
| mother = [[Parvati]]
| siblings = [[Kartikeya]] and [[Ashokasundari]]
| 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]] 
}}
</pre>
{{clear}}

==TemplateData==
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{{TemplateData header|noheader=1}}
<templatedata>
{
	"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": {},
		"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?
|-
|Egyptian
|{{colorbox|#decd87|'''#decd87'''}} 
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Ancient Egyptian religion|Yes]]
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Ancient Egyptian religion footer|Yes]]
|-
|Greek
|{{colorbox|#cef2e0|'''#cef2e0'''}}
|
|
|-
|Hindu
|{{colorbox|#FFC569|'''#FFC569'''}}
|{{Tick}} [[template:Hinduism|Yes]]
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Hindudharma|Yes]]
|-
|Irish
|{{colorbox|#90db90 |'''#90db90'''}}
|
|
|-
|Norse
|{{colorbox|#d6dbbe|'''#d6dbbe'''}}
|
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Norse paganism footer|Yes]]
|-
|Jain
|{{colorbox|#F5DEB3|'''#F5DEB3'''}}
|
|
|-
|Slavic
|{{colorbox|#CD0000|'''#CD0000'''}}
|No sidebar
|No
|-
|Turkic
|{{colorbox|#c2efdf|'''#c2efdf'''}}
|
|
|-
|Roman
|{{colorbox| #F0ACAC |'''#F0ACAC'''}}
|{{Tick}} [[Template:Ancient Roman religion sidebar|Yes]] {{Tick}} [[Template:Priesthoods of ancient Rome|Yes]]
|
|-
|Etruscan
|{{colorbox|#f7e3cd|'''#f7e3cd'''}}
|
|
|-
|Mesopotamian
|{{colorbox|#228b22|'''#228b22'''}}
|
|
|-
|Canaanite
|{{colorbox|#800080| '''#800080'''}}
|
|
|-
|Ugaritic
|{{colorbox|#0b0081| '''#00817d'''}}
|
|
|-
|Muisca
|{{colorbox|#FFD500| '''#FFD500'''}}
|
|
|-
|Arabian
|{{colorbox|#cdc8b8| '''#cdc8b8'''}}
|
|
|-
|Phillippine
|{{colorbox|#F6E396| '''#F6E396'''}}
|
|
|-
|Hurrian
|{{colorbox|#4b539c| '''#4b539c'''}}
|
|
|-
|Eblaite
|{{colorbox|#008113| '''#008113'''}}
|
|
|-
|Hittite
|{{colorbox|#021af2|'''#021af2'''}}
|
|
|-
|Elamite
|{{colorbox|#159e4f|'''#159e4f'''}}
|
|
|-
|Polynesian, Hawaiian
|{{colorbox|#AFEEEE|'''#AFEEEE'''}}
|No
|No
|-
|Japanese, Shinto
|{{colorbox|#F08080|'''#F08080'''}}
|No
|No
|}

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

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