Talk:Household deity

Hearth god/goddess
re .."firstly, a specific goddess (but never a god), often referred to as a hearth goddess or domestic goddess who is associated with the home and hearth." The chinese Hearth God (at least in the south) is male. KTo288 (talk) 10:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I think I am to blame for an unhappy conflation of two entities here. The "domestic goddess" or "hearth goddess" should definitely be treated separately from the "house spirit", "kobold" type of being. --dab (𒁳) 20:15, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Differences are explained in article - no need to split.  SilkTork  *YES! 22:34, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

It still seems to me there's a major difference between little helpful creatures that might live in your house, and actual supernatural deities.. but a lot of things get called 'spirits' whether they show any characteristics of being spirits or not.. just like japanese creatures that are clearly meant to be as mundane as a griffin or a pegasus are all collectively called wordsl ike 'demon' and 'ghost' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.182.130.241 (talk) 06:48, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

Bible household gods
Genesis 31:34 Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them ... But Rachel had taken the household idols and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sitting on them. When Laban had thoroughly searched her tent ...
 * I didn't see this in article. I think it should be added.--Richard Peterson24.7.28.186 (talk) 21:37, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Deities versus lesser spirits
This article is biased, th conflation of deities with lesser nature spirits and ancestor spirits is an opinion that is misrepresented as fact. Nuitexseptumvela (talk) 14:07, 18 March 2020 (UTC)