Norse
Odin
wisdom, poetry, war
Saraswati
Hindu tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- learning, music, speech, rivers
- Symbols and attributes
- Veena; swan
Key myth
A Vedic river goddess who became the goddess of speech and knowledge. Students offer prayers to her at Vasant Panchami.
Where sources differ or caution applies. Later tradition pairs her with Brahma; the Rigveda knows her as a river.
Place in the family graph
More traditions
Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Saraswati: wisdom, writing and divination. This is overlap in one area only.