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List of elephants in mythology and religion

Last updated September 27, 2025

The following elephants or elephant-like figures occur in mythology and religion.

Lists

Deities with elephant heads

Ganesh, a Hindu deity.
Malini, a goddess associated with the birth of Ganesha
Vinayaki, a Hindu goddess.

Mythological elephants

Airavata, an elephant ridden by the Hindu god Indra.
The eight Ashtadiggajass described as supporting the world in Hindu cosmology
Erawan, the Thai version of Airavata
Gajasura, an elephant demon from Hindu mythology
Gajendra, from the Sanskrit text Gajendra Moksha
Girimekhala, the elephant that carries Mara in Theravada Buddhism
Kasogonagá, a Toba deity described as either an elephant or an anteater.
Supratika, a name for several elephants in Hindu mythology
Behemoth, a demon depicted as a round-bellied elephant

Other instances

An elephant god doubtlessly existed in the predynastic period of Egypt, as indicated from the statuette of a man with the head of an elephant. Jean Vercoutter discovered this in a temple in Sudan, Wad ban Naqa. In 1970, during the German expedition of Musawwarat es-Sufra at Sudan, graffito was found on the eastern outside wall of the Temple of Mut of an elephant-headed figure wearing a sun disk.^[1]

References

↑ "Elephants In Ancient Egypt"

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[1] "Elephants In Ancient Egypt"

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