Who is the god of music?

Apollo: God of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and knowledge. Apollo, a deity of many functions and meanings, after Zeus perhaps is the most influential of all the Greek gods. He was the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis.
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Who is known as god of music?

Apollo was a major Greek god associated with the bow, music, and divination.
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Who is the goddess or god of music?

Music played a central role in the life of ancient Egyptians and the goddess, or the idealization, of music was Hathor. She was one of the ancient Egypt's most popular goddesses. According to brittanica.com, the Greeks equated Hathor with Aprhodite.
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Who were the gods of music?

They are Cleio, Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Urania, and Calliope.
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Is there a god of music?

Apollo: the Greek and Roman god of music.
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Which Greek god did music?

Although Apollo was prominently considered the god of music and harmony, several legendary gods and demigods were purported to have created some aspect of music as well as contributed to its development. Some gods, and especially the Muses, represented specific aspects or elements of music.
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Who is the Roman god of music?

Apollo, god of poetry, music, and oracles, and one of the Dii Consentes.
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Who is the god of artists?

Hephaestus : The God of Design & Creativity.
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Is Apollo the god of music?

Apollo: God of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and knowledge. Apollo, a deity of many functions and meanings, after Zeus perhaps is the most influential of all the Greek gods. He was the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis.
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Who is the Egyptian god of music?

Hathor was one of the forty-two state gods and goddesses of Egypt, and one of the most popular and powerful. She was goddess of many things: love, beauty, music, dancing, fertility, and pleasure.
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Who is the muse of music?

Euterpe was the muse of music. Melpomene was the muse of tragedy. Polyhymnia was the muse of sacred poetry. Terpsichore was the muse of dance.
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Who is the Hindu god of music?

Maa (Mother) Saraswati is a Hindu goddess who represents education, creativity, and music.
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Who is the king of music in India?

Bhimsen Joshi: Undoubted king of Indian music.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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What is Nike the god of?

Nike, in ancient Greek religion, the goddess of victory, daughter of the giant Pallas and of the infernal River Styx.
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Who was the Greek god of instruments?

Being the Greek god of music, it's no surprise that Apollo was the master of many instruments. While he was skilled with many instruments, it is his mastery of the lyre that he is known for.
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Who is the Japan god?

Hachiman (八幡神) is the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people. Originally an agricultural deity, he later became the guardian of the Minamoto clan. His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove. Inari Ōkami (稲荷大神) The god or goddess of rice and fertility.
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Who is the god of death?

Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep.
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Who is god of beauty?

Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans.
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Who is the African god of music?

Oshun—also known as Osun, Oxúm, and Ochún—is the beloved Yoruba fertility goddess who brings music and dance.
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Who invented music?

They usually put forward several answers, including crediting a character from the Book of Genesis named Jubal, who was said to have played the flute, or Amphion, a son of Zeus, who was given the lyre. One popular story from the Middle Ages credits the Greek philosopher Pythagoras as the inventor of music.
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Who was the god of music and poetry?

As the god of the sun, Apollo is said to drive his bright chariot across the sky each day bringing light, and comes also to be associated with intellectual light. He is furthermore the patron god of music and poetry--the laurels of the poet laureate and other victors come from his cult association with the laurel tree.
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