Knowledge deity

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Name	Place and Religion of Origin	Notes
Anulap	Polynesian mythology (specifically Micronesia)
Coeus	Greek mythology	Coeus was not a god but in fact a titan.
Erlang Shen	Chinese mythology	Erlang Shen is often depicted with an extra 'truth-seeing' eye in the centre of his head.
Fabulinus	Roman mythology	Offerings were given to Fabulinus when a child spoke its first words because he was the god that taught children to speak.
Odin, Mímir	Norse mythology	Odin had sacrificed his eye in Mímir's Well which granted him wisdom and the power to see into the future. Mímir himself was said to have been the wisest of the gods.
Ogma	Irish mythology	Ogma was thought to have invented the first Irish alphabet, Ogham.
Omoikane	Shintoism	Omoikane's name literally means Serving One's Thoughts.
Thoth	Egyptian mythology	Thoth became credited by the ancient Egyptians as the inventor of writing, and was also considered to have been the scribe of the underworld.
Saraswati	Indian mythology	Saraswati is the first of the three great goddesses of Hinduism. She is the Goddess of Knowledge and all literary arts including music, arts, and speech.