Deities

Deities or Gods are a race of immortal beings, each is a prime authority, in their religion which they set up. Despite there roles in human religons, and having free will,(at least) the majority of them are petty, self-absorbed, and even evil (with some neutral), many even have a taste for human flesh.

History
At one point, each one formed groups with fellow deities (normally ones related to each other) and set up their own religions, complete with there own sets of followers. The deities of various types of religions were worshiped for thousand to tens of thousands of years. However the majority of them lost at least the majority to all of their followers, when Judeo-Christian faith arrived. Thus the Deities were left without sacrifices, this significantly weakened them. In the modern era, many are scattered across the world, either holding minor cults, or simply taking sacrifices, by killing others. As such this makes them a target for hunters.

According to Kali, there are billions of gods (or possibly pagan religions) on Earth. Also, according to Kali, many of their religions were practiced long before that of God.

Charateristics
As Pagan gods, they are powerful beings, and although there are many differences between each other, their normally boastful beings to where some just appear arrogant, seeing themselves as all powerful gods. The majority of them also look down on humans, seeing them as only food, or sacrifices, some even openly attack and kill humans simply for there own amusements, many have also shown sadistic pleasure in harming, torturing or killing humans. To date no deity has ever shown any problems with killing, or harming humans.

They also don't hold much loyalty to each other (except for perhaps other deities from the same religions), and seem to have as much hostility with each other, as they do with humans. Normally the only thing on a deity's main interest is looking after themselves, some have been known to betray there masters, simply as soon as they receive a better offer. Lucifer openly shows disgust for Mercury and other pagan gods for their lack of loyalty to one another and their pride. Calling them petty, and worse than humans or demons - he kills Mercury and several other pagan gods. Furthermore, he called the pagan deities " These so-called gods?" Likewise Balder, congratulates so many deities for putting aside there differences when they meet to discuss the Apocalpyse.

Another important part for deities is rituals, many follow preset rituals, normally set up by themselves early on, and continue following it for the remainder of there existence.

Known Pagan Gods

 * Hindu
 * Kali
 * Ganesh
 * Norse
 * Odin
 * Vanir
 * Baldur
 * Vili
 * Thor
 * Loki
 * Greek
 * Chronos (Greek)
 * Plutus (Greek)
 * Atropos along with her Two Sisters known as The Fates (Greek)
 * Ares (Greek)
 * Harmonia (Greek)
 * Roman
 * Mercury
 * Veritas
 * Pagan
 * Madge and Edward Carrigan
 * Beau
 * Other
 * Anansi (West African)
 * Leshi (Slavic)
 * Oberon (Fairy god)
 * Tiamat (Babylonian)
 * Zao Shen (Chinese)
 * Baron Samedi (Haitian Voodoo)
 * Osiris (Egyptian)
 * Eve - The Mother of all Monsters
 * Castiel - After taking in all the souls from Purgatory, declares himself the new God.

Powers & Abilities
Deities, are quite powerful beings, some are so powerful they can be classified as higher beings. Unlike demons, angels, and all other supernatural species for that matter, the powers of the deities vary between each one. Normally, it depends on each type of god. They also gain power through human "Sacrifices".

While each god has unique powers, they do share certain powers (as such the section). It is certain that they (or at least most of them) are more powerful than monsters, spirits and demons. Some gods even possess powers beyond angels. (Due to their variation, its split into standard powers which they all have, similar powers, which some have, and unique powers)

Standard powers

 * Immortality - As deities, they can live forever for they are immune to aging, many are between centuries and tens of thousands of years old. Some deities have even been stated have appeared after God and Death.
 * Invulnerability - Invulnerable to any no Lethal damage, unlike most beings they are truthfully invulnerable, as they are immune to pain as well as harm, like angels. They can however be harmed and killed by stronger beings, including other stronger Deities.
 * Super strength - Very strong creatures, even the weakest Deities are able to causally overpower, and lift men.
 * Super stamina - Deities never tire regardless of what they go through.

Similar Powers

 * Super speed - Some gods, such as Leshi, Osiris and most notably Mercury, can move at incredible speeds.
 * Telekinesis - The ability to move objects with there mind, Many gods posses this power, such as Kali, Osiris, Leshi, Beau and Verites.
 * Telepathy - Many deties posses the power to read others thoughts. Leshi and Osiris used this to learn from there victims, Eve had the ability to comunicate with all her childern (Monsters) on earth, as well as see and hear what they experianced.
 * Super senses - Some gods, such as Leshi and Osiris posses superhuman senses.
 * Teleportation - Some of the older and more powerful gods have this power. Kali, Osiris, Atropos, Plutus and Chronos did. Beau also possesed this power, plus he was able to teleport others with a gesture.
 * Biokinesis - The ability to control a person's body, either through harm or transfiguration. Kali has shown this power against another god, Mercury. Eve has shown this ability many times when she was turning people into monsters, or even more powerful hybrids.
 * Time Manipulation - The power to manipulate time, a rare and powerful ability. Atropos is able to stop time and selectively manipulate its flow. Along with her prediction of events, she uses this to assist her in manipulating events to bring about people's deaths and fates. Chronos was able to travel through time, and bring others with him, he could also manipulate the flow of time. Tricksters have the power to create time loops (where the victim will keep repeating events over and over again). This will last until the one responsible is killed or lets them out, otherwise the time loop will not stop.
 * Divine Magical Powers - Many Deities posses incredible magical powers, Kali could bind others (even Archangels) to her, with there blood.
 * Spellcasting - Several deities have shown the attribute for casting spells and performing rituals. Madge and Edward Carrigan performed rituals for their tributes, Kali's blood magic was called a blood spell by Gabriel, and Plutus had casted warding spells on his location to prevent even powerful beings like the King of Hell and Angels from directly harming him.
 * Supreme Knowledge - Many gods, such as Atropos, Odin, Baldur, Kali, Ganesh, Chronos, Baron Samedi and Mercury, possess incredible knowledge, of events and people that they should not know about.
 * Shapeshifting - Veritas has this power to a limited degree. Tricksters, Leshi, Ganesh and Eve have this power.
 * Conjuration - The power to create or to uncreate something or someone from nothing. Tricksters are known to have this ability.
 * Reality Warping - The power to change the laws of reality and to create new laws or realities entirely. Tricksters have this power. Mercury also has this ability as shown with the rebuilding, reshaping and reconstruction of the Elysian Field Motel, transforming it from an old, rotten, broken down building into a luxurios resort.
 * Influence over Vegetation - To have some influence over plants and vegetation such as returning life to dead plants. Mercury has this ability or at least his presence induces the same affect. The Vanir were able to make Harvests more bontiful.
 * Weather Manipulation - Some of the gods could control the weather, such as preventing a harsh winter, or by providing a climate well-suited for planting and harvesting. Madge and Edward Carrigan have this ability. The Vanir has displayed this ability, and was shown to unleash heavy rain when angered.

Unique Powers

 * Supernatural perception -The ability to see and hear things and beings that are invisible. Atropos could tell who Castiel was while he was inside his vessel, Jimmy. Those with this power are obviously unharmed by looking upon the true form of higher beings.
 * Ability to Force People to Speak the Truth - The ability to compel humans to speak the truth. As shown with Veritas, this can make anyone tell the truth when asked a question. Veritas has this power. She can also curse people so they are only told the truth (by other humans).
 * Pyrokinesis- The ability to manipulate and generate fire by thought. Kali has this power.
 * Control over Spirits - The power to have control over spirits/souls. Osiris is able to control the spirits of the dead, turning them into Vengeful Spirits.
 * Angelic Suppression - The ability to temporarily block the powers of another being. Eve has shown this ability against Castiel. Eve stated that she was older than angels (unknown if she is also older than archangels) and she knows what makes them tick.
 * Foresight - As the God of Time, Chronos could see the future.

Vulnerabilities
Though powerful beings, gods can be killed normally by specific rituals (Leshi, Veritas, Osiris, Vanir), many gods on are vunerable to certain types wooden stakes, normally dipped in certain types of blood (Chronos, Zao Shen, Plutus, Hold Nikar). Usually the stakes were from trees common to the home country or nation of the god. Another way to kill a god is with a powerful weaponary, such as that made by other gods. Beau and Villi were both easily killed with Thor's Hammer by Sam, Atropos could be killed by a knife in Heavens possession.

Types of God
As well as stardard gods, there are also subspecies of gods, gods who fall into a certain catagory, even if they do not belong to the same religon.
 * Tricksters - A special type of very powerful god, comon in many culutures that thrive on creating mischief and mayhem. They have the power to make objects materialize out of thin air and remove them just as quickly. Tricksters accomplishes their destructive or harming feats with unusual and often humorous means, its intent to humble the self-important. The Tricker's commanly have a sweet tooth. To kill a Trickster one must obtain a stake dipped in the blood of its victim and plunge it into the creature's heart. Famous Tricksters include Loki of Scandinavian myth and Anansi of West Africa.
 * Vanir - Gods of Norse beliefs, gods of Fertility and success, they thus offer thes traits to the lands or people in exchange for sacrifices.
 * Hold Nikar - Pagan gods of the Winter Solsitice, who grant mild weather in exchange for sacrifices. Madge and Edward Carrigan, were Hold Nikar.

God
God is also a deity, for which he is the center icon of Abrahamic religions, ( Judaism, Christianity, Islam). However, does not belong to the same species or groups as Pagan deities. Nor does he share any similar traits, other than being an immortal being, but unlike the pagans whom are just non-aging, God is truly immortal. (However, Death's statement about reaping him at the end implies otherwise, but it's not confirmed). God has said to be the most powerful and oldest deity in existence, as he is the only one who truthfully created everything.

Season 1

 * Scarecrow (Vanir)

Season 3

 * A Very Supernatural Christmas (Madge and Edward Carrigan)

Season 5

 * Fallen Idols (Leshi)
 * Hammer of the Gods (Kali, Odin, Baldur, Baron Samedi, Mercury, Ganesh, Zao Shen)

Season 6

 * You Can't Handle The Truth (Veritas)
 * My Heart Will Go On (Atropos)

Season 7

 * Defending Your Life (Osiris)
 * Time After Time (Chronos)

Season 8

 * What's Up, Tiger Mommy? (Plutus, Beau)

Trivia

 * Confirmed in the last Salute to Supernatural for Season 6. Pagan deities are one of few supernatural species that don't go to Purgatory if they are killed.
 * Despite being an archangel, Lucifer is called a god by some demons for being their creator.
 * While pagan gods have fought and lost to an archangel, it has yet to show the difference in power between pagan gods and the other numerous beings in the Supernatural series. However it has been confirmed that standard pagan deities are stronger than humans, monsters, (unknown if this includes the Leviathans) and demons. Some even have powers beyond a normal angel's.
 * In Supernatural, it has been confirmed deities' powers do not come from worship. What separates the strength of individual deities is unknown. However Sam states "The old gods got a lot of their mojo from worshipers, from people feeding them". However, gods like Osiris don't appear to take sacrifices and can go hundreds of years without anything. Chronos also states that he (not all gods) need three sacrifices to control when and where he lands in time. It is shown that he can take sacrifices from any human not just ones that worshiped him to control his wandering of the time-lines.
 * Many pagan deities choose to feed on human flesh as food. However some Gods such as Osiris, Chronos, and Atropos don't seem to.
 * Pagan deities have appeared in all seasons except for season 2 and 4.
 * In the Supernatural Novel 'Coyote's Kiss' Castiel says that the angels made a deal with pagan deities to stay out of the deities business if they did not intervene in the apocalypse. This is directly contradicted in the Season 5 episode Hammer of the Gods.
 * A interesting note is that some of the deities are employed into God's plans. Atropos and her sisters the Fates were give their positions by God. This is an interesting note as the Fates are deities from Greek Mythology a pagan culture.