Mental Heath Other Culture's Gods

This is the third in a series of blog posts about the mental health of God and other characters. The first post was about Who Watches Over God's Mental Health?, and the second was about Characters In The Bible and Depression I will turn to looking at mental health in other faith traditions.

Here are a few Gods/Goddesses who are in charge of mental health to various degrees in various faith traditions. 

Beiwe (Sami), goddess of the sun, spring, fertility and sanity, who restored the mental health of those driven mad by the darkness of the winter. 

He Xiangu (Chinese), one of the Eight Immortals, whose lotus flower improves one's mental and physical health

Oizys (Greek) is the goddess of misery, anxiety, grief, and depression.

Surya (Hindu) is thought to bring mental and physical wellbeing