Although Aegir is a personification of seas and oceans in Norse mythology, he is also associated with ale, beer, and mead. He was described as brewing ale in his home for the gods who visit. The Poetic Edda describes the god's visiting Aegir's home and sitting "on Aegir's benches/ at Aegir's feast". In another source, Aegir is described as having ale that is "self-serving".
2. Mbaba Mwana Waresa
Answer: Zulu
Mbaba Mwana Waresa is a fertility goddess among the Zulu people of southern Africa. In addition to teaching how to brew beer, she is associated with agriculture, rain, and rainbows. According to tradition, she lives in a hut in the clouds and the sound of thunder is said to come from her pouring rain onto the earth.
3. Nephthys
Answer: Egyptian
Nephthys is an Egyptian goddess associated with the making of beer. In addition, some of her other duties are mourning, childbirth, and magic. Some reliefs show Nephthys being given offerings of beer by the Pharaoh. Nephthys was also the wife of Set and the sister of Isis and Osiris. Together with Isis, Nephthys was in charge of funeral rites, for which beer might have played a part.
4. Ninkasi
Answer: Sumerian
Ninkasi was the Sumerian personification of beer (both the good and the bad). Interestingly, while she was most often portrayed as female, in later periods she was sometimes shown as male. (Once thought to have also been associated with wine, that is now considered unlikely.) Apart from producing beer, Ninkasi does not generally have a strongly defined personality in the mythology.
5. Raugutiene
Answer: Baltic
Raugutiene was the goddess of beer in the mythology of the Baltic region. She was closely associated with her spouse, Raugupatis, the god of fermentation.
6. Inari Okami
Answer: Japanese
In addition to being associated with sake (a type of wine) in Japanese mythology, Inari is also associated with tea and rice (from which sake is made). At various times, Inari has been depicted as both female and male. Inari is often shown as having brought rice (or a rice-like product) to Japan. Inari is also sometimes even shown as a small group of kami or spirits.
7. Liber Pater
Answer: Roman
Liber Pater ("the free father") was a Roman god associated with male fertility and viticulture along with wine itself. As time went on, he became more associated with Bacchus/Dionysus.. The plebians (or commoners) of Rome particularly focused on him. He was also associated with the Roman feast of Liberalia on March 17.
8. Silenus
Answer: Greek
Silenus was a Greek god associated with the forest and also wine. He was traditionally seen as the foster father and tutor of Dionysus. He was often depicted as regularly drinking wine and at least somewhat inebriated. King Midas actually received his golden touch when Dionysus rewarded the king for his kindness to Silenus.
9. Sucellus
Answer: Celtic
Sucellus was a Celtic god associated with agriculture and wine. Interestingly, his depictions sometimes also include the presence of a beer barrel. He was often shown as a middle-aged man wearing a wolf-skin.
10. Varuni
Answer: Hindu
Varuni is the Hindu goddess of wine and the daughter of Varuna, the god of the sky, oceans, and water. According to traditional belief, when the Devas and Asuras were churning the ocean, Varuni made her appearance, carrying a pot of alcohol.
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