The Buddhist tactic was to change, and even supplant, indigenous Taoist deities in favor of Buddhist deities.

Based on Pausanias' reccords, it is suspected that the Titan god Crius is an indigenous deity.

The gods worshiped at the temple, the triad of Jupiter, Venus and Bacchus, were grafted onto the indigenous deities of Hadad, Atargatis and a young male god of fertility.

According to Pausanias, Crius might have been en indigenous deity of Euboea.

Manasa's victory over Chand suggests the victory of the indigenous or non-Aryan deity over the Aryan god.

One hypothesis is that he and his sons are old indigenous deities who became cursed and demoted to servants with the importation of the kshatriya heroes of the Indian epics.

Sreemath Sree Bhoothanaathopakhyaanam did so about our own indigenous deity, the Ayyappaswami.

He is variedly worshipped as an indigenous Chinese deity, a bodhisattva in Buddhist tradition and as a guardian deity in Taoism and many religious bodies.

Balinese Hinduism is an amalgam in which gods and demigods are worshipped together with Buddhist heroes, the spirits of ancestors, indigenous agricultural deities and sacred places.

In a ceremonial hall with indigenous deities, the pair further ritualize their solidarity.