Lu Chiang-ming, executive director of the Folk Studies Committee, explains that among the innumerable gods that comprise this system, and according to differing beliefs and dialects throughout Taiwan, the gods 'names can be divided into 12 kinds.
在數量龐大的神將系統中，由於全台各地風俗及方言的差異，根據現任「采風民俗學會」執行長呂江銘在多年田野調查後，統計出專指各式神將的名稱，計有 12 種之多，例如「神將」、「將爺」、「大仙尪仔」、「神殼」、「大仙公仔」......。