A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Echoes

Anat and Atargatis

One god under two names, across The Cradle of Cities and The Levantine Borderlands.

Anat, plate
Anat a-nat The Maiden of Slaughter — sister-lover of Baal The Cradle of Cities
Atargatis, plate
Atargatis ah-tar-gah-tis The Great Goddess of Syria — fish-tailed mother of Hierapolis The Levantine Borderlands

Why the sources call them one god

Floor plan

The rooms follow one another in the order their peoples first appear in the written record.

  1. The Cradle of Citiesc. 3400 BCE to 395 CE. 115 works
  2. The Gift of the Nilec. 4000 BCE to 395 CE. 73 works
  3. The Olympian Orderc. 1600 BCE to 750 CE. 152 works
  4. The Persian Worldc. 2000 BCE to 1010 CE. 30 works
  5. The Levantine Borderlandsc. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 20 works
  6. The Edges of Empirec. 2000 BCE to 1500 CE. 33 works
  7. The Etruscan Worldc. 900 BCE to 750 CE. 22 works
  8. The Roman Inheritancec. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 58 works
  9. The Northern Inheritancec. 2000 BCE to 1600 CE. 131 works