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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Childbirth

39 gods of childbirth, across eight rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

9 works

Bau, plate — Bau bau The Lady of the Sheepfold — Healer-Goddess of Lagash

Belet-Ili, plate — Belet-Ili be-let--i-li The Lady of the Gods — Mother Who Pinched Mankind from Clay

Hannahanna, plate — Hannahanna han-na-han-na The Grandmother — Mother-Goddess of the Hittite Pantheon

Hutena and Hutellura, plate — Hutena and Hutellura hu-te-na and hu-tel-lu-ra The Hurrian Fates — Determiners of the Newborn's Destiny

Lamashtu, plate — Lamashtu la-mash-tu The Devourer — demoness of childbirth

Lilitu, plate — Lilitu li-li-tu The Night-Hag — demoness of the wind

Men, plate — Men men The Phrygian Moon-God — Standing on His Bull

Ninhursag, plate — Ninhursag nin-hur-sag Lady of the Foothills — Mother of the Gods

Sarpanit, plate — Sarpanit sar-pa-nit The Silvery One — Queen of Babylon, Consort of Marduk

The Gift of the Nile

7 works

Bastet, plate — Bastet bas-tet The Cat of Bubastis

Bes, plate — Bes bes The Household Protector — apotropaic dwarf-god

Heqet, plate — Heqet he-qet The Frog Goddess — patroness of childbirth

Meskhenet, plate — Meskhenet mes-khe-net Goddess of the birth-brick — fixer of destinies at the moment of birth

Nut, plate — Nut nut The Sky — mother of the gods

Renenutet, plate — Renenutet re-ne-nu-tet The Cobra of the Harvest

Taweret, plate — Taweret ta-we-ret The Hippopotamus Goddess — protector of the pregnant

The Olympian Order

5 works

Artemis, plate — Artemis ar-tuh-mis The Huntress — virgin of the wilderness

Eileithyia, plate — Eileithyia eye-lye-thy-uh Goddess of Childbirth

Hera, plate — Hera heer-ah Queen of the Gods — wife of Zeus, patroness of marriage

Leto, plate — Leto lee-toh Mother of Apollo and Artemis

Rhea, plate — Rhea ree-uh Mother of the Olympians

The Persian World

2 works

Anahita, plate — Anahita ah-nah-hee-tah Lady of the Waters — Aredvi Sura Anahita, Mother of Rivers

Spenta Armaiti, plate — Spenta Armaiti spen-ta ar-mai-ti Holy Devotion — patroness of the earth, daughter of Ahura Mazda

The Edges of Empire

1 work

Endovelicus, plate — Endovelicus en-do-ve-li-cus Oracular Healing-God of Lusitania — patron of dream incubation

The Etruscan World

3 works

Menrva, plate — Menrva men-rvah The Etruscan Wise Maiden — warrior, craftswoman, prophetess

Thesan, plate — Thesan the-san Goddess of the Dawn — sister of the morning

Uni, plate — Uni u-ni The Etruscan Queen of Heaven — consort of Tinia, identified with Phoenician Astarte

The Roman Inheritance

4 works

Carmenta, plate — Carmenta car-men-ta Goddess of Childbirth and Prophetic Song — mother of Evander

Mater Matuta, plate — Mater Matuta ma-ter ma-tu-ta The Mother of the Morning — patroness of childbirth and dawn

Spes, plate — Spes spes Goddess of Hope — particularly hope for political and personal success

The Indigitamenta, plate — The Indigitamenta the in-di-gi-ta-men-ta The Lists of the Named Specialist Powers

The Northern Inheritance

8 works

Arianrhod, plate — Arianrhod a-rianr-hod Welsh Goddess of the Silver Wheel — Mother of Lleu

Frigg, plate — Frigg frigg Queen of the Aesir — Wife of Odin

Awaiting its plate

Ilmatar il-ma-tar Air-Spirit — Mother of Väinämöinen — Finnic

Laima, plate — Laima lai-ma Goddess of Fate — Determiner of Destinies

Norns, plate — Norns norns The Three Fates of the Norse Cosmos

Rhiannon, plate — Rhiannon rhian-non Welsh Goddess of Sovereignty — Lady of Horses

Rod, plate — Rod rod The Slavic Creator God — eldest power, fount of generation

The Rozhanitsy, plate — The Rozhanitsy the roz-ha-nit-sy The Slavic Birth-Givers — fate-spinning sisters, like the Norns