129 gods of death, across nine rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.
The Cradle of Cities
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Adapaa-da-paThe Sage Who Refused the Bread of Immortal LifeAdonisa-do-nisThe Lord — Phoenician Lover of Astarte, Mourned in Annual RiteAllanial-la-niSun-Goddess of the Earth — Hurrian Queen of the UnderworldAnata-natThe Maiden of Slaughter — sister-lover of BaalAttisat-tisBeloved of the Mother — Phrygian shepherd-godEnkiduen-ki-duThe Equal Match Made by the Gods — Friend Beloved Beyond SpeechEreshkigaleh-resh-kee-galQueen of the Great Below — Lady of the UnderworldEshmunesh-munThe Healer — Phoenician god of SidonGallugal-luThe Demons of the Underworld — pursuers of Inanna and of DumuziGilgameshgil-gah-meshTwo Parts God and One Part Man — King of Uruk and Seeker of ImmortalityLelwanilel-wa-niThe Sun-Goddess of the Earth — Queen of the Hittite UnderworldMelqartmel-qartKing of the City — Tutelary God of Tyre, Whose Pyre Burned at His FestivalMotmotDeath — Devourer of BaalReshephre-shephThe Plague-Bringer — archer of diseaseSandonsan-donThe Cilician Heracles — Whose Pyre Burned at Tarsus
The Gift of the Nile
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Ammitam-mitThe Devourer of the Dead — fate of the unjustified soulAnubisah-noo-bisThe Jackal — Lord of EmbalmingApisa-pisThe Sacred Bull of MemphisGebgebThe Earth — father of the Osirian generationHathorha-thorLady of Dendera — goddess of love, music, and the western mountainKhentamentiukhen-ta-men-tiuForemost of the Westerners — older lord of the deadKheprikhep-riThe Scarab — the morning sunKhonsukhon-suThe Theban Moon — son of Amun and MutMaatmaatTruth, Order, Justice — feather of judgmentMertsegermert-se-gerShe Who Loves Silence — cobra-goddess of the Theban necropolisMeskhenetmes-khe-netGoddess of the birth-brick — fixer of destinies at the moment of birthNeithneithLady of Sais — primordial weaver and warriorNephthysneph-thysLady of the House — sister and helper of IsisNutnutThe Sky — mother of the godsOsirisoh-sye-risLord of the Dead — slain king and judge of soulsPtahptahThe Memphite Creator — Lord of CraftsmenSerqetser-qetThe Scorpion Goddess — guardian of the deadShaishaiPersonified destiny — the fate that walks beside each soulSokarso-karThe Falcon of the Necropolis — lord of the Memphite cemeteryThe Four Sons of Horusthe foursons of ho-rusImsety, Hapi, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef — guardians of the canopic jarsWepwawetwep-wa-wetOpener of the Ways — jackal of Asyut
The Olympian Order
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Actaeonak-tee-onThe Theban hunter, torn by his own hounds for seeing Artemis bathingAdonisa-do-nisThe Beloved of Aphrodite, slain by the boar — the Greek mystery of the dying youthAntigonean-tig-uh-neeDaughter of Oedipus, who buried her brother and was buried aliveAsclepiusuh-sklee-pee-usDivine Physician — son of ApolloCassandrakuh-san-druhDaughter of Priam — prophetess whom no one believedCerberussur-buh-rusThe Hound of Hades — three-headed guardian of the deadCharonkair-onFerryman of the Styx — gatekeeper of the deadDaedalus and Icarusded-uh-lus and ik-uh-rusThe Athenian craftsman and his son who flew too near the sunErebusair-uh-busThe Underworld Dark — consort of NightGerasgee-rasOld Age — the daimon of declineHadeshay-deezLord of the Dead — king of the underworldHyacinthushigh-uh-sin-thusThe Spartan youth beloved of Apollo, slain by the discusLamialay-mee-uhThe Child-Devouring QueenMedeameh-dee-uhPrincess of Colchis and sorceress, who slew her own childrenMedusameh-doo-suhThe Gorgon — whose gaze turned men to stoneMorosmoh-rossDoom — irrevocable fate of deathNarcissusnar-siss-usThe Boeotian youth who loved his own reflectionNyxniksNight — mother of the dark powersOizysoy-zisMisery — daughter of NightPersephoneper-sef-oh-neeQueen of the Underworld — daughter of DemeterPhaethonfay-uh-thonSon of Helios, who lost control of the chariot of the sunPriampry-amKing of Troy, who outlived his sons and saw the fall of his cityStyxstiksThe Hateful — river of unbreakable oathThanatosthan-uh-tosDeath — implacable son of NightThe Gorgonsthe gor-gonsStheno, Euryale, and Medusa — the daughters of the sea, whose gaze turned to stoneThe Moiraithe moy-ryeThe Fates — Clotho, Lachesis, AtroposThe Sirensthe sy-rensThe Singers of the Rocks, whose voices drew sailors to their death
The Persian World
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Ameretata-me-re-tatImmortality — patroness of plants, sister of HaurvatatAngra Mainyuang-rah myn-yooThe Hostile Spirit — Ahriman in the later tradition; cosmic adversary of Ahura MazdaAži Dahākaa-ži da-hā-kaThe Three-Headed Dragon — Zahhāk in the Persian tradition; cosmic adversaryDaenadae-naReligious Conscience — and the maiden who meets the soul after deathDrujdrujThe Lie — cosmic principle of falsehood and disorderMithramith-raLord of the Covenant — the Iranian Mithra, ancestor of the Roman MithrasRashnurash-nuJustice — judge at the Chinvat BridgeSaoshyantsao-shyantThe Coming Saviour — final renewer of the world at the end of timeSraoshasrao-shaObedience — divine guardian of the night, judge of soulsThe Fravashisthe fra-va-shisAncestral Souls — pre-existent and post-mortem guardian spiritsVohu Manahvo-hu ma-nahGood Mind — patron of cattle, first of the Amesha Spentas
The Levantine Borderlands
1 work
Manatma-natGoddess of Fate — the third of the Arabian triad
The Edges of Empire
5 works
Ataecinaa-tae-ci-naChthonic Goddess of Lusitania — receiver of curse-tabletsBatrazbat-razThe Steel Hero — Nart warrior of supernatural temperKotysko-tysThe Thracian Goddess of Orgiastic Rites — patroness of mystery initiationPleistorospleis-to-rosThracian War-God — receiver of human sacrificeZalmoxiszal-mok-sisThe Deified Hero — Thracian teacher of the immortal soul
The Etruscan World
11 works
Aitaai-taThe Etruscan Lord of the Underworld — equivalent to Greek HadesCathaca-thaSolar Daughter of the Sun — child-goddess of the dawn-lightCelcelThe Etruscan Earth-Mother — patroness of the soilCharuncha-runHammer-Wielding Death-Demon — striker of the dyingFuflunsfuf-lunsThe Etruscan Wine-God — equivalent to Dionysus, with chthonic associationsPhersipnaipher-sip-naiThe Etruscan Queen of the Dead — borrowed from Greek PersephoneThe Lasathe la-saFemale Spirits — companions of TuranThesanthe-sanGoddess of the Dawn — sister of the morningTuchulchatu-chul-chaThe Etruscan Underworld Tormentor — snake-haired demon of the wicked deadTurantu-ranThe Etruscan Goddess of Love — equivalent to Aphrodite, mistress of vital forceVanthvanthThe Etruscan Death-Escort — winged female spirit of the moment of dying
The Roman Inheritance
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Dis Paterdispa-terThe Rich Father — Roman lord of the underworldLemuresle-mu-resRestless Dead — the Unappeased SpiritsManesma-nesAncestral Spirits — the Honored DeadManiama-niaThe Mother of the Manes — old goddess of the spirits of the deadOrcusor-cusThe Old Italic God of the Dead — taker of those who break their oathsProserpinapro-ser-pi-naRoman queen of the underworld — daughter of Ceres, wife of Dis PaterTellustel-lusEarth-Mother of Italy — Tellus Mater, also called Terra Mater
The Northern Inheritance
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Baba Yagaba-ba ya-gaThe Witch of the Forest — who lives in a hut on chicken legsBaldrbaldrThe Beautiful — His Death the Beginning of RagnarökBannik and Polevikban-nik and po-le-vikThe Bath-Spirit and the Field-Spirit — guardians of two Russian thresholdsBran the Blessedbran the bles-sedGiant King of Britain — His Severed Head a TalismanBrynhildrbryn-hildrThe Valkyrie — pledged to Sigurd, betrayed, who summoned his murderCú Chulainnkoo-khul-inThe Hound of Ulster — Hero of the Ulster CycleEsuse-susGaulish God of the Tree-FellingFafnirfaf-nirThe Dragon — son of Hreidmar, slain by SigurdFenrirfen-rirThe Wolf — Devourer of Odin at RagnarökFreyjafray-yahLady of the Vanir — Goddess of Love, Magic, and the SlainGrendel and Grendel'sgren-del and gren-del'sThe Monsters of Heorot — slain by BeowulfHelhelQueen of the Underworld — Daughter of LokiHodrhodrThe Blind God — Unwitting Killer of BaldrJariloja-ri-loSpring God — Fertility, Vegetation, HarvestKoscheikos-cheiThe Deathless — whose soul is hidden in an egg in a duck on an islandAwaiting its plateKullervokul-ler-voThe Tragic Slave-Hero — orphan, kinslayer, suicideLaimalai-maGoddess of Fate — Determiner of DestiniesAwaiting its plateLemminkäinenlem-min-käi-nenThe Reckless Hero — Slain and Resurrected — FinnicMėnuomėnuoThe Moon — Husband of SaulėMimirmi-mirThe Wisest of Beings — whose head spoke from the well of wisdomMoranamo-ra-naGoddess of Winter and DeathMorríganmor-rí-ganThe Phantom Queen — Goddess of Battle and SovereigntyNantosuelta and Sucellusnan-to-suel-ta and su-cel-lusThe Gallic Pair — the Goddess of the Winding Stream and the God of the MalletNerthusner-thusThe Germanic Earth-Mother — whose chariot crossed the fields in springOdinoh-dinAllfather — God of War, Wisdom, and DeathRanranGoddess of the Sea — Catcher of the DrownedRusalkaru-sal-kaWater Spirit — Drowned Maiden of the RiverAwaiting its plateTuoni and Tuonetartuo-ni and tuo-ne-tarKing and Queen of the Finnish UnderworldValkyriesval-ky-riesChoosers of the SlainVelniasvel-niasThe Old One — Chthonic Adversary of PerkūnasVodyanoyvo-dya-noyThe Russian Water-Sprite — drowner of the unwary, master of fish
