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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Fertility and harvest

119 gods of fertility and harvest, across nine rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

26 works

Adad, plate — Adad a-dad The Storm — Akkadian Hadad; Lord of the Thunder

Adonis, plate — Adonis a-do-nis The Lord — Phoenician Lover of Astarte, Mourned in Annual Rite

Agdistis, plate — Agdistis ag-dis-tis The Hermaphroditic Mother — Origin of Attis from the Almond

Artemis of Ephesus, plate — Artemis of Ephesus ar-te-mis of e-phe-sus The Many-Breasted Mother of Ephesus

Asherah, plate — Asherah a-she-rah Lady of the Sea — wife of El, mother of the gods

Astarte, plate — Astarte as-tar-te The Phoenician Queen of Heaven

Attis, plate — Attis at-tis Beloved of the Mother — Phrygian shepherd-god

Baal, plate — Baal baal The Rider on the Clouds — Hadad of Ugarit

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

Cybele, plate — Cybele cy-be-le The Mother of the Mountain — Phrygian Magna Mater

Dagon, plate — Dagon da-gon The Grain — Father of Baal

Dumuzi, plate — Dumuzi du-mu-zi The Faithful Son — shepherd-king, beloved of Inanna

Enlil, plate — Enlil en-lil Lord Wind — King of the Gods, Lord of Nippur

Geshtinanna, plate — Geshtinanna gesh-ti-nan-na Lady of the Vine — sister of Dumuzi

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

Kuvava, plate — Kuvava ku-va-va Mother-Goddess of Carchemish — Ancestress of Cybele

Maliya, plate — Maliya ma-liya Goddess of Gardens and Gentle Waters

Ningishzida, plate — Ningishzida nin-gish-zi-da Lord of the True Tree — chthonic god of vegetation

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

Ninkasi, plate — Ninkasi nin-ka-si The Lady Who Fills the Mouth — Goddess of Beer and Brewing

Ninlil, plate — Ninlil nin-lil Lady of the Open Field — wife of Enlil

Ninurta, plate — Ninurta ni-nur-ta The Warrior — son of Enlil, slayer of the Asag

Nisaba, plate — Nisaba ni-sa-ba Lady of the Reeds — goddess of grain and writing

Sabazius, plate — Sabazius sa-ba-zius The Thraco-Phrygian Sky-Father — Whose Bronze Hand Bore Cult-Symbols

Tanit, plate — Tanit ta-nit The Face of Baal — Supreme Goddess of Carthage

Telepinu, plate — Telepinu te-le-pi-nu The Vanishing God — Hittite god of agriculture

The Gift of the Nile

11 works

Anuket, plate — Anuket a-nu-ket Lady of the First Cataract — gazelle-goddess of the inundation

Geb, plate — Geb geb The Earth — father of the Osirian generation

Hapi, plate — Hapi ha-pi God of the Inundation — the river itself

Hatmehit, plate — Hatmehit hat-me-hit First of the Fishes — fish-goddess of Mendes

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

Khnum, plate — Khnum khnum The Ram — Lord of the First Cataract

Min, plate — Min min The Fertility God of Coptos

Osiris, plate — Osiris oh-sye-ris Lord of the Dead — slain king and judge of souls

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

Sobek, plate — Sobek so-bek The Crocodile God of the Fayyum

Sopdet, plate — Sopdet sop-det The Sharp One — goddess of Sirius and herald of the inundation

The Olympian Order

14 works

Adonis, plate — Adonis a-do-nis The Beloved of Aphrodite, slain by the boar — the Greek mystery of the dying youth

Aphrodite, plate — Aphrodite af-roh-dye-tee Foam-Born — goddess of love

Ariadne, plate — Ariadne air-ee-ad-nee Cretan princess, who gave Theseus the thread — and was abandoned at Naxos

Cronus, plate — Cronus kroh-nus King of the Titans — father of Zeus

Demeter, plate — Demeter dee-mee-ter Earth Mother — goddess of grain and the Eleusinian Mysteries

Dionysus, plate — Dionysus dye-oh-nye-sus The Twice-Born — god of wine and ecstasy

Eros (Primordial), plate — Eros (Primordial) air-oss (primordial) The Original Love — primordial unifying power

Gaia, plate — Gaia gay-uh The Earth — mother of all

Hyacinthus, plate — Hyacinthus high-uh-sin-thus The Spartan youth beloved of Apollo, slain by the discus

Narcissus, plate — Narcissus nar-siss-us The Boeotian youth who loved his own reflection

Pan, plate — Pan pan God of the Wild — pastoral piper of Arcadia

Persephone, plate — Persephone per-sef-oh-nee Queen of the Underworld — daughter of Demeter

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

The Horae, plate — The Horae the hor-eye The Seasons — Eunomia, Dike, Eirene

The Persian World

7 works

Ameretat, plate — Ameretat a-me-re-tat Immortality — patroness of plants, sister of Haurvatat

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

Ashi, plate — Ashi a-shi Reward — yazata of the recompense for righteous living

Haoma, plate — Haoma hao-ma The Sacred Plant — and the yazata of the priestly drink

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

Tishtrya, plate — Tishtrya tisht-rya The Star Sirius — bringer of rain, slayer of the drought-demon

Yima, plate — Yima yi-ma The First King — Jamshid in the later tradition; ruler of the golden age

The Levantine Borderlands

5 works

Al-Lat, plate — Al-Lat al--lat The Nabataean Mother-Goddess — al-Lat, the goddess

Allat (the Aramaean goddess), plate — Allat (the Aramaean goddess) al-lat (the aramaean goddess) Sky-Mother of the Aramaeans and Northern Arabs — see also Book II below

Atargatis, plate — Atargatis ah-tar-gah-tis The Great Goddess of Syria — fish-tailed mother of Hierapolis

Hadad, plate — Hadad ha-dad The Aramaean Storm-God — Iuppiter Heliopolitanus of Baalbek

Malakbel, plate — Malakbel ma-lak-bel Solar Spring-Aspect of Bel — the morning sun and vegetation

The Edges of Empire

6 works

Anzar, plate — Anzar an-zar The Berber Rain-God — invoked in the drought ceremonies

Ataecina, plate — Ataecina a-tae-ci-na Chthonic Goddess of Lusitania — receiver of curse-tablets

Derzelas, plate — Derzelas der-ze-las The Great God of Odessos — Thracian deity of life-force and fertility

Eia, plate — Eia eia The Histrian Goddess — local protectress of Pula

Kviria, plate — Kviria kvi-ria The Mediator-God — intermediary between Ghmerti and humankind

Nabia, plate — Nabia na-bia Goddess of Springs and Rivers — patroness of the Atlantic waters

The Etruscan World

4 works

Cel, plate — Cel cel The Etruscan Earth-Mother — patroness of the soil

Fufluns, plate — Fufluns fuf-luns The Etruscan Wine-God — equivalent to Dionysus, with chthonic associations

Turan, plate — Turan tu-ran The Etruscan Goddess of Love — equivalent to Aphrodite, mistress of vital force

Voltumna, plate — Voltumna vol-tum-na Chief God of the Etruscan League — at whose sanctuary the Twelve Cities met

The Roman Inheritance

18 works

Consus, plate — Consus con-sus God of the Stored Harvest — whose altar was kept underground

Faunus, plate — Faunus fau-nus Italian Woodland God — Prophet of the Wild

Flora, plate — Flora flo-ra Goddess of Flowering Plants

Liber and Libera, plate — Liber and Libera li-ber and li-be-ra Italic Wine-and-Vine Deities — Companions of Ceres

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

Ops, plate — Ops ops The Goddess of Plenty — wife of Saturn and mother of the Olympians

Awaiting its plate

Pales pa-les Shepherd's Deity — Patron of Flocks

Pax, plate — Pax pax Goddess of Peace — particularly the Augustan Pax Romana

Penates, plate — Penates pe-na-tes Spirits of the Pantry — Guardians of Provisions

Pomona, plate — Pomona po-mo-na Goddess of Orchard Fruit

Proserpina, plate — Proserpina pro-ser-pi-na Roman queen of the underworld — daughter of Ceres, wife of Dis Pater

Robigus, plate — Robigus ro-bi-gus The God of Mildew, propitiated to spare the standing grain

Saturn, plate — Saturn sa-turn Italic God of Sowing — King of the Golden Age

Serapis, plate — Serapis se-ra-pis Hellenistic Egyptian-Greek God — see also Apis (Volume II)

Silvanus, plate — Silvanus sil-va-nus God of Forests, Fields, and Boundaries

Tellus, plate — Tellus tel-lus Earth-Mother of Italy — Tellus Mater, also called Terra Mater

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

Vertumnus, plate — Vertumnus ver-tum-nus God of Changing Seasons and Transformations

The Northern Inheritance

28 works

Awaiting its plate

Ahti ah-ti Lord of the Sea — Master of Waters — Finnic

Airmed, plate — Airmed air-med Daughter of Dian Cécht — keeper of the herb-knowledge

Awaiting its plate

Akka ak-ka The Old Woman — Earth-Mother and Female Counterpart — Finnic

Audhumla, plate — Audhumla aud-hum-la The Primal Cow — who licked the first god from the ice

Bannik and Polevik, plate — Bannik and Polevik ban-nik and po-le-vik The Bath-Spirit and the Field-Spirit — guardians of two Russian thresholds

Brigid, plate — Brigid bri-gid Goddess of Smithcraft, Healing, and Poetry — Triple Goddess

Cernunnos, plate — Cernunnos cer-nun-nos The Horned God — Lord of Animals

Dagda, plate — Dagda dag-da The Good God — Father of the Tuatha Dé

Dazhbog, plate — Dazhbog dazh-bog Solar God — Giver of Wealth

Epona, plate — Epona e-po-na Continental Celtic Horse-Goddess

Freyr, plate — Freyr frayr Lord of the Vanir — God of Plenty and Peace

Gefjon, plate — Gefjon gef-jon The Goddess Who Plowed Zealand from Sweden — patroness of virgins

Grannus and Sirona, plate — Grannus and Sirona gran-nus and si-ro-na Gallo-Roman Apollo and his consort — healers of the eastern Gallic provinces

Idunn, plate — Idunn i-dunn Keeper of the Apples of Youth

Jānis, plate — Jānis jā-nis The Latvian Midsummer Spirit — patron of the great solstice festival

Jarilo, plate — Jarilo ja-ri-lo Spring God — Fertility, Vegetation, Harvest

Jumis, plate — Jumis ju-mis Latvian Spirit of the Double Ear — bringer of plenty

Lada, plate — Lada la-da Goddess of Spring, Love, and Marriage

Mokosh, plate — Mokosh mo-kosh Mother Earth — Spinner of Fates

Morana, plate — Morana mo-ra-na Goddess of Winter and Death

Nantosuelta and Sucellus, plate — Nantosuelta and Sucellus nan-to-suel-ta and su-cel-lus The Gallic Pair — the Goddess of the Winding Stream and the God of the Mallet

Nerthus, plate — Nerthus ner-thus The Germanic Earth-Mother — whose chariot crossed the fields in spring

Njord, plate — Njord njord God of the Sea and Wealth

Sif, plate — Sif sif Goddess with Golden Hair — Wife of Thor

Simargl, plate — Simargl si-margl The Winged Hound — sole survivor of an Iranian dream

Sucellus, plate — Sucellus su-cel-lus The Good Striker — Hammer-Bearing Father-God

Svetovid, plate — Svetovid sve-to-vid Western Slavic God of War — Of the Four-Faced Image

Žemyna, plate — Žemyna že-my-na Mother Earth — Goddess of the Soil