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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Healing

44 gods of healing, across eight rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

8 works

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

Eshmun, plate — Eshmun esh-mun The Healer — Phoenician god of Sidon

Gula, plate — Gula gu-la The Great Lady — goddess of healing

Kamrusepa, plate — Kamrusepa kam-ru-se-pa The Mistress of Magic — Healer-Goddess of the Hittites

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

Ninazu, plate — Ninazu ni-na-zu Lord of Healing and the Underworld — son of Ereshkigal

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

Shaushka, plate — Shaushka shaush-ka The Hurrian Ishtar — goddess of love and war

The Gift of the Nile

9 works

Harpocrates, plate — Harpocrates har-poc-ra-tes Horus the Child — the infant god of silence

Heka, plate — Heka he-ka Magic Personified — the divine power that makes spells effective

Horus, plate — Horus hor-us The Falcon — avenger and rightful king

Imhotep, plate — Imhotep im-ho-tep The Deified Sage — Old Kingdom architect, god of medicine

Isis, plate — Isis eye-sis The Great of Magic — wife of Osiris, mother of Horus

Khonsu, plate — Khonsu khon-su The Theban Moon — son of Amun and Mut

Sekhmet, plate — Sekhmet sek-met The Lioness — Lady of Plague and War

Serqet, plate — Serqet ser-qet The Scorpion Goddess — guardian of the dead

Thoth, plate — Thoth thoht The Ibis — Lord of Wisdom and Writing

The Olympian Order

5 works

Apollo, plate — Apollo uh-pol-oh The Far-Shooter — god of music, prophecy, and plague

Asclepius, plate — Asclepius uh-sklee-pee-us Divine Physician — son of Apollo

Chiron, plate — Chiron kye-ron The Wise Centaur — teacher of heroes

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

Hypnos, plate — Hypnos hip-nos Sleep — twin brother of Death

The Persian World

4 works

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

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

Haurvatat, plate — Haurvatat haur-va-tat Wholeness — patroness of the waters

Thraetaona, plate — Thraetaona thrae-tao-na The Dragon-Slayer — Faridun in the Shahnameh; conqueror of Aži Dahāka

The Edges of Empire

4 works

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

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

Ifri, plate — Ifri if-ri The Berber Cave-Goddess — patroness of the sanctuary-cave

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

The Etruscan World

1 work

Aplu, plate — Aplu ap-lu The Etruscan Apollo — god of prophecy and music, brought from the Greeks of Cumae

The Roman Inheritance

5 works

Angerona, plate — Angerona an-ge-ro-na Goddess of Silence — kept the secret name of Rome

Cloacina, plate — Cloacina cloa-ci-na The Purifier — patroness of the Cloaca Maxima, the great drain of Rome

Egeria, plate — Egeria e-ge-ria The Water-Nymph and Counselor of King Numa Pompilius

Hermes Trismegistus, plate — Hermes Trismegistus her-mes tris-me-gis-tus Thrice-Great Hermes — see also Thoth (Volume II)

Salus, plate — Salus sa-lus Goddess of Health and the Public Welfare

The Northern Inheritance

8 works

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

Belenos, plate — Belenos be-le-nos Continental Celtic God of the Sun and Healing

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

Dian Cécht, plate — Dian Cécht dian cécht The Healer of the Tuatha Dé Danann — physician of the gods

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

Awaiting its plate

Lemminkäinen lem-min-käi-nen The Reckless Hero — Slain and Resurrected — Finnic

Nuada Airgetlám, plate — Nuada Airgetlám nua-da air-get-lám Nuada of the Silver Hand — King of the Tuatha Dé