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

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