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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Hero

49 gods of hero, across seven rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

5 works

Adapa, plate — Adapa a-da-pa The Sage Who Refused the Bread of Immortal Life

Atrahasis, plate — Atrahasis at-ra-ha-sis The Exceeding Wise — Survivor of the Great Flood

Enkidu, plate — Enkidu en-ki-du The Equal Match Made by the Gods — Friend Beloved Beyond Speech

Gilgamesh, plate — Gilgamesh gil-gah-mesh Two Parts God and One Part Man — King of Uruk and Seeker of Immortality

Lugalbanda, plate — Lugalbanda lu-gal-ban-da Father of Gilgamesh — Eighth King of the First Dynasty of Uruk

The Gift of the Nile

1 work

Bata, plate — Bata ba-ta The Bull of Saka — hero of a folk-tale

The Olympian Order

16 works

Achilles, plate — Achilles uh-kill-eez The Best of the Achaeans — hero of the Iliad

Aeneas, plate — Aeneas eh-nee-as Trojan prince and son of Aphrodite — survivor of Troy, ancestor of Rome

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

Atalanta, plate — Atalanta at-uh-lan-tuh The Huntress — the only woman among the Argonauts

Bellerophon, plate — Bellerophon buh-lair-uh-fon Tamer of Pegasus — slayer of the Chimera

Cadmus, plate — Cadmus kad-mus Founder of Thebes — sower of dragon's teeth

Glaucus, plate — Glaucus glaw-kus The Sea-Green — fisherman become sea-god

Hector, plate — Hector hek-tor Eldest son of Priam — defender of Troy, slain by Achilles

Heracles, plate — Heracles her-ah-kleez The Greatest of Heroes — performer of the Twelve Labors

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

Jason, plate — Jason jay-sun Captain of the Argonauts — winner of the Golden Fleece

Odysseus, plate — Odysseus oh-dis-ee-us The Wily — wanderer of the Odyssey

Oedipus, plate — Oedipus ed-ih-pus King of Thebes, who slew his father and married his mother in ignorance

Paris, plate — Paris pair-is The shepherd-prince of Troy — judge of the goddesses, abductor of Helen

Perseus, plate — Perseus pur-see-us Slayer of the Gorgon — founder of Mycenae

Theseus, plate — Theseus thee-see-us Athenian Hero — slayer of the Minotaur

The Persian World

5 works

Khvarenah, plate — Khvarenah khva-re-nah Royal Glory — the divine charisma of the rightful king

Saoshyant, plate — Saoshyant sao-shyant The Coming Saviour — final renewer of the world at the end of time

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

Verethragna, plate — Verethragna ve-reth-rag-na Victory — Bahram in the later tradition; the Iranian war-god

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

The Edges of Empire

6 works

Batraz, plate — Batraz bat-raz The Steel Hero — Nart warrior of supernatural temper

Cariocecus, plate — Cariocecus ca-rio-ce-cus Lusitanian War-God — equivalent of Roman Mars

Soslan, plate — Soslan sos-lan The Solar Hero — Nart warrior of the sun

Sosryko, plate — Sosryko sos-ry-ko The Trickster-Hero of the Narts — fire-bringer, defeater of giants by guile

The Thracian Horseman, plate — The Thracian Horseman the thra-cian hor-se-man Heros — votive hero-cult of the deified ancestor

Zalmoxis, plate — Zalmoxis zal-mok-sis The Deified Hero — Thracian teacher of the immortal soul

The Roman Inheritance

4 works

Aeneas, plate — Aeneas eh-nee-as The Pious Trojan — Founder of the Roman Lineage

Quirinus, plate — Quirinus kwee-ree-nus Deified Romulus — Third God of the Archaic Roman Triad

Romulus, plate — Romulus ro-mu-lus Founder of Rome — Deified as Quirinus

Virtus, plate — Virtus vir-tus Goddess of Manly Excellence — paired with Honos

The Northern Inheritance

12 works

Bran the Blessed, plate — Bran the Blessed bran the bles-sed Giant King of Britain — His Severed Head a Talisman

Brynhildr, plate — Brynhildr bryn-hildr The Valkyrie — pledged to Sigurd, betrayed, who summoned his murder

Cú Chulainn, plate — Cú Chulainn koo-khul-in The Hound of Ulster — Hero of the Ulster Cycle

Fionn Mac Cumhaill, plate — Fionn Mac Cumhaill fionn mac cum-haill Leader of the Fianna — Hero of the Fenian Cycle

Awaiting its plate

Kalev / Kalevipoeg ka-lev / ka-le-vi-poeg The Estonian Giant-Hero — son of the giant Kalev

Awaiting its plate

Kullervo kul-ler-vo The Tragic Slave-Hero — orphan, kinslayer, suicide

Awaiting its plate

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

Lugh, plate — Lugh lugh The Many-Skilled — Hero-God of Light and Crafts

Scáthach, plate — Scáthach scá-thach The Warrior-Woman of the Isle of Skye — instructress of Cú Chulainn

Sigurd, plate — Sigurd si-gurd The Dragonslayer — Sigurd Fáfnisbani, Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied

Awaiting its plate

Väinämöinen väi-nä-möi-nen The Eternal Sage — Hero of the Kalevala — Finnic

Wayland, plate — Wayland way-land The Smith — Völundr in the Old Norse, Welund in the Old English