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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Hunting

24 gods of hunting, across seven rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

3 works

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

Anat, plate — Anat a-nat The Maiden of Slaughter — sister-lover of Baal

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

The Gift of the Nile

1 work

Pakhet, plate — Pakhet pa-khet The Tearer — lioness of the desert wadis

The Olympian Order

6 works

Actaeon, plate — Actaeon ak-tee-on The Theban hunter, torn by his own hounds for seeing Artemis bathing

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

Artemis, plate — Artemis ar-tuh-mis The Huntress — virgin of the wilderness

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

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

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

The Levantine Borderlands

1 work

Qaus, plate — Qaus qaus The Edomite Bow-Bearer — national god of Edom and Nabataea

The Edges of Empire

6 works

Bendis, plate — Bendis ben-dis The Thracian Huntress — patroness of the moon and the wild animals

Dali, plate — Dali da-li The Caucasian Goddess of the Hunt — wild golden mistress of the mountain

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

Thana, plate — Thana tha-na Goddess of the Hunt — paired with Vidasus

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

Vidasus, plate — Vidasus vi-da-sus Forest-God of the Western Balkans — Roman Silvanus in Illyrian guise

The Roman Inheritance

1 work

Orcus, plate — Orcus or-cus The Old Italic God of the Dead — taker of those who break their oaths

The Northern Inheritance

6 works

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

Leshy, plate — Leshy le-shy Forest Spirit — Master of the Wood

Maponos, plate — Maponos ma-po-nos The Divine Youth — the British Apollo, hunter and singer

Skadi, plate — Skadi ska-di Giantess of Mountains and Skis — Reluctant Bride

Awaiting its plate

Tapio ta-pio Forest-God — Lord of the Woods — Finnic

Ullr, plate — Ullr ullr God of Skiing, Hunting, and the Bow