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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Marriage and household

67 gods of marriage and household, across eight rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

10 works

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

Damgalnuna, plate — Damgalnuna dam-gal-nu-na Great Lady of the Princely Fresh Waters — Mother of Marduk

Hepat, plate — Hepat he-pat Queen of Heaven — Hurrian consort of Teshub

Mullissu, plate — Mullissu mul-lis-su Queen of the Assyrian Pantheon — Consort of Ashur

Ningal, plate — Ningal nin-gal Great Lady of the Moon — Consort of Nanna and Mother of Inanna

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

Papas, plate — Papas pa-pas The Phrygian Father-God — Overshadowed by His Mother

Sarpanit, plate — Sarpanit sar-pa-nit The Silvery One — Queen of Babylon, Consort of Marduk

Shedu, plate — Shedu she-du The Male Guardian Spirit

Tashmetum, plate — Tashmetum tash-me-tum The Listening One — Wife of Nabu, Goddess of Intercession

The Gift of the Nile

6 works

Bastet, plate — Bastet bas-tet The Cat of Bubastis

Bes, plate — Bes bes The Household Protector — apotropaic dwarf-god

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

Mut, plate — Mut mut The Great Mother of Thebes

Nephthys, plate — Nephthys neph-thys Lady of the House — sister and helper of Isis

Taweret, plate — Taweret ta-we-ret The Hippopotamus Goddess — protector of the pregnant

The Olympian Order

11 works

Antigone, plate — Antigone an-tig-uh-nee Daughter of Oedipus, who buried her brother and was buried alive

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

Epimetheus, plate — Epimetheus ep-ih-mee-thee-us The Afterthinking — brother of Prometheus

Eros (Later), plate — Eros (Later) air-oss (later) Son of Aphrodite — winged boy of love

Hebe, plate — Hebe hee-bee Cupbearer of the Gods — wife of the deified Heracles

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

Helen, plate — Helen hel-en Daughter of Zeus and Leda — wife of Menelaus, cause of the Trojan War

Hera, plate — Hera heer-ah Queen of the Gods — wife of Zeus, patroness of marriage

Hestia, plate — Hestia hess-tee-uh Goddess of the Hearth — the central flame

Medea, plate — Medea meh-dee-uh Princess of Colchis and sorceress, who slew her own children

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

The Persian World

3 works

Aeshma, plate — Aeshma aesh-ma Demon of Wrath — chief of the daevas; ancestor of the biblical Asmodeus

Atar, plate — Atar a-tar Sacred Fire — son of Ahura Mazda, presence of the divine

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

The Edges of Empire

2 works

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

Satana, plate — Satana sa-ta-na The Mother of the Narts — wise counselor of the heroic clan

The Etruscan World

2 works

Sethlans, plate — Sethlans seth-lans The Etruscan Smith — master of the forge, equivalent to Vulcan

Uni, plate — Uni u-ni The Etruscan Queen of Heaven — consort of Tinia, identified with Phoenician Astarte

The Roman Inheritance

12 works

Bona Dea, plate — Bona Dea bo-na dea The Good Goddess — Women's Mystery

Concordia, plate — Concordia con-cor-dia The Goddess of Civic Harmony

Genius, plate — Genius ge-nius Personal Divine Companion

Genius Augusti, plate — Genius Augusti ge-nius au-gus-ti The Numen of the Emperor — divine spirit of the ruling Augustus

Lares, plate — Lares la-res Household and Crossroads Spirits

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

Manes, plate — Manes ma-nes Ancestral Spirits — the Honored Dead

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

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

Pietas, plate — Pietas pie-tas The Goddess of Right Devotion

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

The Spirits of the Doorway, plate — The Spirits of the Doorway the spi-rits of the door-way Cardea, Forculus, and Limentinus — the divinities of the threshold

The Northern Inheritance

21 works

Awaiting its plate

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

Auseklis, plate — Auseklis au-sek-lis The Latvian Morning Star — son of Saulė the Sun

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

Dievas, plate — Dievas die-vas Lithuanian Sky-God — The Indo-European Sky-Father

Domovoi, plate — Domovoi do-mo-voi Household Spirit — The Old Man of the House

Frigg, plate — Frigg frigg Queen of the Aesir — Wife of Odin

Awaiting its plate

Ilmarinen il-ma-ri-nen The Eternal Smith — Forger of the Sampo — Finnic

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

Laima, plate — Laima lai-ma Goddess of Fate — Determiner of Destinies

Māra, plate — Māra mā-ra The Latvian Earth-Mother — patroness of cattle, of women, and of the household

Math Fab Mathonwy, Gwydion, plate — Math Fab Mathonwy, Gwydion math fab ma-thon-wy, gwy-dion The Welsh Magician-King and his Sister's Son — and the woman made of flowers

Mėnuo, plate — Mėnuo mėnuo The Moon — Husband of Saulė

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

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

Rhiannon, plate — Rhiannon rhian-non Welsh Goddess of Sovereignty — Lady of Horses

Rod, plate — Rod rod The Slavic Creator God — eldest power, fount of generation

Saulė, plate — Saulė saulė The Sun-Goddess — Mother of the Stars

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

Svarozhich, plate — Svarozhich sva-roz-hich Son of Svarog — known to the West Slavs as Radegast

The Rozhanitsy, plate — The Rozhanitsy the roz-ha-nit-sy The Slavic Birth-Givers — fate-spinning sisters, like the Norns

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