A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Moon

17 gods of moon, across eight rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

5 works

Arma, plate
Arma ar-ma The Luwian Moon — God of Oath and Witness
Men, plate
Men men The Phrygian Moon-God — Standing on His Bull
Nanna, plate
Nanna nan-na The Moon — Akkadian Sin; god of Ur
Ningal, plate
Ningal nin-gal Great Lady of the Moon — Consort of Nanna and Mother of Inanna
Tanit, plate
Tanit ta-nit The Face of Baal — Supreme Goddess of Carthage

The Gift of the Nile

2 works

Khonsu, plate
Khonsu khon-su The Theban Moon — son of Amun and Mut
Thoth, plate
Thoth thoht The Ibis — Lord of Wisdom and Writing

The Olympian Order

4 works

Artemis, plate
Artemis ar-tuh-mis The Huntress — virgin of the wilderness
Hecate, plate
Hecate hek-uh-tee Of the Crossroads — goddess of witchcraft and the dark moon
Selene, plate
Selene seh-lee-nee The Moon — mistress of the night sky
Theia, plate
Theia thay-uh The Divine — Titaness of light

The Levantine Borderlands

2 works

Aglibol, plate
Aglibol ag-li-bol The Moon-God of Palmyra — attendant of Bel, paired with Yarhibol
Sin of Harran, plate
Sin of Harran sin of har-ran The Moon-God of Harran — Roman-Period Aramaean Cult

The Edges of Empire

1 work

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

The Etruscan World

1 work

Tiur, plate
Tiur tiur The Etruscan Moon — companion of Usil and marker of the months

The Roman Inheritance

1 work

Proserpina, plate
Proserpina pro-ser-pi-na Roman queen of the underworld — daughter of Ceres, wife of Dis Pater

The Northern Inheritance

1 work

Mėnuo, plate
Mėnuo mėnuo The Moon — Husband of Saulė

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