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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Oracle and divination

55 gods of oracle and divination, across nine rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

5 works

Geshtinanna, plate — Geshtinanna gesh-ti-nan-na Lady of the Vine — sister of Dumuzi

Ishtar of Nineveh, plate — Ishtar of Nineveh ish-tar of ni-ne-veh The Lady of Nineveh — Assyrian Ishtar

Ma, plate — Ma ma The War-Goddess of Comana — Brought to Rome as Bellona

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

Nanshe, plate — Nanshe nan-she Lady of the Marshes — goddess of dreams, fish, and social justice

The Gift of the Nile

3 works

Amun, plate — Amun ah-moon The Hidden God — Lord of Thebes

Imhotep, plate — Imhotep im-ho-tep The Deified Sage — Old Kingdom architect, god of medicine

Sia, plate — Sia sia The perceiving mind — divine intelligence made manifest

The Olympian Order

17 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

Cassandra, plate — Cassandra kuh-san-druh Daughter of Priam — prophetess whom no one believed

Gaia, plate — Gaia gay-uh The Earth — mother of all

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

Hypnos, plate — Hypnos hip-nos Sleep — twin brother of Death

Morpheus and the Oneiroi, plate — Morpheus and the Oneiroi mor-fee-us and the oh-nye-roy The Shapers of Dreams — Morpheus, Phobetor, and Phantasos

Nereus, plate — Nereus neer-ee-us Old Man of the Sea — prophetic shape-shifter

Nyx, plate — Nyx niks Night — mother of the dark powers

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

Orpheus, plate — Orpheus or-fee-us Singer of the Underworld — patron of the Mysteries

Phoebe, plate — Phoebe fee-bee Bright Titaness — Delphic prophetess

Proteus, plate — Proteus proh-tee-us Shepherd of the Seals — shape-shifting prophet

Python, plate — Python pie-thon The Earth-Serpent of Delphi, slain by Apollo at the navel of the world

Themis, plate — Themis thee-mis Divine Order — counselor of the gods

Tiresias, plate — Tiresias tie-ree-see-us The Blind Theban Seer

Zeus, plate — Zeus zoos King of the Gods — Lord of Olympus

The Persian World

1 work

Nairyosanha, plate — Nairyosanha nai-ryo-san-ha The Manly Utterance — messenger between gods and men

The Levantine Borderlands

4 works

Hadad, plate — Hadad ha-dad The Aramaean Storm-God — Iuppiter Heliopolitanus of Baalbek

Hubal, plate — Hubal hu-bal The Oracular God of Mecca — divination by arrows at the Ka'ba

Manat, plate — Manat ma-nat Goddess of Fate — the third of the Arabian triad

Simios, plate — Simios si-mios Sun-God of Hierapolis — kingly companion of Atargatis

The Edges of Empire

4 works

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

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

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

The Etruscan World

4 works

Aplu, plate — Aplu ap-lu The Etruscan Apollo — god of prophecy and music, brought from the Greeks of Cumae

Laran, plate — Laran la-ran The Etruscan War-God — youthful warrior of the battlefield

Menrva, plate — Menrva men-rvah The Etruscan Wise Maiden — warrior, craftswoman, prophetess

Usil, plate — Usil u-sil The Etruscan Sun God — the masculine sun, kin of the Greek Helios

The Roman Inheritance

5 works

Carmenta, plate — Carmenta car-men-ta Goddess of Childbirth and Prophetic Song — mother of Evander

Egeria, plate — Egeria e-ge-ria The Water-Nymph and Counselor of King Numa Pompilius

Faunus, plate — Faunus fau-nus Italian Woodland God — Prophet of the Wild

Fortuna, plate — Fortuna for-tu-na Goddess of Chance — bringer of fortune both good and ill

The Camenae, plate — The Camenae the ca-me-nae The Italic Muses — water-nymphs of the spring at the Porta Capena

The Northern Inheritance

12 works

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

Freyja, plate — Freyja fray-yah Lady of the Vanir — Goddess of Love, Magic, and the Slain

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

Gullveig, plate — Gullveig gull-veig The Witch Thrice Burnt — whose murder began the war of the gods

Mimir, plate — Mimir mi-mir The Wisest of Beings — whose head spoke from the well of wisdom

Morrígan, plate — Morrígan mor-rí-gan The Phantom Queen — Goddess of Battle and Sovereignty

Norns, plate — Norns norns The Three Fates of the Norse Cosmos

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

Svetovid, plate — Svetovid sve-to-vid Western Slavic God of War — Of the Four-Faced Image

Taliesin, plate — Taliesin ta-lie-sin The Welsh Bard — twice born, once mortal and once divine

Awaiting its plate

Turul tu-rul The Mythical Bird — Founder of the Magyar Royal House — Hungarian

Awaiting its plate

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