A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Sea

52 gods of sea, across eight rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

9 works

Adapa, plate
Adapa a-da-pa The Sage Who Refused the Bread of Immortal Life
Asherah, plate
Asherah a-she-rah Lady of the Sea — wife of El, mother of the gods
Atrahasis, plate
Atrahasis at-ra-ha-sis The Exceeding Wise — Survivor of the Great Flood
Hedammu, plate
Hedammu he-dam-mu The Sea-Monster — Earlier Champion of Kumarbi
Melqart, plate
Melqart mel-qart King of the City — Tutelary God of Tyre, Whose Pyre Burned at His Festival
The Apkallu, plate
The Apkallu the ap-kal-lu The Seven Sages — Bringers of the Arts of Civilization
Tiamat, plate
Tiamat tee-ah-mat The Salt Sea — primordial chaos-mother, slain by Marduk
Ullikummi, plate
Ullikummi ul-li-kum-mi The Stone Giant — Kumarbi's Champion Against Teshub
Yam, plate
Yam yam Prince Sea — Judge River — defeated of Baal

The Gift of the Nile

3 works

Nun, plate
Nun nun The Primordial Waters — formless deep before creation
The Hermopolitan Ogdoad, plate
The Hermopolitan Ogdoad the her-mo-po-li-tan og-doad The eight primordial powers of Khemenu — the chaos before creation
Wadj-Wer, plate
Wadj-Wer wadj--wer The Great Green — personification of the sea and the Delta lakes

The Olympian Order

26 works

Achilles, plate
Achilles uh-kill-eez The Best of the Achaeans — hero of the Iliad
Aphrodite, plate
Aphrodite af-roh-dye-tee Foam-Born — goddess of love
Asteria, plate
Asteria uh-steer-ee-uh The Starry — sister of Leto, mother of Hecate
Charybdis, plate
Charybdis kuh-rib-dis The Whirlpool of the Strait
Daedalus and Icarus, plate
Daedalus and Icarus ded-uh-lus and ik-uh-rus The Athenian craftsman and his son who flew too near the sun
Eurybia, plate
Eurybia yoo-rib-ee-uh Wide-Strength — daughter of Pontus
Glaucus, plate
Glaucus glaw-kus The Sea-Green — fisherman become sea-god
Hydros, plate
Hydros hy-dross Primordial Water — Orphic alternative
Jason, plate
Jason jay-sun Captain of the Argonauts — winner of the Golden Fleece
Metis, plate
Metis mee-tis Wisdom — first wife of Zeus
Nereus, plate
Nereus neer-ee-us Old Man of the Sea — prophetic shape-shifter
Nesoi, plate
Nesoi ness-oy The Islands — uncertain primordial group
Oceanus, plate
Oceanus oh-see-uh-nus The River-Stream — eldest of the Titans
Odysseus, plate
Odysseus oh-dis-ee-us The Wily — wanderer of the Odyssey
Pontus, plate
Pontus pon-tus The Sea — son of Earth, father of the sea-gods
Poseidon, plate
Poseidon poh-sye-don Lord of the Sea — earth-shaker
Proteus, plate
Proteus proh-tee-us Shepherd of the Seals — shape-shifting prophet
Scylla, plate
Scylla sil-uh The Six-Headed Monster of the Strait
Tethys, plate
Tethys tee-this Mother of Rivers — wife of Oceanus
Thalassa, plate
Thalassa thuh-lass-uh The Salt Sea — feminine personification
The Anemoi, plate
The Anemoi the uh-nem-oy The Four Winds — Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus
The Gorgons, plate
The Gorgons the gor-gons Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa — the daughters of the sea, whose gaze turned to stone
The Graeae, plate
The Graeae the gree-eye The Gray Sisters — old from their birth, sharing one eye and one tooth
The Hecatoncheires, plate
The Hecatoncheires the heh-kuh-ton-ky-reez The Hundred-Handed — Briareus, Cottus, and Gyges
The Sirens, plate
The Sirens the sy-rens The Singers of the Rocks, whose voices drew sailors to their death
Triton, plate
Triton try-ton Son of Poseidon — herald of the deep

The Levantine Borderlands

1 work

Atargatis, plate
Atargatis ah-tar-gah-tis The Great Goddess of Syria — fish-tailed mother of Hierapolis

The Edges of Empire

2 works

Bindus, plate
Bindus bin-dus Water-God of the Iapodes — patron of the springs at Privlika
Donbettyr, plate
Donbettyr don-bet-tyr God of the Waters — lord of the rivers and the sea

The Etruscan World

2 works

Nethuns, plate
Nethuns ne-thuns The Etruscan Sea-God — wielder of the trident, lord of waters
Usil, plate
Usil u-sil The Etruscan Sun God — the masculine sun, kin of the Greek Helios

The Roman Inheritance

1 work

Portunus, plate
Portunus por-tu-nus God of Harbors and Doors — keeper of keys

The Northern Inheritance

8 works

Aegir, plate
Aegir ae-gir Lord of the Sea — Brewer of Ale for the Gods
Awaiting its plate
Ahti ah-ti Lord of the Sea — Master of Waters — Finnic
Awaiting its plate
Ilmatar il-ma-tar Air-Spirit — Mother of Väinämöinen — Finnic
Jörmungandr, plate
Jörmungandr jör-mun-gandr The World-Serpent
Manannán Mac Lir, plate
Manannán Mac Lir ma-nan-nán mac lir Lord of the Sea — Son of the Sea
Nerthus, plate
Nerthus ner-thus The Germanic Earth-Mother — whose chariot crossed the fields in spring
Njord, plate
Njord njord God of the Sea and Wealth
Ran, plate
Ran ran Goddess of the Sea — Catcher of the Drowned

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