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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Storm

39 gods of storm, across nine rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

14 works

Adad, plate — Adad a-dad The Storm — Akkadian Hadad; Lord of the Thunder

Anzu, plate — Anzu an-zu The Lion-Headed Bird — Thief of the Tablet of Destinies

Ashur, plate — Ashur a-shur National God of Assyria

Baal, plate — Baal baal The Rider on the Clouds — Hadad of Ugarit

Enlil, plate — Enlil en-lil Lord Wind — King of the Gods, Lord of Nippur

Lilitu, plate — Lilitu li-li-tu The Night-Hag — demoness of the wind

Ninurta, plate — Ninurta ni-nur-ta The Warrior — son of Enlil, slayer of the Asag

Pazuzu, plate — Pazuzu pa-zu-zu King of the Wind Demons — apotropaic against Lamashtu

Sharruma, plate — Sharruma shar-ru-ma Son of Teshub and Hebat — Royal Protector

Tarhunt, plate — Tarhunt tar-hunt Hittite Storm-God — Slayer of the Illuyanka

Tarhunza, plate — Tarhunza tar-hun-za The Luwian Storm-God

Tashmishu, plate — Tashmishu tash-mi-shu Brother of Teshub — Vizier-Companion of the Storm-God

Teshub, plate — Teshub teh-shoob The Storm — Hurrian sky-king, son of Kumarbi

Tishpak, plate — Tishpak tish-pak Lord of Eshnunna — slayer of the Labbu

The Gift of the Nile

2 works

Set, plate — Set set Lord of the Red Land — god of disorder

Tefnut, plate — Tefnut tef-nut The Moisture — sister-consort of Shu

The Olympian Order

8 works

Astraeus, plate — Astraeus as-tray-us Starry Husband of Eos — father of the winds and stars

Poseidon, plate — Poseidon poh-sye-don Lord of the Sea — earth-shaker

The Anemoi, plate — The Anemoi the uh-nem-oy The Four Winds — Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus

The Cyclopes, plate — The Cyclopes the sigh-kloh-peez The One-Eyed Smiths of Heaven — Brontes, Steropes, and Arges

The Harpies, plate — The Harpies the har-peez The Snatchers — winged daughters of Thaumas and Electra

Triton, plate — Triton try-ton Son of Poseidon — herald of the deep

Typhon, plate — Typhon tye-fon The Great Serpent — last and worst adversary of Zeus

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

The Persian World

1 work

Tishtrya, plate — Tishtrya tisht-rya The Star Sirius — bringer of rain, slayer of the drought-demon

The Levantine Borderlands

2 works

Baalshamin, plate — Baalshamin bah-al-shah-meen Lord of Heaven — late Aramaean sky-god

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

The Edges of Empire

1 work

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

The Etruscan World

1 work

Tinia, plate — Tinia tee-nee-ah The Etruscan Sky-King — wielder of three thunderbolts

The Roman Inheritance

1 work

Summanus, plate — Summanus sum-ma-nus God of the Nocturnal Thunderbolt — older companion of Jupiter

The Northern Inheritance

9 works

Perkūnas, plate — Perkūnas per-kū-nas Lithuanian Thunder-God

Perun, plate — Perun peh-roon God of Thunder — Chief of the Kievan Pantheon

Stribog, plate — Stribog stri-bog Wind God — Lord of the Air

Taranis, plate — Taranis ta-ra-nis Gaulish Thunder-God

The Cailleach, plate — The Cailleach the cail-leach The Old Veiled One — primordial hag-goddess of the Celtic landscape

Thor, plate — Thor thor God of Thunder — Defender of Asgard

Awaiting its plate

Ukko uk-ko The Old Man — Sky-God and Thunderer — Finnic

Awaiting its plate

Zojz zojz Albanian Sky-God — The Indo-European Sky-Father Preserved — Albanian

Awaiting its plate

Zojz zojz Albanian Sky-God — The Indo-European Sky-Father Preserved — Albanian