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A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Themes

Sun

50 gods of sun, across nine rooms, in the order the rooms are walked.

The Cradle of Cities

6 works

Allani, plate — Allani al-la-ni Sun-Goddess of the Earth — Hurrian Queen of the Underworld

Ba'Al Hammon, plate — Ba'Al Hammon ba-'al ham-mon Lord of the Brazier — chief god of Carthage

Lelwani, plate — Lelwani lel-wa-ni The Sun-Goddess of the Earth — Queen of the Hittite Underworld

Shapash, plate — Shapash sha-pash The Sun — torch of the gods

The Sun Goddess of Arinna, plate — The Sun Goddess of Arinna the sun god-dess of a-rin-na Patroness of the Hittite King

Utu, plate — Utu u-tu The Sun — Akkadian Shamash; judge and revealer

The Gift of the Nile

16 works

Aker, plate — Aker a-ker The Twin Lions of the Horizon

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

Aten, plate — Aten a-ten The Disk of the Sun — sole god of Akhenaten

Atum, plate — Atum a-tum The Self-Created — first god of the Heliopolitan cosmogony

Horus, plate — Horus hor-us The Falcon — avenger and rightful king

Khepri, plate — Khepri khep-ri The Scarab — the morning sun

Maat, plate — Maat maat Truth, Order, Justice — feather of judgment

Mehen, plate — Mehen me-hen The Coiled Serpent — protector of the solar barque

Mnevis, plate — Mnevis mne-vis The Sacred Bull of Heliopolis

Montu, plate — Montu mon-tu The Falcon of Hermonthis — Theban war-god

Nefertum, plate — Nefertum ne-fer-tum The Lotus God — son of Ptah and Sekhmet

Nun, plate — Nun nun The Primordial Waters — formless deep before creation

Ra, plate — Ra ra The Sun — daily king of heaven

Sekhmet, plate — Sekhmet sek-met The Lioness — Lady of Plague and War

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

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

The Olympian Order

8 works

Apollo, plate — Apollo uh-pol-oh The Far-Shooter — god of music, prophecy, and plague

Eos, plate — Eos ee-oss The Dawn — rosy-fingered goddess of the morning

Helios, plate — Helios hee-lee-oss The Sun — driver of the daily chariot

Hemera, plate — Hemera hem-er-uh The Day — daughter of Night and the Dark

Hyperion, plate — Hyperion high-peer-ee-on The High-Walker — Titan of the heavenly lights

Phaethon, plate — Phaethon fay-uh-thon Son of Helios, who lost control of the chariot of the sun

Phanes, plate — Phanes fay-neez The Light-Bringer — Orphic first-born

Theia, plate — Theia thay-uh The Divine — Titaness of light

The Persian World

1 work

Mithra, plate — Mithra mith-ra Lord of the Covenant — the Iranian Mithra, ancestor of the Roman Mithras

The Levantine Borderlands

3 works

Malakbel, plate — Malakbel ma-lak-bel Solar Spring-Aspect of Bel — the morning sun and vegetation

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

Yarhibol, plate — Yarhibol yar-hi-bol The Sun-God of Palmyra — oath-witness, attendant of Bel

The Edges of Empire

2 works

Endovelicus, plate — Endovelicus en-do-ve-li-cus Oracular Healing-God of Lusitania — patron of dream incubation

Soslan, plate — Soslan sos-lan The Solar Hero — Nart warrior of the sun

The Etruscan World

4 works

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

Catha, plate — Catha ca-tha Solar Daughter of the Sun — child-goddess of the dawn-light

Thesan, plate — Thesan the-san Goddess of the Dawn — sister of the morning

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

The Roman Inheritance

3 works

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

Mithras (Roman), plate — Mithras (Roman) mith-ras (roman) The Bull-Slaying Mystery — Cult of the Soldiers

Sol Invictus, plate — Sol Invictus sol in-vic-tus The Unconquered Sun — Imperial Solar Cult

The Northern Inheritance

7 works

Belenos, plate — Belenos be-le-nos Continental Celtic God of the Sun and Healing

Dazhbog, plate — Dazhbog dazh-bog Solar God — Giver of Wealth

Khors, plate — Khors khors The East Slavic Sun-God — companion of Dazhbog

Lugh, plate — Lugh lugh The Many-Skilled — Hero-God of Light and Crafts

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

Svarog, plate — Svarog sva-rog Sky-God — Father of Dazhbog

The Zoryas, plate — The Zoryas the zo-ryas The Dawn Maidens — sisters who keep the doomsday hound