Hades

Haides (Hades) reigned as the sovereign of the subterranean realm and the deity governing departed souls. He oversaw the rituals of funerals and safeguarded the deceased's entitlement to proper interment. Haides also held dominion over the concealed treasures of the Earth, from the fertile soil n...

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Hades

Eros

Eros, the playful deity of love, served as an ever-faithful companion and cherubic aide to the goddess Aphrodite.

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Eros

Asklepios

Asklepios (Asclepius) held the divine mantle as the god of healing and medicine. He was not only the guardian deity but also the esteemed forefather of the Asklepiades (Asclepiades), the ancient fellowship of healers and physicians.

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Asklepios

Poseidon

Poseidon, known as the Olympian god who held dominion over the vast seas, seismic upheavals, inundations, arid spells, and the noble equines. His visage took the form of a robust, fully-grown figure, sporting a dark beard, and wielding a trident—an angler's spear, armed with three prongs....

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Poseidon

Hermes

Hermes was the Olympian god of herds and flocks, travellers and hospitality, roads and trade, thievery and cunning, heralds and diplomacy, language and writing, athletic contests and gymnasiums, astronomy and astrology. He was the herald and personal messenger of Zeus, King of the Gods, and ...

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Hermes

Hephaistos

Hephaistos (Hephaestus) stood as the Olympian deity presiding over fire, artisans, blacksmiths, metalcraft, stonework, and sculpting. He was commonly portrayed as a bearded man, clutching a hammer and tongs—the quintessential instruments of a blacksmith—and occasionally seen astride a...

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Hephaistos

Ares

Ares reigned as the Olympian deity governing warfare, the fervor for battle, bravery, and societal harmony. In the annals of ancient Greek art, he manifested either as a seasoned, bearded warrior adorned for combat or as a youthful, clean-shaven figure donning a helmet and wielding a spear, often...

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Ares

Apollo

Apollo stood as the Olympian deity overseeing various domains, including divination, music, singing and verse, marksmanship, the mending of ailments, afflictions, and safeguarding the youth. His countenance embodied that of an attractive, youthful figure, beardless with cascading locks, and he wa...

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Apollo

Khepri

Ο αρχαίος θεός του ήλιου, που συλλήφθηκε ως ένας μεγάλος σκαραβαίος σκαραβαίος που κυλάει τον ήλιο στους ουρανούς, του οποίου η λατρεία είχε επίκεντρο την Ηλιούπολη. Αυτή η θεότητα μερικές φορές απεικονίζεται στην ταφική ζωγραφική και τους ταφικούς παπύρους ως άνδρας με σκαραβαίο ως κεφάλι ή ως σ...

archaeologsGreekGod Names, Mythology

Khepri

Der alte Sonnengott, der als großer Skarabäuskäfer konzipiert wurde, der die Sonne über den Himmel rollt, dessen Kult in Heliopolis zentriert war. Diese Gottheit wird manchmal in Grabmalereien und Grabpapyri als Mann mit einem Skarabäus als Kopf oder als Skarabäus in einem Boot dargestellt, das v...

archaeologsGermanGod Names, Mythology

Khepri

L'ancien dieu du soleil, conçu comme un grand scarabée faisant rouler le soleil dans les cieux, dont le culte était centré à Héliopolis. Cette divinité est parfois représentée dans la peinture des tombes et les papyrus funéraires comme un homme avec un scarabée comme tête ou comme un scarabée dan...

archaeologsFrenchGod Names, Mythology

Khepri

Kültü Heliopolis merkezli olan, güneşi göklerde yuvarlayan büyük bir bok böceği olarak tasarlanan antik güneş tanrısı. Bu tanrı bazen mezar resimlerinde ve cenaze papirüslerinde kafasında bok böceği olan bir adam veya Nun tarafından havada tutulan bir teknede tasvir edilir.

archaeologsTurkishGod Names, Mythology

Tammuz

Kutsal Evliliğin doğurganlık ritüellerinde öne çıkan Sümer tanrıçası İştar'ın eşi. Öldükten sonra yeraltı dünyasının tanrısı olmuştur.

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Enlil

The Sumerian god of air or ‘Lord Wind’, the patron deity of the city of Nippur. He was the son of Anu and inherited his father’s title of ‘father’ or ‘king’ of the pantheon. Like Anu, he is credited with giving kingship to man, and the Tablet of Destiny, through which the fate of man and gods was...

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Baal

An ancient Canaanite god, first appearing in inscriptions of the early Middle Bronze Age (c2000 bc). An important temple dedicated to Baal has been excavated at Ugarit. One of his main roles was as a god of fertility. The worship of Baal continued into Phoenician times and also appears in the Pun...

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Anu

The Sumerian sky god, originally standing at the head of the pantheon, although he was later overtaken by Enlil and Marduk. He was particularly associated with the city of Uruk, where a series of seven superimposed temples were found in a sanctuary dedicated to Anu, but he was eventually overshad...

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Amun

The supreme state god of Ancient Egypt during the New Empire (see Dynastic Egypt), the centre of whose worship was at Thebes, the capital. Depicted in male human form, Amun was frequently identified with Re, the sun-god of Heliopolis, as Amun-Re. The priesthood of Amun achieved very great wealth ...

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Quetzalcóatl

Kuetzalkoatl, tüylü yılan, Kolomb öncesi Mezoamerika uygarlıklarında önemli doğaüstü varlık ya da tanrı.

archaeologsTurkishGod Names

Melkarth

One of the gods of the Phoenicians, whose name means 'ruler of the city'. He was the chief deity of Tyre and two of its colonies, Carthage and Gadir (Cádiz, Spain). Greek historian Herodotus equated Melkarth's temple to Heracles, which was the scene of annual winter and spring festivals and is be...

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Melkarth

Thoth

Ibis-headed god of ancient Egypt, patron of scribes and learning and later identified with the Greek god Hermes. His main cult centers were Hermopolis Magna and Hermopolis Parva.

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Thoth

Tlaloc

Mesoamerican rain and fertility god, usually depicted wearing a fringed mouth-mask or a spectacle-shaped frame round his eyes, recognized this way in the art of the Aztec people of Teotihuacán. Under various names Tlaloc was worshipped by other of the Mexican tribes: Chac (Lowland Maya), Tajin (T...

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Tlaloc

Enki

The third, with An and Enlil, of the great Sumerian gods, associated with water and purification.

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Enki

Hapy

The Egyptian god of the Inundation (flooding of the Nile), often depicted with a baboon head.

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Hapy

Horus

An Egyptian god in the form of a falcon, recognized in Hierakonpolis and Edfu as contemporary with and opponent of Seth. The falcon's eyes stood for the sun and the moon. He later was considered the son of Isis and Osiris, with the reigning pharaoh being his incarnation. Horus is one of the oldes...

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Horus

Four Sons of Horus

The Egyptian gods who protected the internal organs of the deceased. From the 19th Dynasty, canopic jars' lids were shaped as the heads of these gods. Wax figures of these deities were often contained within the mummy wrappings, sometimes the appropriate figure was placed with the wrapped, prepar...

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Four Sons of Horus

Bes

A minor god of ancient Egypt, appearing only in the New Kingdom, represented as an ugly dwarf. The name Bes is now used to designate a group of deities of similar appearance. Bes, associated with music and childbirth, was intended to inspire joy or to drive away evil spirits. He was also popular ...

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Bes

Khepri

The ancient sun god, conceived as a great scarab beetle rolling the sun across the heavens, whose cult was centered at Heliopolis. This deity is sometimes depicted in tomb painting and funerary papyri as a man with a scarab as a head or as a scarab in a boat held aloft by Nun. This was just one o...

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Khepri

Apepi

An evil serpent- or snake-god, whose name was adopted by at least one Hyksos pharaoh (Apopis I, c 1585-1542 BC) who ruled a large area of Egypt in the Second Intermediate Period. The deity symbolized the forces of chaos and evil. Apophis is represented on funerary papyri and on the walls of royal...

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Apepi

Shu

In Egyptian religion, the god of air and sunlight, created solely by Atum. Shu and his sister and companion, Tefnut (goddess of moisture), were the first couple of the group of nine gods called the Ennead of Heliopolis; Nut and Geb were their children. In some Middle Kingdom texts, Shu was given ...

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Shu

Amen

The god of Thebes (Upper Egypt) who came into prominence with the dynasties of the Middle and New Kingdoms. Many pharaohs from the 11th Dynasty onward include his name in theirs, as Amenemhet and Tutankhamen. Amen is associated with the ram, though represented in human form, and sometimes incorpo...

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Amen