Dyēus (also *Dyēus phter, alternatively spelled dyēws) is believed to have been chief deity in the religious traditions of the prehistoric Proto-Indo-European societies. Part of a larger pantheon, he was the god of the daylight sky, and his position may have mirrored the position of the patriarch or monarch in society. In his aspect as […]
Top: Fjörgynn/ Fjörgyn – An/ Ki – Caelus/ Terra – Uranus/ Gaia – Enlil/ (Inanna-Ninlil-Ereshkigal) Odin-Odr/ Frigg-Freyja-Nanna-Hel – Enki/ Ninhursag-Mami-Ninmah – Mercury/ Larunda – Hermes/ Hecate Second: Njord/ Nerthus – Ninurta/ Ugallu-Bau – Saturn/ Ops – Cronun/ Rhea Third: Tyr /Zisa – Ishkur/ Shala – Jupiter/ Juno – Zeus/ Hera War gods: Thor/ Sif – […]
Istanu (Ištanu; from Hattic Estan, “Sun-god”) was the Hittite and Hattic god of the sun. In Luwian he was known as Tiwaz or Tijaz. He was a god of judgement, and was depicted bearing a winged sun on his crown or head-dress, and a crooked staff. Tacitus wrote that Mannus was the son of Tuisto […]
In Theosophy, it is believed the Seven Stars of the Pleiades transmit the spiritual energy of the Seven Rays from the Galactic Logos to the Seven Stars of the Great Bear, then to Sirius. From there is it sent via the Sun to the god of Earth (Sanat Kumara), and finally through the seven Masters […]
Odin Four gods, Thor, Baldr, Viðarr and Váli, are explicitly identified as sons of Odin in the Eddic poems, in the skaldic poems, in Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum, and in the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda. But silence on the matter does not indicate that other gods whose parentage is not mentioned in […]
Ninurta-Nergal-Ares-Mars-Hercules Ninurta was a Sumerian and the Akkadian god of hunting and war. He was worshipped in Babylonia and Assyria and in Lagash he was identified with the city god Ningirsu, “the lord of Girsu”, Girsu being the name of a city where he was considered the patron deity. In older transliteration the name is […]
Dingir Dingir is a Sumerian cuneiform sign, most commonly the determinative for “deity” although it has related meanings as well. As a determinative, it is not pronounced, and is conventionally transliterated as a superscript “D” as in e.g. DInanna. Generically, dingir can be translated as “god” or “goddess”. The concept of “divinity” in Sumerian is […]
Odin/Odr In Germanic mythology, Odin (from Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god. In Norse mythology, whence most surviving information about the god stems, Odin is associated with healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, battle, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and is the husband of the goddess Frigg. The Old Norse theonym […]
Chaos In Greek mythology, Chaos, the primeval void, was the first thing which existed. The Greek word “chaos” (χάος), a neuter noun, means “yawning” or “gap”, but what, if anything, were located on either side of this chasm is unclear. For the Roman poet Ovid Chaos was an unformed mass, where all the elements were […]
Freyr: Freyr seems to share similiarities and connections with both the other deities among the Vanir (Venus), and then mostly with his twin sister Freyja, but also with Balder, the Germanic equvalent to the annually-renewed, ever-youthful vegetation gods and life-death-rebirth deities as the Sumerian god Tammuz, the Hittite god Telepinu and the Greek god Adonis, and […]
Enlil – Ninlil Enlil (nlin) (EN = Lord + LÍL = Wind, “Lord (of the) Storm”) is the god of breath, wind, loft and breadth (height and distance). It was the name of a chief deity listed and written about in Mesopotamian religion. The name is perhaps pronounced and sometimes rendered in translations as “Ellil” […]
The Tree of Life or a cosmic tree has pagan origins. It is a sacred tree that symbolizes the underworld or spirit world, the earth and heaven. According to thе legend, the roots of this tree dig deep into the earth, the trunk rises out of the earth and branches reach into the sky. The […]
