Grimoire shelf

Deities

Figure key

Every divine and mythic figure label, ordered from most to least used

Gods and goddesses (308 records): Venerated divine entities rooted in specific cultural and historical traditions. We deliberately preserve native classifications like Kami, Orisha, or Yazata where appropriate, rather than diluting them into generic English terminology.
Mythic/divine figures - deity status uncertain (48 records): Mythic entities residing in the threshold between folklore and structured worship. Their precise cultic status is uncertain and requires careful historical qualification to avoid misrepresentation.
Divine personifications (26 records): Abstract forces and cosmological principles elevated to divine status. These entities hold their own attested cultic worship and dedicated rites separate from the standard pantheons.
Solar deities (18 records): Divine figures possessing a confirmed, historically attested solar identity. We recognize them through their dedicated terrestrial veneration rather than assuming later astrological or planetary correspondences.
Titans and Titanesses (12 records): Pre-Olympian divine figures of the Greek pantheon. This classification honors both their sovereign deity status and their distinct generational legacy in Hellenic myth.
Divine groups (8 records): Bound collectives of divine entities operating under a unified identity and shared mythology. This includes powerful cohorts like the Greek Moirai or the Norse Norns who govern cosmic destiny.
Lunar deities (8 records): Deities with an explicitly chronicled lunar identity and terrestrial worship. They're recognized through localized cults and rites rather than assumed astrological links.
Local deities (8 records): Spirits of place and regional divinities whose power is inextricably bound to a specific physical landscape. Their cultic identity is rooted entirely in the local geography and its people.
Primordial deities (6 records): The foundational, ancient entities representing the raw materials of creation. These figures form the bedrock of their respective cosmological traditions long before the rise of structured pantheons.
River deities (6 records): Divine guardians and personifications of sacred waterways. They anchor attested localized cults and serve as the lifeblood of regional natural veneration.
Spirits (4 records): Ethereal entities and localized forces honored in their own right. We keep them distinct from the structured hierarchy of pantheonic gods to reflect their unique terrestrial nature.
Deified heroes (2 records): Mortal figures elevated to divine status through extraordinary deeds and posthumous veneration. They're honored with formalized cultic worship and localized rites.
Syncretic deities (2 records): Historically fused divine identities born from the crossing and blending of cultures. We track these unique intersections while keeping their original, constituent aspects fully addressable.
Culture heroes (1 record): Foundational mythic figures who bestowed essential knowledge, fire, or civilization upon humanity. They stand distinct from formalized deities but hold immense cultural weight.
Kami (0 records): The revered spirits, phenomena, and holy powers of the Shinto tradition. We honor them in their original context to preserve their distinct animistic and ancestral nature.
Orisha (0 records): Venerated emissaries of the supreme divinity within Yoruba and related diaspora traditions. They're retained as a distinct class to maintain their precise cosmological function.
Yazatas (0 records): The worthy ones of Zoroastrian tradition who command reverence and devotion. They're preserved as a distinct class of divine beings rather than mapped to generic pantheonic structures.
Modern Pagan divine figures (0 records): Figures established and honored within modern esoteric and Neo-Pagan traditions, like the Horned God or Triple Goddess. They're recognized in their present context without projecting them retroactively onto ancient history.
Ancestor deities (0 records): Forebears elevated to the realm of the divine through generational veneration. They serve as spiritual anchors and protective deities for specific lineages or cultural traditions.

381 of 381 correspondences · 409 attestations · database 2.1.0

Pantheon / tradition

Greek

Culture & tradition: Ancient Greek polytheism: polis and household rites, local hero cults, mystery cults, and Olympian and chthonic powers
Main period: 8th century BC–late 4th century AD
Core region: Mainland Greece, the Aegean islands, and Greek communities across the Mediterranean and Black Sea

58 figures

Living Archaic Greek grimoire portrait of Amphitrite fully draped in a chiton and veiled himation, without mermaid anatomy, trident, crown, or visible hands.

AmphitriteGreek · God or goddess

Living antiquarian portrait of Aphrodite with dark hair beneath a gold netted veil, gold drop earrings and a bead necklace, wearing an ivory chiton and patterned deep-brown mantle against a dark ringed ground within an antique-gold border.

AphroditeGreek · God or goddess

Apollo, a youthful long-haired Greek god in a pale ochre long-sleeved chiton and dark red mantle, plays a large wooden kithara with both hands.

ApolloGreek · God or goddess

Ares, a bearded Greek god in a crested bronze helmet, cuirass, muted red chiton, greaves, and dark mantle, stands behind a large round bronze shield with one upright spear.

AresGreek · God or goddess

Artemis, a dark-haired Greek goddess in a sleeveless green chiton and gold headband, draws one arrow in a wooden bow, with a quiver over her shoulder.

ArtemisGreek · God or goddess

Asclepius, a bearded Greek god crowned with laurel and dressed in pale drapery, holds one wooden staff encircled by a single serpent.

AsclepiusGreek · God or goddess

Athena, a dark-haired Greek goddess in a crested bronze helmet and snake-fringed aegis, holds a tall spear against a star-marked antiquarian ground

AthenaGreek · God or goddess

Living Greek grimoire portrait of Atlas bracing one dark starry vault of heaven with his head and two anatomically correct hands, without terrestrial globe or continents.

AtlasGreek · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the three Charites as fully draped Greek women in procession

CharitesGreek · Divine group

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of the Titan Coeus as a mature bearded man in a slate chiton and deep charcoal himation, without pillar, star map, scroll, globe, crown, or visible hands

CoeusGreek · Titan or Titaness

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of the Titan Crius as a mature bearded man in a plain himation, without horns, ram, stars, weapon, or visible hands.

CriusGreek · Titan or Titaness

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of Cronus as a mature bearded Titan king in a woven headband, dark red chiton, and charcoal himation, holding one short jagged sickle

CronusGreek · Titan or Titaness

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of Demeter in a grain-ear crown and dark woven mantle, holding one flaming torch and a sheaf of ripe barley

DemeterGreek · God or goddess

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of bearded Dionysus in an ivy wreath and long chiton, holding one two-handled kantharos beside a grapevine

DionysusGreek · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the Dioscuri as two youthful Greek horsemen with black horses

DioscuriGreek · Divine group

Antiquarian grimoire painting of Eileithyia in an embroidered Doric chiton with raised draped arms

EileithyiaGreek · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire portrait of winged Eos in a saffron-rose chiton and dark mantle, crowned by a long-rayed stephane

EosGreek · Divine personification

Living late-Classical Greek grimoire portrait of the youthful Epimetheus in a plain chiton and mantle, without Pandora, a jar, a box, or visible hands.

EpimetheusGreek · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian portrait of winged Eris running in a patterned off-white chiton over a blue underlayer, arms outstretched above two bronze shield rims and two inward-pointing spearheads.

ErisGreek · Divine personification

Antiquarian portrait of winged Eros in a red and saffron himation with both arms wrapped beneath the cloth, dark curling hair and a leaf wreath, against a black-gold celestial field.

ErosGreek · Divine personification

Painted antiquarian portrait of Gaia rising from dark soil in a radiated stephane, chiton, and heavy mantle, with both complete arms folded above the earth line and her hands concealed in the drapery.

GaiaGreek · Primordial deity

Living antiquarian portrait of Hades, a mature Greek underworld god with long dark hair, an ash-streaked full beard, a narrow gold fillet, a soot-black chiton, and a deep-plum mantle, shown beside an upright bronze sceptre on a dark star-marked ground with concentric rings and an ornate gold border.

HadesGreek · God or goddess

Living antiquarian portrait of Hebe, a young adult Greek goddess with dark braided hair, gold jewelry, an ivory chiton, and a patterned mantle, holding a bronze phiale with leafy branches and a pale ceramic prochoos against a star-marked dark ground with concentric rings and an ornate gold border.

HebeGreek · God or goddess

Living antiquarian portrait of Hecate, a mature dark-haired Greek goddess in a dark belted Doric chiton and narrow gold radiated fillet, holding two tall burning torches before concentric celestial rings and an ornate gold border.

HecateGreek · God or goddess

Beardless Helios with dark curls, a cream chiton, and a red-brown mantle before a large gold radiated solar disc

HeliosGreek · Solar deity

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of Hephaestus, a muscular dark-haired and bearded smith in a sleeveless dark red chiton, gripping an iron hammer and tongs over a round bronze shield on a glowing anvil

HephaestusGreek · God or goddess

Painted antiquarian portrait of mature Hera in a radiated gold stephane, white Doric chiton, and wine-red himation, gripping a palmette-topped sceptre with one hand while her other complete arm crosses her torso.

HeraGreek · God or goddess

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of Heracles wearing the Nemean lion skin over his head and shoulders, a dark red chiton, and a belt, gripping a tall gnarled wooden club

HeraclesGreek · Deified hero

Antiquarian grimoire portrait of youthful dark-haired Hermes in a broad petasos and russet chlamys, holding an upright two-ended herald staff.

HermesGreek · God or goddess

Painted antiquarian portrait of mature Hestia in an ivory chiton and saffron-brown embroidered himation, with both complete arms folded beneath the mantle before a restrained amber hearth glow.

HestiaGreek · God or goddess

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of the Titan Hyperion as a mature bearded man in a russet chiton and dark bronze-brown himation, without sun disk, rays, chariot, horse, or visible hands

HyperionGreek · Titan or Titaness

Dark-winged Hypnos, the youthful Greek personification of sleep, with long black hair and an alert heavy-lidded gaze, wearing a blue bordered chiton

HypnosGreek · Divine personification

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of the Titan Iapetus as an older bearded man in a heavy himation, without hammer, pillar, globe, weapon, or visible hands.

IapetusGreek · Titan or Titaness

Winged Iris, the Greek messenger goddess, in a pale chiton and bronze-brown mantle, holding a serpent-topped kerykeion beneath a faint rainbow arc

IrisGreek · God or goddess

Painted antiquarian portrait of mature Leto in an ornamented stephane, embroidered chiton, and dark mantle, gripping an upright sceptre and supporting a shallow bronze phiale with two complete arms.

LetoGreek · God or goddess

Living antiquarian portrait of Mnemosyne as a mature Greek woman with greying dark wavy hair, shown from the chest up in a cream chiton and dark mantle against a black star-patterned ground within a worn gold border.

MnemosyneGreek · Titan or Titaness

Antiquarian grimoire portrait of three fully draped Greek women as the Moirai, with the central figure holding a wool-wrapped distaff and suspended spindle

MoiraiGreek · Divine group

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the nine Muses as fully draped Greek women, one playing paired aulos

MusesGreek · Divine group

Painted antiquarian portrait of unwinged Nemesis in a deer-patterned metal crown, heavy peplos, and dark himation, holding an apple branch and shallow bronze phiale with two complete arms.

NemesisGreek · Divine personification

Portrait of Nereus as an elderly balding man with wavy white hair and a full white beard, wearing a cream tunic and brown mantle against a black and gold patterned ground.

NereusGreek · God or goddess

Full-length antiquarian image of winged Nike alighting in a cream draped garment and gold fillet, extending a green-gold laurel wreath in her right hand, with one bare foot visible against a dark starry ground.

NikeGreek · Divine personification

Painted portrait of dark-haired Nyx with one visible black wing and a black draped garment behind a gold chariot rail, beside an eight-rayed gold star on a dark patterned ground

NyxGreek · Divine personification

Painted portrait of Oceanus as an older man with curly gray hair and beard, wearing a gray tunic and deep blue mantle before gold rings and stars, with dark waves at lower left.

OceanusGreek · Titan or Titaness

Pan stands playing a reed syrinx with both hands, with two curved goat horns, pointed ears, a beard, shaggy goat legs and hooves, a pale knee-length tunic, and a rust-colored sash.

PanGreek · God or goddess

Painted antiquarian portrait of adult Persephone in a low gold crown, ivory chiton, and burgundy himation, with both complete arms folded beneath the mantle and three ripe grain ears behind one shoulder.

PersephoneGreek · God or goddess

Painted antiquarian portrait of Phoebe the Titaness in a plain gold crown, cream chiton, and dark blue veiled himation, with both complete arms folded beneath the mantle against a dark ringed ground.

PhoebeGreek · Titan or Titaness

Painted portrait of Poseidon as a dark-haired, bearded man in a pale sea-green chiton and deep blue mantle, holding an upright weathered bronze trident against a dark ground with gold rings and stars.

PoseidonGreek · God or goddess

Living late-Classical Greek grimoire portrait of the mature bearded Prometheus holding one hollow fennel stalk carrying stolen fire in one anatomically correct visible hand.

PrometheusGreek · Culture hero

Living antiquarian portrait of Rhea in an ochre chiton and dark himation, holding one oval stone wrapped in pale cloth with both hands

RheaGreek · Titan or Titaness

Painted antiquarian portrait of Selene in a radiated sphendone, pale Doric chiton, and smoke-blue mantle, with both complete arms folded beneath the cloth before a restrained pearl-white lunar disc.

SeleneGreek · Lunar deity

Living antiquarian Greek portrait of the Titaness Tethys in a long ivory chiton and sea-green veil, without fish, shell, dolphin, child, or visible hands

TethysGreek · Titan or Titaness

Painted antiquarian portrait of Thanatos as a dark-curly-haired bearded man in a deep red tunic and black mantle, with broad black feathered wings against a star-marked bronze ground and worn gold border.

ThanatosGreek · Divine personification

Painted antiquarian portrait of Theia as a dark-haired woman in a saffron-brown chiton and violet veil against a star-marked bronze ground with concentric rings and a worn gold border.

TheiaGreek · Titan or Titaness

Living antiquarian portrait of seated Themis with braided hair, wearing a pale chiton and heavy bronze-brown himation, a laurel branch resting across her wrapped arms and a shallow bronze phiale on a carved stool beside her, against a dark ringed ground with an ornate gold border.

ThemisGreek · God or goddess

Painted antiquarian portrait of Triton as a mature bearded Greek sea god in a short ivory chiton, with both complete arms folded across his chest and one continuous scaled fish tail against a dark gold-ringed ground.

TritonGreek · God or goddess

Painted antiquarian portrait of Tyche wearing a gold mural crown, ochre chiton, and dark blue mantle, gripping a long wooden steering oar and cradling a woven cornucopia filled with grapes, fruit, and grain.

TycheGreek · Divine personification

Painted antiquarian portrait of Uranus as a mature man with long curling gray hair and beard, bare upper chest, and a dark blue mantle patterned with gold stars, before concentric celestial rings on a dark ground within an ornate gold border.

UranusGreek · Primordial deity

Painted antiquarian portrait of a mature bearded Zeus wearing a narrow gold taenia, ivory chiton, and dark blue mantle, gripping a compact gold-bronze thunderbolt with one visible hand against a dark ringed ground.

ZeusGreek · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Roman

Culture & tradition: Ancient Roman polytheism: household cult, civic and state rites, priesthoods, and local and provincial cults
Main period: 8th century BC–late 4th century AD
Core region: Rome, the Italian peninsula, and communities throughout the Roman Empire

42 figures

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Aesculapius

AesculapiusRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Apollo

ApolloRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Bellona

BellonaRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Bona Dea

Bona DeaRoman · God or goddess

Living conservative grimoire portrait of Caelus, the Roman divine personification of the heavens, without speculative celestial regalia.

CaelusRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Ceres

CeresRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Concordia

ConcordiaRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Cupid

CupidRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Diana

DianaRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Dis Pater

Dis PaterRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Faunus

FaunusRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Fides

FidesRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Flora

FloraRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Fortuna

FortunaRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Janus

JanusRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Juno

JunoRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Jupiter

JupiterRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Juventas

JuventasRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Liber

LiberRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Libera

LiberaRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Libertas

LibertasRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Luna

LunaRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Mars

MarsRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Mercury

MercuryRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Minerva

MinervaRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Neptune

NeptuneRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Ops

OpsRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Pales

PalesRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Pax

PaxRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Pluto

PlutoRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Pomona

PomonaRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Proserpina

ProserpinaRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Quirinus

QuirinusRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Salus

SalusRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Saturn

SaturnRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Silvanus

SilvanusRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Sol

SolRoman · Solar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Terminus

TerminusRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Venus

VenusRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Vesta

VestaRoman · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Victoria

VictoriaRoman · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Roman deity Vulcan

VulcanRoman · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Egyptian

Culture & tradition: Ancient Egyptian religion: temple cult, offerings that sustained ma'at, royal ritual, local priesthoods, household devotion, and funerary practice
Main period: c. 3100 BC–AD 395
Core region: Upper and Lower Egypt, the Two Lands, along the Nile Valley and Delta

44 figures

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Amun

AmunEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Amun-Ra

Amun-RaEgyptian · Syncretic deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Anubis

AnubisEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Anuket

AnuketEgyptian · River deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Apis

ApisEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Aten

AtenEgyptian · Solar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Atum

AtumEgyptian · Primordial deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Bastet

BastetEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Bes

BesEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Geb

GebEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Hapi

HapiEgyptian · Divine personification

Painted portrait of brown-skinned Hathor with cow ears and long gold horns around a red solar disk, wearing a blue-black wig, jeweled broad collar, ivory dress, and rust-red shawl on a dark gold-patterned ground.

HathorEgyptian · Solar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Horus

HorusEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Isis

IsisEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Khepri

KhepriEgyptian · Solar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Khnum

KhnumEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Khonsu

KhonsuEgyptian · Lunar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Ma’at

Ma’atEgyptian · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Min

MinEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Montu

MontuEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Mut

MutEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Neith

NeithEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Nekhbet

NekhbetEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Neper

NeperEgyptian · Divine personification

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Nephthys

NephthysEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Nun

NunEgyptian · Primordial deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Nut

NutEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Osiris

OsirisEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Ptah

PtahEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Ra

RaEgyptian · Solar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Ra-Horakhty

Ra-HorakhtyEgyptian · Syncretic deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Renenutet

RenenutetEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Satet

SatetEgyptian · River deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Sekhmet

SekhmetEgyptian · Solar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Serqet

SerqetEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Seshat

SeshatEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Set

SetEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Shu

ShuEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Sobek

SobekEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Taweret

TaweretEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Tefnut

TefnutEgyptian · Solar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Thoth

ThothEgyptian · Lunar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Wadjet

WadjetEgyptian · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Ancient Egyptian deity Wepwawet

WepwawetEgyptian · Local deity

Pantheon / tradition

Norse

Culture & tradition: Old Norse religion: regional cult, household and communal ritual, mythic poetry, and the veneration of Æsir, Vanir, and other powers
Main period: c. AD 750–1100
Core region: Scandinavia, Iceland, and Norse communities across the North Atlantic

40 figures

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Aegir

AegirNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Baldr

BaldrNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Bragi

BragiNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Dagr

DagrNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Eir

EirNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Forseti

ForsetiNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Freyja

FreyjaNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Freyr

FreyrNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Frigg

FriggNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Fulla

FullaNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Gefjon

GefjonNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Gullveig

GullveigNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Heimdall

HeimdallNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Hel

HelNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Hodr

HodrNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Hoenir

HoenirNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Idunn

IdunnNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Jord

JordNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Lodurr

LodurrNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Loki

LokiNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Mani

ManiNorse · Lunar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Njord

NjordNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Norns

NornsNorse · Divine group

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Nott

NottNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Odin

OdinNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Ran

RanNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Saga

SagaNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Sif

SifNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Skadi

SkadiNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Skuld

SkuldNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Sol

SolNorse · Solar deity

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Thor

ThorNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Tyr

TyrNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Ullr

UllrNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Urd

UrdNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Vali

ValiNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Ve

VeNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Verdandi

VerdandiNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Vidar

VidarNorse · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Norse deity Vili

ViliNorse · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Pantheon / tradition

Anglo-Saxon

Culture & tradition: Early English polytheism: regional cults, sacred places, funerary practice, and deities preserved in Old English names and Christian-era texts
Main period: c. AD 450–700
Core region: Eastern, southern, and central England, extending north into Northumbria

5 figures

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Anglo-Saxon deity Eostre

EostreAnglo-Saxon · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Anglo-Saxon deity Frig

FrigAnglo-Saxon · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Anglo-Saxon deity Thunor

ThunorAnglo-Saxon · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Anglo-Saxon deity Tiw

TiwAnglo-Saxon · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Anglo-Saxon deity Woden

WodenAnglo-Saxon · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Irish

Culture & tradition: Pre-Christian Irish religious traditions and medieval mythic narratives preserved through ritual landscapes, place-lore, and Christian-period manuscripts
Main period: c. 500 BC–AD 1200
Core region: Ireland, with distinct regional traditions across the island and medieval manuscript centers

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Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Aengus Óg

Aengus ÓgIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Airmed

AirmedIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living grimoire portrait of Anu in simple early Irish clothing with the paired Kerry hills faintly visible behind her.

AnuIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Badb

BadbIrish · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Banba before the dark ridge of Sliab Mis beneath aged celestial rings.

BanbaIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Boann

BoannIrish · River deity

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Bodb Derg with a forked brown beard and gold-bound fair curls against an aged celestial parchment ground.

Bodb DergIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Eochu Bres wearing Elatha's gold ring against an aged celestial parchment ground.

BresIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Brigid

BrigidIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Crédne

CrédneIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Dían Cécht

Dían CéchtIrish · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Elatha with golden-yellow hair, five gold neck circlets, and two silver-headed spears.

ElathaIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Ériu before Irish grassland and a distant western sea beneath aged celestial rings.

ÉriuIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of the Irish Flidais before a subdued open pasture beneath aged celestial rings.

FlidaisIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Fódla before a windswept inland Irish highland beneath aged celestial rings.

FódlaIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Goibniu

GoibniuIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Luchta

LuchtaIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Lugh

LughIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Macha

MachaIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Manannán mac Lir

Manannán mac LirIrish · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Midir of Brí Léith before a low grass-covered mound and aged celestial parchment.

MidirIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of the Irish Nechtan beside one dark stone well against an aged celestial parchment ground.

NechtanIrish · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Néit in restrained early Irish clothing against an aged celestial parchment ground.

NéitIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity Nuada

NuadaIrish · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of the Irish champion Ogma holding the recovered sword Orna against an aged celestial parchment ground.

OgmaIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity The Dagda

The DagdaIrish · God or goddess

Antiquarian grimoire painting of the living Irish deity The Morrígan

The MorríganIrish · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Welsh and Brittonic

Culture & tradition: Medieval Welsh narrative and poetic traditions preserved in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, Welsh Triads, and the Book of Taliesin
Main period: Chief surviving literary witnesses: 13th–14th centuries AD
Core region: Wales, with individual Brittonic traditions elsewhere in Britain kept source-specific

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Living grimoire portrait of Arawn, king of Annwn, in grey wool hunting dress holding one plain hunting horn.

ArawnWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living grimoire portrait of Arianrhod before a restrained medieval Welsh coastal fortress.

ArianrhodWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Low-angle living grimoire portrait of the immense Welsh king Bendigeidfran wearing one restrained gold circlet above the dark Harlech coast.

BendigeidfranWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living grimoire portrait of Blodeuwedd framed by accurately rendered oak, broom, and meadowsweet blossoms.

BlodeuweddWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living grimoire portrait of Branwen ferch Llŷr holding one closed unmarked parchment letter in an anatomically correct hand.

BranwenWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living grimoire portrait of Ceridwen behind one aged metal cauldron with a restrained trace of steam.

CeridwenWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Intentionally androgynous living grimoire portrait of the Welsh legendary figure Dôn in restrained medieval clothing.

DônWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living grimoire portrait of Gwydion holding one plain wooden magic wand in an anatomically correct hand.

GwydionWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Lleu Llaw Gyffes, a young Welsh legendary ruler in restrained medieval clothing against dark umber parchment and gold celestial rings.

Lleu Llaw GyffesWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Prop-free living grimoire portrait of the adult Welsh legendary huntsman Mabon ap Modron before a dark river and stone prison arch.

Mabon ap ModronWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain $Living grimoire portrait of Math fab Mathonwy, an older Welsh legendary ruler holding one plain straight wand in a correctly formed hand.$ Math fab MathonwyWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Prop-free living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Modron, the specifically Welsh legendary mother of Mabon, against dark parchment and restrained celestial rings.

ModronWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Prop-free living grimoire portrait of the young Welsh legendary prince Pryderi with natural golden-yellow hair before the hills of Dyfed.

PryderiWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living grimoire portrait of Rhiannon wearing source-attested gold brocade near the mound of Gorsedd Arberth.

RhiannonWelsh and Brittonic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Pantheon / tradition

Continental and Gaulish

Culture & tradition: Continental Celtic and Gaulish cults preserved through inscriptions, votive monuments, provincial material culture, and Greco-Roman literary witnesses
Main period: 1st–early 4th centuries AD
Core region: Gaul and adjoining Continental Celtic regions, with cult evidence dispersed across the Roman Empire

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Living grimoire portrait of Abnoba in Gallo-Roman hunting dress reaching one right hand toward a single quiver over her shoulder.

AbnobaContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Arduinna, historically attested as Ardbinna, against a dark wooded highland with no weapon or boar.

ArduinnaContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Belenus in restrained northern Adriatic Roman provincial clothing.

BelenusContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Gaulish goddess Belisama in restrained southern Gaulish clothing.

BelisamaContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Borvo beside dark mineral stone and naturally steaming water.

BorvoContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Gaulish god Camulus in restrained Roman-period provincial clothing.

CamulusContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Living grimoire portrait of the bald, bearded Cernunnos with stag antlers and two hanging torcs.

CernunnosContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Gallo-Roman goddess Damona in fully draped provincial clothing beside a dark thermal spring.

DamonaContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Living Gallic grimoire portrait of Esus using one correctly shaped pruning billhook against one cut branch.

EsusContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Living grimoire portrait of Gobannus in a Gallo-Roman helmet and cloak, holding exactly one upright spear.

GobannusContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Grannus in a shadowed Gallo-Roman sanctuary, with no borrowed Apollo attributes.

GrannusContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Icovellauna above a descending stone stair and octagonal spring basin.

IcovellaunaContinental and Gaulish · Local deity

Conservative living grimoire portrait of probable Celtiberian divine figure Lugus against an uninscribed rock-sanctuary setting.

LugusContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the singular river goddess Matrona at the dark headwaters of the Marne.

MatronaContinental and Gaulish · River deity

Living grimoire group portrait of three seated Matronae in long Gallo-Roman dress, each with one fruit bowl on her lap and the outer two hooded.

MatronaeContinental and Gaulish · Divine group

Living grimoire portrait of the Gallo-Roman goddess Nantosuelta holding one long staff topped by a small gabled house.

NantosueltaContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Nemetona before a restrained Continental sacred-grove sanctuary.

NemetonaContinental and Gaulish · Local deity

Conservative prop-free living grimoire portrait of Ritona in a shadowed Continental stone sanctuary.

RitonaContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Living Gallo-Roman grimoire portrait of Rosmerta carrying one securely held basket of fruit.

RosmertaContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Living grimoire portrait of the river goddess Sequana above one bronze-toned boat with a duck head holding a round fruit.

SequanaContinental and Gaulish · River deity

Living grimoire portrait of Sirona with one snake coiled around her right forearm and one bowl holding three eggs.

SironaContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Living grimoire portrait of the Gaulish god Sucellus gripping one massive long-handled wooden mallet.

SucellusContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Living grimoire painting of bearded Taranis holding one six-spoked wheel and one solid thunderbolt.

TaranisContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Teutates in restrained Roman-period Gaulish clothing.

TeutatesContinental and Gaulish · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Romano-Celtic

Culture & tradition: Provincial cults in which Celtic-named powers, local sacred places, and Roman divine forms appear together in inscriptions and votive objects
Main period: 1st–4th centuries AD
Core region: Roman Britain, Gaul, and adjoining northwestern provinces of the Roman Empire

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Living grimoire painting of youthful Antenociticus wearing a neck torc and forward-swept patterned hair.

AntenociticusRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Belatucadrus in a shadowed western Hadrian’s Wall sanctuary.

BelatucadrusRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Living Romano-British grimoire portrait of winged Brigantia holding one spear and one globe beneath a plumed helmet and turreted crown.

BrigantiaRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Living grimoire painting of Cocidius in provincial armor holding one spear and one shield.

CocidiusRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Living grimoire painting of Coventina reclining above dark spring water on one broad water-lily leaf.

CoventinaRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Living Romano-Celtic grimoire portrait of Epona in a belted tunic, draped mantle, and two-row leaf wreath.

EponaRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Living Romano-Celtic grimoire portrait of Maponus holding one structurally correct Roman lyre.

MaponusRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Nodens before the late Roman temple at Lydney with a faint inanimate mosaic band.

NodensRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Living grimoire painting of Senuna in the Athena-Minerva-type Ashwell cult image, holding one spear and one shield.

SenunaRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Living Romano-British grimoire portrait of Sulis with dark waved hair and faint mineral steam from the sacred spring at Bath.

SulisRomano-Celtic · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Sumerian

Culture & tradition: Sumerian-language civic and temple traditions documented through cuneiform god lists, hymns, myths, royal inscriptions, and cult records
Main period: c. 3200-1600 BC
Core region: Southern Mesopotamia, especially Uruk, Nippur, Eridu, Ur, Lagash, and Isin

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Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Sumerian sky god An wearing one restrained horned divine crown beneath a dark celestial vault.

AnSumerian · God or goddess

Living Sumerian grimoire painting of Dumuzi carrying one large shepherd's staff before a shadowed reed sheepfold.

DumuziSumerian · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Sumerian god Enki before the dark subterranean waters of the Abzu at Eridu.

EnkiSumerian · God or goddess

Living grimoire portrait of the Sumerian god Enlil in a horned helmet before the shadowed E-kur sanctuary at Nippur.

EnlilSumerian · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Sumerian goddess Geshtinanna holding one plain clay tablet in a shadowed southern Mesopotamian reedland.

GeshtinannaSumerian · God or goddess

Living grimoire painting of the Sumerian goddess Inanna in a horned cap and flounced robe, holding one double-edged bronze dagger before restrained Uruk gateposts.

InannaSumerian · God or goddess

Living Sumerian grimoire painting of Ishkur holding one three-pronged lightning weapon beside one anatomically correct bull under storm clouds.

IshkurSumerian · God or goddess

Living Sumerian grimoire painting of Nanna beneath a gold crescent with the horned prow of one processional boat behind him.

NannaSumerian · Lunar deity

Living grimoire portrait of the Sumerian goddess Nanshe in a horned tiara and flounced robe beside one natural goose above dark marsh water.

NansheSumerian · God or goddess

Living grimoire painting of the Sumerian god Ningishzida with two horned snake-dragon protomes and one ancient sickle sword.

NingishzidaSumerian · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Sumerian goddess Ninhursag before the terraced brick sanctuary of Kesh.

NinhursagSumerian · God or goddess

Living Sumerian grimoire painting of Ninisina holding one ancient bronze scalpel with one dark dog seated beside her.

NinisinaSumerian · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Sumerian goddess Ninlil beneath a broad cool sanctuary shelter at the Ki-ur in Nippur.

NinlilSumerian · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of the Sumerian goddess Nisaba in a priestly garment holding one smooth lapis-lazuli tablet.

NisabaSumerian · God or goddess

Living Sumerian grimoire painting of Utu rising in radiance above two low mountains in a horned divine cap and tiered wool robe.

UtuSumerian · Solar deity

Pantheon / tradition

Akkadian

Culture & tradition: Akkadian-language religious and royal traditions documented through cuneiform texts, god lists, hymns, cult records, and material evidence
Main period: c. 2350-1600 BC
Core region: Central and southern Mesopotamia within the Akkadian-language cultural sphere

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Living Akkadian sky god Anu with a single horned crown against dark Mesopotamian celestial rings.

AnuAkkadian · God or goddess

Living Akkadian god Ea with controlled flowing-water streams and horned cap in a dark apsu setting.

EaAkkadian · God or goddess

Living Akkadian goddess Ishtar, historically Istar, with a single eight-pointed star disk and a subordinate lion emblem.

IshtarAkkadian · God or goddess

Living Akkadian sun god Shamash holding a continuous rod-and-ring pair beneath one restrained solar disk.

ShamashAkkadian · Solar deity

Living Akkadian moon god Sin with one controlled crescent disk in a dark night field.

SinAkkadian · Lunar deity

Pantheon / tradition

Babylonian

Culture & tradition: Babylonian civic, temple, and scholarly religious traditions preserved in Akkadian cuneiform literature, god lists, ritual texts, royal inscriptions, and cult records
Main period: c. 2000-539 BC
Core region: Babylonia in southern and central Mesopotamia, especially Babylon, Borsippa, Sippar, Nippur, Uruk, and Kish

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Conservative living grimoire reconstruction of the Babylonian literary primordial figure Apsu in a dark robe and plain sash without a crown.

ApsuBabylonian · Primordial deity

Conservative living reconstruction of Ereshkigal as an underworld ruler in a dark Babylonian antiquarian grimoire painting.

EreshkigalBabylonian · God or goddess

Living Babylonian healing goddess Gula with one dog, tablet, and short scalpel in an antiquarian grimoire painting.

GulaBabylonian · God or goddess

Conservative living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Ishkhara, historically written Išḫara, in a Babylonian-qualified context.

IshkharaBabylonian · God or goddess

Living Babylonian god Marduk with one controlled spade emblem and subdued mushhushshu symbol in an antiquarian grimoire painting.

MardukBabylonian · God or goddess

Living Babylonian god Nabu holding one stylus and one clay tablet in an antiquarian grimoire painting.

NabuBabylonian · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of the Mesopotamian attendant god Papsukkal holding one long staff.

PapsukkalBabylonian · God or goddess

Conservative living Babylonian reconstruction of Tammuz without an invented signature icon in an antiquarian grimoire painting.

TammuzBabylonian · God or goddess

Conservative living grimoire portrait of Tiamat as one fully covered Babylonian literary primordial female figure with no fixed monster anatomy claimed.

TiamatBabylonian · Primordial deity

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of the Mesopotamian warrior god Zababa holding one lion-headed mace.

ZababaBabylonian · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Assyrian

Culture & tradition: Assyrian state, civic, temple, and household religious traditions documented in royal inscriptions, ritual and scholarly texts, palace and temple archaeology, and protective objects
Main period: c. 2000-612 BC
Core region: Northern Mesopotamia, especially Ashur, Nineveh, Kalhu (Nimrud), Dur-Sharrukin, and Arbela

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Living Assyrian grimoire painting of Adad holding one three-pronged lightning weapon beside one bull.

AdadAssyrian · God or goddess

Conservative living Assyrian grimoire portrait of Ashur (Aššur), shown without a speculative emblem or object.

AshurAssyrian · God or goddess

Living Assyrian grimoire painting of Nergal holding one short ancient scimitar.

NergalAssyrian · God or goddess

Conservative living Assyrian grimoire portrait of Ninurta without a speculative weapon.

NinurtaAssyrian · God or goddess

Living apotropaic grimoire reconstruction of the Assyrian spirit Pazuzu with controlled composite features.

PazuzuAssyrian · Spirit

Pantheon / tradition

Canaanite and Ugaritic

Culture & tradition: Late Bronze Age Ugaritic religion and source-qualified Canaanite traditions of the northern Levant
Main period: c. 1450-1180 BC
Core region: Ugarit at Ras Shamra and source-qualified neighboring northern Levantine contexts

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Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of Anat without an unsourced weapon or animal.

AnatCanaanite and Ugaritic · God or goddess

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of Astarte, with no transferred Egyptian or Phoenician attribute.

AstarteCanaanite and Ugaritic · God or goddess

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of Athirat, shown without an invented fertility symbol.

AthiratCanaanite and Ugaritic · God or goddess

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire painting of Baal Hadad holding one mace and one vegetal-topped spear.

Baal HadadCanaanite and Ugaritic · God or goddess

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of Dagon, also Dagan, without fish, merman, grain, or unsupported object traits.

DagonCanaanite and Ugaritic · God or goddess

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of El, the senior god, without a speculative object.

ElCanaanite and Ugaritic · God or goddess

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of Kothar-wa-Khasis, the Ugaritic craftsman deity, without an unsupported held tool.

Kothar-wa-KhasisCanaanite and Ugaritic · God or goddess

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of Mot, the Ugaritic god of Death, shown anthropomorphically without corpse or monster traits.

MotCanaanite and Ugaritic · Divine personification

Living conservative grimoire portrait of Resheph, the Ugaritic deity ršp, without speculative weapons, animals, fire, or later Egyptian regalia.

ReshephCanaanite and Ugaritic · God or goddess

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of Shapash, the female Ugaritic Sun goddess, without imported solar disk or foreign iconography.

ShapashCanaanite and Ugaritic · Solar deity

Living Canaanite and Ugaritic grimoire portrait of Yamm, the Ugaritic Sea god, without speculative aquatic anatomy or a held object.

YammCanaanite and Ugaritic · Divine personification

Pantheon / tradition

Phoenician and Punic

Culture & tradition: Phoenician city religions of the Levant and Cyprus together with their source-qualified Punic continuities and transformations in the western Mediterranean
Main period: c. 1000-146 BC
Core region: The Levantine coast centered on Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre; Phoenician Cyprus; and Punic centers across the western Mediterranean, especially Carthage

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Living conservative Phoenician grimoire portrait of Astarte in a fully covering woven robe and mantle, without transferred Ugaritic or Egyptian attributes.

AstartePhoenician and Punic · God or goddess

Living conservative Punic grimoire portrait of Baal Hammon in a plain Carthaginian robe and mantle, without horns, ram, falx, or borrowed storm-god symbols.

Baal HammonPhoenician and Punic · God or goddess

Living Phoenician grimoire portrait of Baal Shamin, rendered without unverified weapons, animals, or celestial emblems.

Baal ShaminPhoenician and Punic · God or goddess

Baalat Gebal enthroned in a living Byblian grimoire portrait, holding a lotus scepter beneath bovine horns and a solar disk.

Baalat GebalPhoenician and Punic · Local deity

Living conservative Sidonian grimoire portrait of Eshmun in a plain woven robe and mantle, without imported Greek healing symbols.

EshmunPhoenician and Punic · God or goddess

Living Phoenician grimoire portrait of Melqart in a long robe and ovoid tiara, gripping one source-attested fenestrated axe.

MelqartPhoenician and Punic · God or goddess

Living Phoenician and Cypriot grimoire portrait of Resheph, kept distinct from Ugaritic, Egyptian, and Greek visual traditions.

ReshephPhoenician and Punic · God or goddess

Living Egyptianizing Phoenician grimoire portrait of Shadrap with an atef-style crown and one curved khopesh.

ShadrapPhoenician and Punic · God or goddess

Living conservative Punic grimoire portrait of Tanit in a fully covering Carthaginian robe and mantle, without copied stela signs or later Roman attributes.

TanitPhoenician and Punic · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Hittite and Hurrian

Culture & tradition: Late Bronze Age Hittite state and local religions together with source-qualified Hurrian cults, myths, and ritual traditions received in Anatolia
Main period: c. 1650-1180 BC
Core region: Central Anatolia centered on Hattusa and Arinna, with source-qualified Kizzuwatna, northern Syrian, and Upper Mesopotamian Hurrian contexts

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Living conservative Luwian-Hittite grimoire portrait of the Moon-god Arma in a fully covering Anatolian robe, without borrowed Kusuh or Sin imagery.

ArmaHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living conservative Hattian-Hittite grimoire portrait of the grain goddess Halki in a fully covering muted barley-gold robe, without borrowed Nisaba attributes.

HalkiHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living conservative Hittite grimoire portrait of Hannahannah as a mature goddess in a fully covering central Anatolian robe, without an invented bee attribute.

HannahannahHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living Hurrian grimoire portrait of Hebat in a high divine cap and long woven robe, with a shadowed feline relief motif behind her and no merged Sun Goddess of Arinna imagery.

HebatHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living conservative Hittite and Luwian grimoire portrait of Kamrusepa in a fully covering Anatolian robe, without invented magical tools.

KamrusepaHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living Hurrian grimoire portrait of the elder god Kumarbi in a pointed divine cap and layered dark mantle, without Kronos sickle, Saturn imagery, or borrowed Mesopotamian symbols.

KumarbiHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living conservative Hattian-Hittite grimoire portrait of the underworld deity Lelwani with a gender-ambiguous presentation and fully covering dark robe.

LelwaniHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Pirinkir in a fully covering source-qualified Hittite garment, without borrowed Ishtar or Shaushka attributes.

PirinkirHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living gender-complex Hurrian grimoire portrait of Shaushka in the winged masculine-presenting Yazilikaya aspect, wearing a horned cap and layered robe without borrowed Ishtar stars, lions, or weapons.

ShaushkaHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living Hittite grimoire portrait of the Sun Goddess of Arinna in a long gold-brown robe and plain round cap, lit like an earthen torch without a generic solar halo or Hebat imagery.

Sun Goddess of ArinnaHittite and Hurrian · Solar deity

Living conservative Hittite grimoire portrait of Telipinu in a fully covering central Anatolian robe, without invented vegetation or storm-god attributes.

TelipinuHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Living Hurrian grimoire portrait of Teshub in a horned pointed cap and short patterned mantle, with mountain forms behind him and no borrowed Tarhunt or Mesopotamian storm-god emblems.

TeshubHittite and Hurrian · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Phrygian and Anatolian mystery-cult

Culture & tradition: Phrygian cult in central and western Anatolia together with source-qualified Greek and Roman receptions of the Mother, Attis, Sabazios, and Agdistis
Main period: c. 800 BC-AD 400
Core region: Central and western Anatolia, especially Gordion, the Phrygian Highlands, Pessinus, and Midas City, with qualified Greek and Roman Mediterranean receptions

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Living clothed androgynous Agdistis in a dark Anatolian robe before Mount Agdus, rendered in the Mystic Apothecary grimoire style.

AgdistisPhrygian and Anatolian mystery-cult · God or goddess

Living adult Attis with curled dark hair, a soft Phrygian cap, short belted tunic, and mantle in the Mystic Apothecary grimoire style.

AttisPhrygian and Anatolian mystery-cult · God or goddess

Living Greek and Roman Cybele seated in a deep red mantle with one tympanon held in a single source-attested hand, rendered in the Mystic Apothecary grimoire style.

CybelePhrygian and Anatolian mystery-cult · God or goddess

Living Phrygian Matar in a heavily patterned robe and tall headdress before a shadowed rock-cut sanctuary doorway in the Mystic Apothecary grimoire style.

MatarPhrygian and Anatolian mystery-cult · God or goddess

Living bearded Sabazios in a soft Phrygian cap and sleeved mantle before one small bronze cult-hand votive in the Mystic Apothecary grimoire style.

SabaziosPhrygian and Anatolian mystery-cult · God or goddess

Pantheon / tradition

Etruscan

Culture & tradition: Etruscan religious traditions documented through inscriptions, sanctuaries, votive objects, mirrors, tomb painting, and source-critical Greek and Latin testimony
Main period: c. 700-100 BC
Core region: Central Italy between the Arno and Tiber rivers, especially Etruria in modern Tuscany, northern Lazio, and western Umbria, with source-qualified Po Valley and Campanian contexts

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Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Aita wearing the source-attested wolf-skin hood of Tomb of Orcus II over a fully covering dark robe.

AitaEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of youthful Aplu in a chiton and mantle, without a copied bow, laurel branch, or statue pose.

ApluEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Aritimi or Artumes in a fully covering pleated tunic with restrained star motifs.

AritimiEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of youthful diademed Atunis with a historically attested, nonsexualized bare upper torso and a soft veil behind his shoulders.

AtunisEtruscan · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Calu as one dark source-attested canid deity, preserving the scholarly wolf-versus-hound uncertainty.

CaluEtruscan · God or goddess

Conservative living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Catha or Kautha as a fully clothed goddess without disputed solar, lunar, animal, or maternal emblems.

CathaEtruscan · God or goddess

Conservative living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Cel as a fully clothed mature mother goddess, without invented earth-goddess objects.

CelEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of grey-blue Charun with hooked nose, equine ears, dark tunic, and one long hammer in one source-attested right hand.

CharunEtruscan · Spirit

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of youthful Culsans with exactly two clean-shaven faces joined back-to-back beneath one low cap.

CulsansEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Fufluns as a solemn bearded god in a fully covering tunic and long mantle.

FuflunsEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Hercle wearing a lion skin over a dark tunic and holding one wooden club in one source-attested right hand.

HercleEtruscan · Deified hero

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of youthful Laran in a pointed helmet and fitted cuirass, shown disarmed without visible hands.

LaranEtruscan · God or goddess

One representative winged Lasa spirit in a fully covering Etruscan chiton and veil, shown without a universal handheld object.

LasaEtruscan · Divine group

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of helmeted Menrva in a long tunic, mantle, and source-attested aegis, without spear or shield.

MenrvaEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of bearded Nethuns holding exactly one upright trident in one source-attested right hand.

NethunsEtruscan · God or goddess

Conservative living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Nortia, the Volsinian goddess, in a fully covering dark tunic and mantle with no invented attribute.

NortiaEtruscan · Local deity

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of youthful Selvans in a fully covering short tunic and mantle, without an invented hunting or boundary object.

SelvansEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of youthful beardless Sethlans in a petasos and chlamys, holding one smith's hammer in one source-attested right hand.

SethlansEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of childlike prophetic figure Tages in a fully covering dark red tunic, with a grave elder-wise gaze.

TagesEtruscan · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Thanur or Thanr as a fully clothed mature matronal goddess in a long tunic and mantle.

ThanurEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of young dawn goddess Thesan with one symmetrical pair of copper-rose shoulder wings.

ThesanEtruscan · Solar deity

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of mature bearded Tinia holding one compact thunderbolt in one source-attested visible right hand.

TiniaEtruscan · God or goddess

Conservative living Etruscan grimoire portrait of gender-unspecified lunar Tivr or Tiur before one restrained crescent sign.

TivrEtruscan · Lunar deity

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Turan in a richly woven dark red tunic and mantle against an aged celestial parchment ground.

TuranEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of youthful beardless Turms wearing a low winged petasos and dark chlamys.

TurmsEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of Uni as a mature city-protecting goddess in an elegant fully covering embroidered tunic and mantle.

UniEtruscan · God or goddess

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of youthful solar Usil in a draped mantle before one restrained antique-gold nimbus.

UsilEtruscan · Solar deity

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of winged Vanth in a long dark-red chiton, holding one torch in one source-attested right hand.

VanthEtruscan · Spirit

Living Etruscan grimoire portrait of prophetic spirit Vegoia or Lasa Vecuvia with one symmetrical pair of dark copper wings.

VegoiaEtruscan · Spirit

Conservative living Etruscan grimoire portrait of the probable divine or heroic figure Veltune, fully clothed and without an invented attribute.

VeltuneEtruscan · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Pantheon / tradition

Slavic

Culture & tradition: Regionally distinct Slavic evidence from medieval East Slavic Rus, Rani or Rugian, Pomeranian, and West Slavic Polabian witnesses, alongside later East Slavic and Polish folklore and seasonal-ritual traditions
Main period: Textually attested chiefly from the 10th through 12th centuries AD, with later manuscript transmission and source-qualified folklore and ritual records from the 19th through 21st centuries AD
Core region: Medieval Rus lands, Rugen and Arkona, Pomeranian centers including Szczecin and Wolin, Polabian Lutizen territory around Rethra or Radogost, and later Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, and Polish folklore regions

15 figures

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Dazhbog in a conservative fully covering medieval Rus garment, without invented sun, chariot, fire, wealth, or gift imagery.

DazhbogSlavic · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait convention for the late seasonal Jarilo or Yarilo ritual figure, without effigy, horse, grain, wreath, branch, or reconstructed divine objects.

JariloSlavic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait convention for Khors in a fully covering medieval Rus garment, without invented solar, lunar, Iranian, or horse imagery.

KhorsSlavic · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Mokosh in a conservative fully covering medieval Rus garment, without invented textile, earth, water, or harvest objects.

MokoshSlavic · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait convention for Morana or Polish Marzanna as a status-uncertain seasonal figure, distinct from the drowned or burned ritual effigy.

MoranaSlavic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Perun in a conservative fully covering medieval Rus garment, without invented weapons or idol materials.

PerunSlavic · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait convention for the identity-disputed West Slavic Radegast, without invented weapons, solar symbols, animals, or sanctuary objects.

RadegastSlavic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait convention for the status-disputed East Slavic historical term Rod, without creator-god symbols, family trees, offerings, or invented regalia.

RodSlavic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living human-presenting antiquarian grimoire convention for Simargl, without invented wings, animal anatomy, Persian identity, seeds, or fire symbols.

SimarglSlavic · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait convention for Stribog in a fully covering medieval Rus garment, without invented wind, weather, or weapon attributes.

StribogSlavic · God or goddess

Living four-headed Rani or Rugian grimoire portrait of Svantevit in a long tunic, holding one decorated drinking horn in one source-attested right hand.

SvantevitSlavic · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait convention for the textually attested but status-ambiguous Svarog, without invented forge, fire, sun, or tool imagery.

SvarogSlavic · Mythic/divine figure - deity status uncertain

Living three-headed Pomeranian grimoire portrait of Triglav with a narrow gold facial band across the eyes and lips, without invented held objects.

TriglavSlavic · God or goddess

Living antiquarian grimoire portrait of Veles, historically named Volos in a Rus treaty, shown without invented horns, animals, instruments, or underworld symbols.

VelesSlavic · God or goddess

One living representative of the variable East Slavic Zorya dawn-personification group, without fixed sister count, celestial props, horses, gates, or invented cult regalia.

ZoryaSlavic · Divine group

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