Grimoire shelf

Deities

278 of 278 correspondences · 179 attestations · database 2.0.0

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

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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

41 figures

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

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

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

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

27 figures

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

14 figures

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

24 figures

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

10 figures

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

15 figures

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

5 figures

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

10 figures

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