Osiris, god of the dead and resurrection in ancient Egypt
Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead: Seth's murder, Isis's reassembly of his body, resurrection as the first mummy, and judging souls in the Hall of Two Truths.
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Ra, the Egyptian sun god: creator, solar cycle and Amun-Ra
Ra, the Egyptian sun god: creator deity, nightly journey through the Duat battling Apophis, syncretisms (Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty), and cult at Heliopolis.
Dionysus, god of wine and theater in Greek mythology
Dionysus, Greek god of wine, ecstasy, and theater: double birth, mystery cult, thyrsus and panther. The last of the Olympians.
Hephaestus, divine craftsman in Greek mythology
Hephaestus, Greek god of fire and the forge: painful birth, fall from Olympus, divine masterworks, and his role in the creation of Pandora.
Zeus, king of the gods in Greek mythology
Zeus, king of Olympus: attributes, genealogy, key myths, etymology of his name and ancient cult across the Greek world.
Achilles, hero of the Trojan War in Greek mythology
Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis: near-invulnerability, the quarrel with Agamemnon, the death of Patroclus and the fatal heel. Central figure of the Iliad.
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Eastern Mediterranean, the ancient Greek world
Greek mythology
Introduction to Greek mythology: the Olympian pantheon, ancient sources, heroes and major narrative cycles.
Scandinavia, Iceland, Germanic Northern Europe
Norse mythology: gods, myths, and the cosmos of the Norse
A complete guide to Norse mythology: the Asgardian pantheon, Odin, Thor, Loki, the Nine Worlds of Yggdrasil, Ragnarök, and the key sources of the Eddas.
Northeast Africa — Nile Valley
Egyptian mythology: gods, myths and civilization of the Nile
A complete guide to Egyptian mythology: pantheon overview, cosmogony, Osirian cycle, major myths, ancient sources and religious traditions of ancient Egypt.
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Greek mythology
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Hestia, Greek goddess of the hearth and home
Hestia, Greek goddess of the domestic and civic hearth: her vow of virginity, her place among the twelve Olympians, her withdrawal for Dionysus, and the eternal flame.
Heroes & mortals
Oedipus, king of Thebes and Greek tragic hero
Oedipus, the Greek hero who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother: the Delphic oracle, the riddle of the Sphinx, his tragic downfall, and ancient sources.
Mythical places
Troy, the Legendary City at the Heart of Greek Mythology
Troy in Greek mythology: divine founding, ten-year siege by the Greeks, the Trojan Horse, the city's fall, and the fates of its greatest heroes in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
Norse mythology: gods, myths, and the cosmos of the Norse
Open mythology →Egyptian mythology: gods, myths and civilization of the Nile
Open mythology →Gods & goddesses
Amun, the hidden god and king of the gods in Egyptian mythology
Amun, Egyptian god of Thebes: his hidden origin, fusion into Amun-Ra, the temple of Karnak, Akhenaten's reform, and his status as king of the gods under the New Kingdom.
Gods & goddesses
Maat, Egyptian goddess of truth and cosmic order
Maat, Egyptian goddess of truth and justice: her role in the weighing of the heart, her bond with the pharaoh, her opposition to Isfet, and ancient wisdom teachings.