Classical Greek gods allegorisedThe classical Greek gods allegorised. Date: 18th century
MolochMOLOCH the Phoenician deity to whom live children were sacrificed by fire Date: 7th century BC
Hermes TrismegistusThe messenger of the gods, but here as HERMES TRISMEGISTUS (= thrice-greatest), perceived by Neoplatonists as the presiding deity of alchemy, possessing magical and oracular powers
Bust of goddess Tanit. Carthaginian art. Sculpture. SPAIN. BALEARES. IBIZA. Ibiza. Museum of Archaeology of Ibiza and Formentera
Benzaiten or BentenAlternative names for the goddess of grace and beauty, the tutelary genius of the island of Enoshima, the type of ideal womanhood
Religion / Egypt / NephthysA funerary deity, she mourns the Pharaoh when he dies, and escorts him into the Underworld
Egypt. Goddess Nephthys. Relief. MemphisEgyptian Art. Goddess Nephthys wearing a headdress in the shape of a house. Relief. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt
Telesphorus Roman DeityRoman healing deity, associated with Asclepius : personifying the hope of successful healing, he is represented as a boy in a hooded cloak
YU-HOANG, THE JADE EMPEROR [he has many other names] supreme deity of the Chinese pantheon
Temple of Vesta. Rome. ItalyItaly. Rome. Temple of Vesta. Roman Forum
Ancient Egyptian. God Bes. Protector of households. National Archaeology Museum. Madrid. Spain
Egyptian Art. Dendera. God Bes. Capital of Column. Relief. TEgyptian Art. Dendera. God Bes. Capital of column. Relief in the forecourt of the Temple of Hathor
The ten avatars of the Hindu god VishnuThe ten avatars (Incarnations) of the Hindu god Vishnu
Colossal statue of a goddess. 2nd century ADRoman colossal statue of a goddess. 138-161 AD. The head is latest. Marble. From Egypt. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin. Germany
Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet. EgyptStatue of the Lion Goddess Sakhmet. Diorite. Reign of Amenophis III. C. 1400-1365 BC. Origin unknown. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Goddess Sekhmet, Sculpture. Medinet Habu. EgyptGoddess Sekhmet, goddess of war, represented with head of a lioness and the human body and crowned with the solar disk. Sculpture in the mortuary temple of Ramses III (1187-1156 BC). New Kingdom
Tapestry of Creation. 1st half 12th c. Central detail. Creation of the heaven, earth and animal and vegetal life. Romanesque art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Gerona
Trocortesian or Madrid Codex. s. XIV. DetailTrocortesian or Madrid Codex. s.XIV. Detail
Vishnu and Lakshmi, Hindu godsVishnu and his wife Lakshmi, Hindu gods, sitting on a couch
Bishamon God of GloryThe impersonation of military prowess carries a spear in one hand, a pagoda symbolising power in the other : he inspires warriors to fight to the death for a heros glory
Japanese God RaidenThe Japanese God of Thunder hurtles through the stormy sky
Temple of JanusThe Temple of Janus at Rome, with a bust of the deity looking in three different directions - past, present and future
Ship of Good FortuneThe Ship of Good Fortune carries the seven Gods of Fortune; it is to be found in countless Japanese homes, for between them they take care of all lifes troubles
Idol Vitzliputzli (Huitzilopochtli). Mexican idol. Engraving. Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progresos de la America septentrional
The Infancy of BacchusThis artwork depicts the infant Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and festivity upon the back of another deity wielding a staff. Date: circa 1916
Guardian deity of children Statue - Jizo - KobeStatue of the Guardian deity of children at Tori Tenjo-ji (Mayazan Tenjo-ji) - a Shingon Buddhist temple in eastern Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s
Funerary urn with depiction of the solar god Kinich Ahau and the image of the deceased on the cover. Painted ceramic. Maya culture. Late Classic Period (600-900 AD). Mesoamerica. Maya area
Censer with the image of the god Tlaloc. CeramicCenser with the image of the god Tlaloc, the god of rain. Ceramic. Colima style (El Chanal). Early Postclassic Period (900-1250 AD). Western Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018
Roman head of God Serapis, 2nd century AD. Marble. From Cerro de San Albin (Merida, Extremadura, Spain). National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Date: 2014
God Pluto. Roman sculpture, 2nd century ADSculpture of God Pluto. 2nd century AD. Marble. From the Roman Theatre of Merida (Emerita Augusta), Spain. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Date: 2014
Canopic jars. EgyptEgypt. Canopic jars. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Wooden statuettes depicting Gods Ptah, Osiris and Seker bird. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
Egyptian Art. Temple of Seti I at Abydos. Resurrection of OsEgyptian Art. Temple of Seti I at Abydos. Relief depicting the resurrection of Osiris. Her sister and wife Isis holds his head and the God Sokar assist him while he is awakening. 19th Dynasty. C
Guide to afterlife for Amunem-wija. EgyptGuide to afterlife for Amunem-wija, chief of the domain. Papyrus. Third Intermediate Period. 21st Dynasty. 1075-946 BC. Thebes, Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Guide to the alterlife for Sesech. EgyptGuide to the afterlife for Sesech, chief of the domain. Papyrus. New Kingdom. 20th Dynasty. 1190-1075 BC. Thebes, Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Book of what is in the netherworld (Amduat). EgyptBook of what is in the netherworld (Amduat). Papyrus. Cursive hieroglyphic. Third Intermediate Period. 21st Dynasty. 1075-944 BC. Thebes. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Book of the Dead. Tomb of Kha. EgyptEgypt. Book of the Dead. From the tomb of royal architect Kha (Deir el-Medina). 1400 BC. 18th dynasty. New Kingdom. Egyptian Museum. Turin. Italy
Funerary stele of Hefrer. EgyptFunerary stele of Hefrer. Painted limestone. 26th-early 27th dynasties. Late Period. C. 600-500 BC. Probably from Abydos, Egypt. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Statuette of Osiris. Granite. Third Intermediate Period. EgStatuette of Osiris wearing crown and royal scepters in their hands. Granite. C. 700 B.C. 25th Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Boundary-marker in Oscan language. 300-100 BCBoundary-marker with Oscan inscription. Used to mark the confines of sacred area. Decorated with reliefs depicting helmeted goddess Athena and a boar. Terracotta. 300-100 BC. From a tomb near Capua
Interior coffin of Hor. EgyptInterior painted wooden coffin of the priest Hor depicting the sky goddess Nut with their protective wings outstretched at the front part
Painted wooden stela of Neswy. EgyptPainted wooden stela of Neswy with his Ba at the top. The scenes shown arranged in horizontal bands, from top to bottom, the winged solar disk flanked by the goddesses Nekhbet
Nyankhre false door stela. EgyptNyankhre false door stela. 2450 BC. Limestone's small false door from the mastaba of the hairdresser's superintendent of the Palace Niankhre
Stela of Wennekhu. EgyptStela of Wennekhu. In the upper register, the god Ra depicted in the solar boat with the falcon-headed. In the lower register
Painted wooden statuette of Osiris. EgyptPainted wooden statuette of Osiris depicted as a blindfolded man, wearing crown and royal scepters in their hands. Contains the rolled Book of the Dead papyrus of a lady Anhai. 1170 BC. 20th Dynasty
Canopic jarsPolychormed canopic jars. Used by the egyptians during the mummification to preserve the viscera. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Egyptian wooden sarcophagusInner wooden coffin of Henutmehyt, covered in gold leaf. Decorated with representations of different deities as a winged goddess Nut, the boat of the Sun god and other protective deities
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