He was later attributed to the sun god Re of Heliopolis, also known as Cairo in the present. In the old kingdom, Amun Re was one of the...

Represented as the moon itself and in others, he is represented as the guardian of the moon. When he is the actual moon, he is known by...

These beetle amulets were symbols used by the Egyptians and mainly by the living as a way of symbolizing royal and diplomatic success....

The litany of Re celebrates Re’s relationship with the underworld and there are twelve of them, each one representing an hour of the...

God of magic. Responsible for the creation of the “primordial hill”. The mistress of magic and guardian to the sun good as it is said in...

Hades (Pluto in roman mythology) is the god of the underworld. His father was Cronus, a titan and his mother was Rhea. His brothers and...

Thebes is an egyptian city which is now known as Luxor. Thebes is known as the city of the dead, as well as the city of a thousand gates...

Poseidon (Neptune in roman mythology) the god of water, the seas, horses and earthquakes. His parents were Cronus and Rhea. His brothers...

Cronus/Saturn was a powerful titan married to Rhea. His sons and daughters were Zeus/Jupiter, Hera/Juno, Poseidon/Neptune, Demeter/Ceres,...

Persephone/Proserpina was Zeus/Jupiter and Demeter/Ceres' daughter. Hades/Pluto, god of the underworld, fell in love with her and...

Hercules was son of Jupiter (father of the gods and the mortals) and a mortal. That is why Juno, Jupiter's wife, did not accept him. To...

Orpheus was a musician, son of Apollo and a Muse. He played music beautifully and got married to Eurydice, who was killed by a snake....

Hera (Juno in roman mythology) is goddess of marriage and family. Her parents are Cronus and Rhea. She is Zeus/Jupiter's sister and wife....

Zeus (Jupiter in roman mythology) is the father of the gods and god of the sky. His father was Cronus, a titan who eated his kids. Rhea,...

Susanoo (須佐之男) is the god of the storm, born after Izanagi washed his nose. He was granted with the command over the sea and, later, over...

Tsukuyomi (月読) is the god of the moon. He was born when Izanagi washed his right eye, after his sister Amaterasu (who was born when...

Izanami (伊弉冉尊 or 伊邪那美命, She Who Beckons) is the sister and wife of the god Izanagi. She gave birth to many gods but died after giving...

The god Izanagi and his wife, Izanami, are responsibilities of the creation of the Japanese archipelago. The first Island created was the...

The god Izanagi (伊邪那岐 or 伊弉諾, He Who Beckons) is the god who created Japan, along with his wife and sister, Izanami. They are also the...

Amaterasu (天照) also known as Ōhirume-no-muchi-no-kami (大日 ss孁貴神) is the goddess of the sun and daughter of Izanagi. She was born when he...