Namni and Hazzi (Namni and Ḫazzi) are a duo of Mountain Gods in Hurrian mythology. Divine duos are a religious, artistic and economic...

Kiaše (Kiashe, Kiaže or Kiyaši) is the Hurrian Sea God. The name of Kiaše means 'sea'. He controls floods, tides, currents and storms at...

Tin is one of the top commodities in ancient times. As the Bronze Age advances (c. 3300 - 1200 BCE), merchants, traders, explorers and...

Tin is an important component of bronze and other alloys, and can be easily shaped or hammered into tinware. In the Bronze Age the demand...

The Kingdom of Punt is ancient when the ancient Egyptians are young. Several expeditions have been recorded by the Egyptians although the...

Beloved by the Egyptians, the God Bes appears in idols, statuettes, figurines, pictures and carvings since the early days of the land....

In ancient Egypt, ba is the element of a being associated with personality. The aspect ba is part of the soul with many facets. In...

The radiance of Shimige (Šimige) fills the world with life and joy. A Hurrian god, he's worshipped across multiple pantheons including...

The culture of the island community of Thapsos is one of the most important of prehistory. On the southern coast of Sicily, it's an area...

In Akkadian, Aya (Aia) means Dawn. She personifies the light and life of first rays of the Sun. In some cultures the Dawn deities are...

Lotan means 'coiled' in Ugaritic. Lotan (Lôtān, Litan, Litānu), an enormous snake dragon, arises from the primal waters of chaos to wreak...

In ancient Mesopotamian myth the Igigi have their own duties and class. Servants of the gods, they do their jobs but are dissatisfied...

Ancient Mesopotamia is rife with demons and spirit entities. Demons can bring famine, plague, drought, pestilence, childhood disease,...

A demonic class of spirits, the evil udug arise in ancient Mesopotamian mythology. Home to deities noted as far back as 7000 BCE, the...

In ancient Mesopotamia the Šassūrātu (Sassuratu) filled important roles as divine midwives, childbirth goddesses and protectors of...

Part of the cosmology of Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the Levant and related sites, the sukkal acts as a vizier or advisor, helper, attendant,...