The Gods & Things

A cross-tradition encyclopedia of gods, heroes, prophets, angels and concepts — in the spirit of Theoi, but spanning the whole corpus. Browse below; each figure carries its names, kin, and every text that names it. Greek figures link out to their Theoi page; all figures link to Wikipedia.

By tradition By type A–Z

All traditions Egyptian Mesopotamian Greek Hebrew Christian Gnostic & Hermetic Hindu Buddhist Taoist & Chinese Zoroastrian Norse & Germanic Finnic Mesoamerican Islamic Kabbalah Classical wisdom

All types god goddess hero prophet angel concept creature

6 figures of type “hero”, grouped by type.

Hero · 6

Mesopotamian · hero

Mesopotamian · hero

The Hero Twins (Hunahpú & Xbalanqué)

Mesoamerican · hero

Mesopotamian · hero