(c. 1200 b.c.e./mythic) by T. Apiryon Thracian hero and demi-god; son of Oeagrus (some say Apollo) and Calliope; priest of Dionysus. The most famous of the musicians and poets of Greek mythology. The quintessential Bard, his masterful singing and music upon the Lyre could tame wild animals and move even stones and cliffs. Orpheus journeyed
Comments Off on Orpheus(c. 1200 b.c.e./mythic) by T. Apiryon Known in Roman Mythology as Hercules, and in Phoenician/Carthaginian mythology as Melkarth. Theban Greek hero and demi-god; son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena, whom Zeus seduced by taking the form of her husband, Amphitryon. The mightiest and most famous of the heroes of Greek mythology, comparable to the
Comments Off on Hêraclês(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Mont, Menthu or Monthu, and referred to as the “Lord of Thebes.” Egyptian solar/martial god, and Nome-god of Hermonthis (Annu Qemau). The Greeks identified him with Apollo and Ares. Mentu is depicted as a male deity with a falcon’s (or bull’s) head, clad in an apron, wearing a
Comments Off on Mentu(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Amon, Ammon, Amun and Amen. Egyptian god known as “King of the Gods” and “Lord of Heaven,” Nome-god of Thebes (Uast, near present-day Qus), consort of Hathor (or of Mut), and father of Khonsu. The Romans identified him with Jupiter. The name Amoun means “hidden.” Amoun was the
Comments Off on Amoun(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Min or Amsu. Egyptian ithyphallic fertility god, and Nome-god of Panopolis (Apu, near present-day Akhmim). The Greeks identified him with Pan. Khem is depicted as a human male, wearing a crown with two tall ostrich plumes, with the right hand raised behind his head holding a flail, the
Comments Off on Khem(c. 2000 b.c.e.) by T. Apiryon Priest-king mentioned in Genesis 14:18-20 as having served as priest to Abraham: “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God (El Elyon, אל עליון). And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high
Comments Off on Melchizedek(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Asar, Ausar or Serapis. Originally a fertility god, Osiris developed into the Egyptian god of resurrection, lord of the underworld, son of Seb or Geb and Nut, consort of Isis (Asi), and Nome-god of Abydos (Abtu, now Nag Hammadi). Identified by the Greeks with Dionysus, Adonis and Hades.
Comments Off on Osiris(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Lutinus, Fecundus and Mutunus. Son of Aphroditê and Dionysus (or Adonis, or Hermês, Pan, or Zeus, according to other accounts). The Mysian god of creative fertility in nature and in man; sometimes identified with both Hermês and Pan. He presided over the fertility of fields and flocks, bee-keeping,
Comments Off on Priapus(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon Also known as Aristaeus and Aigipan (goatherd), known in Roman mythology as Faunus or Sylvanus. Son of Hermês and Dryope (or Penelope). The Arkadian god of flocks and shepherds, of trees, forests and wildlife, of the hot noonday stillness, and of freedom and fertility. Playful, lascivious, unpredictable and lecherous, he is
Comments Off on Pan(prehistoric/mythic) by T. Apiryon The Arkadian messenger god. Known in Roman mythology as Mercury. He was the son of Zeus and Maia, born on Mount Cyllene. He was the father of Echion, Autolycus and Daphnis, and, by some accounts, of Pan. He was a deity of travel, trade, commerce, ingenuity, manual skill, athletics, eloquence and
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