Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Menrva (Menerva), the Etruscan goddess of wisdom, war, arts, crafts, and healing — the armed maiden-goddess of intelligence and skill, member of the great
Uni, the supreme goddess and queen of the gods of the Etruscans — the great mother-goddess of the heavens, sovereignty, marriage, and the state, consort
Tinia (Tin), the supreme sky-god and king of the gods of the Etruscans — the great god of the heavens, thunder, and lightning whose thunderbolts revealed
Discover Ugallu, the lion-headed storm-demon of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — a man-bodied, talon-footed monster turned apotropaic guardian, set at
Discover Lilû, the male Akkadian night-demon — a wind-borne phantom who preys on sleeping women, member of the lilu-demon triad and an ancient forerunner
Meet the Gallu, the merciless underworld demons of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — faceless seizers who drag the doomed to the land of no return and
Discover the Edimmu, the restless ghost of Akkadian and Babylonian belief — the unburied or neglected dead who seize the living with sickness until
Discover Bashmu, the venomous serpent-dragon of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — a horned chaos-monster of Tiamat’s brood subdued by Marduk and set as a
Discover Ardat-Lili, the Akkadian night-demon — the unwed maiden who seduces sleeping men and menaces childbirth, one of the lilu-demon trinity and an
Meet Shamash, the Akkadian sun-god and supreme judge — the all-seeing eye of heaven, source of the law given to Hammurabi, and helper of heroes against
