Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Discover Juno, queen of the Roman gods and consort of Jupiter — member of the Capitoline Triad, protectress of the Roman state, and great guardian of
Discover Jupiter (Optimus Maximus), the supreme god of ancient Rome — king of the gods, lord of thunder and lightning, guarantor of oaths and victory. His
Discover Dagon (Dagan), the ancient Near Eastern god of grain and agriculture — father of Baal and chief god of the Philistines whose temple fell before
Discover Asherah (Athirat), the great Canaanite mother-goddess and consort of El — mother of the seventy gods, goddess of fertility and the sea, whose
Discover Anat, the fierce Canaanite warrior-goddess of war, the hunt and savage love — the blood-wading sister-consort of Baal who destroys the death-god
Discover Mot (“Death”), the Canaanite god of death, sterility and the underworld — the insatiable devourer who swallows even the storm-god Baal, bringing
Discover Baal (Hadad), the great storm-god and king of the Canaanite gods — the “Rider of the Clouds” who slew the sea-god Yam, died at the hands of
Discover El, the supreme father-god and creator of the Canaanite pantheon — the aged wise patriarch and “Bull El” who heads the divine assembly, whose
The Sirrush, the name for the sacred dragon of the Ishtar Gate of Babylon — the elegant composite serpent-dragon of the god Marduk also known as the
The Mushhussu (Mušḫuššu), the sacred dragon of Babylon — a composite creature of serpent, lion, eagle, and scorpion, the symbolic beast of the god Marduk,