Goddess Collection (#88)

Diana the Huntress with her Two Dogs, 16th century

Indian miniature showing Krishna and a princess on a couch, 18th century. A winged attendant waits nearby and the monkey god Hanuman sits at Krishnas feet

Creation of Adam, 1508-1512. Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Creation of Adam, 1508-1512. Fresco from the Sistine Chapel, Vatican

God creating Adam. From a stained glass window of the Good Samaritan in Chartres Cathedral, France

Kronos, 17th century. Artist: Giacinto Brandi
Kronos, 17th century. Kronos (Chronos) was one of the Greek Titans, and father of Zeus. He was known as Saturn in Roman mythology

Bas-relief showing the gods Isis and Osiris, Ptolemaic period, Ancient Egypt, 323-30 BC. Isis and Osiris were the parents of the falcon-headed god Horus

Osiris, Egyptian god, 26th (Saite) dynasty, Ancient Egypt, 664-525 BC. Wooden statue with polychrome decoration. Osiris was the son of Nut, brother of Set, husband of Isis, and father of Horus

The Triumph of Pan, 1636. Artist: Nicolas Poussin
The Triumph of Pan, 1636. Nymphs and satyrs with goats dancing and carousing before a figure representing the god Pan

Detail from a Book of the Dead scroll, Ancient Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. Weighing the heart of the deceased in a balance

Limestone relief at the Temple of Philae, Ancient Egyptian. Isis (centre), sister and wife of Osiris and principal goddess of the Egyptian pantheon

Apollo with lyre. Roman marble statue. In the Greek pantheon, Apollo was the god of music, poetry, archery, prophecy and healing and sometimes identified with the Sun (Helios)

Krishna, Hindu deity, an avatar of Vishnu, 17th century. Illustration for the epic poem Mahabharata showing the hero Arjuna in a carriage behind Krishna mounted on a horse. From the British Museum

Confessions, 18th century. The Good Confession (top) presided over by Christ in heaven. A man chained to a devil approaches the confessional

Vishnu, one of the gods of the Hindu trinity (trimurti), 1828. Vishnu in his third avatar or manifestation as Varaha the boar. IIllustration from L Inde francaise. (Paris, 1828)

Statue of a Hindu evil genie, 1828. Illustration from L Inde Francaise. (Paris, 1828)

The Philistines offer up Sauls Armour, 1804. The offering is being made to Astaroth (Ashtoreth), Canaanite and Phoenician goddess of fertility

Representation of Hermensul, 1656. The Saxon god Hermensul (Ermensul) in armour and carrying scales, presiding over executive justice. From Annales Circuli Westphaliae by Herman Stangefol. (1656)

Representation of Crodon, 1834. The Saxon god Crodon, standing on a fish, holding a bucket and displaying a pierced dish

Representation of Crodon, 1656. The Saxon god Crodon, standing on a fish, holding a bucket and displaying a pierced dish. From Annales Circuli Westphaliae by Herman Stangefol. (1656)

Representation of Mona, 1834. Mona (Mani), Saxon idol of the Moon, shown holding a disc which displays the phases of the Moon. From her we derive the day of the week Monday

Representation of Odin or Wotan, 1834. The Scandinavian god Odin, known to the Anglo-Saxons as Wotan. God of the dead, he banqueted in Valhalla with those killed in battle

Representation of Sunne, 1834. Saxon idol of Sunne (Sunna) from which we derive the name Sunday

Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, c1900. In Ancient Greek legend Iphigenia was to be sacrificed by her father at Aulis to secure favourable winds for the fleet to sail against Troy

Roman goddess Juno, wife and sister of Jupiter, Queen of Heaven. Juno, known as Hera to the Greeks, was the protector of women and marriage. Marble statue

Artemis (Diana) of Ephesus, 3rd century BC. The goddess marble body is enclosed in a decorative sheath of many breasts symbolising her connection with fertility

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, 1865-1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, 1865-1866. From Gustave Dores Bible (Acts 9)

The Hermetic Androgyne, late 17th century. Miniature from a German manuscript. King=Sun=Gold, Queen=Moon=Silver, Dragon=Mercury=Volatility and so transmutation

Pharaoh Horemheb with the goddess Isis and the god Horus, Ancient Egyptian, 14th century BC. Horemheb (reigned c1321-c1293 BC) was the last king of the 18th dynasty

Goddess Isis with King Tuthmosis III, Ancient Egyptian, 15th century BC. Painted limestone relief at Deir el Bahn, Luxor, Egypt

Jackal-headed god Anubis receiving dead king or noble, Ancient Egyptian. Painting inside a coffin. Anubis, son of Osiris, took the souls of the dead to his father, the judge of the underworld

Wall painting from the Temple of Rameses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. Thoth, Ibis-headed god of the Moon, patron of scribes and magicians and secretary of the gods, holding a wand

Golden shrine of the Egyptian pharoah Tutankhamun, c1325 BC
Golden shrine of the Egyptian pharoah Tutankhamun, c1323 BC. Tutankhamun came to the throne as a young boy in 1333 BC. Although he only ruled for 10 years Tutankhamun is one of the best known Ancient

Ahura Mazda, Persepolis, c500 BC
Ahura Mazda (c-500). Winged symbol of Ahura Mazda (Ormazd, Ormuzd, Ohrmazd), Lord of Wisdom, supreme god of the Zorastrian (Zarathustrian) religion of Persia

Codex Borgianus showing confronting deities, Mixtec, Pre-Columbian Mexico, 12th-16th century
Codex Borgianus showing confronting deities, Mixtec, Pre-Columbian Mexico, c1400. The Mixtec civilization flourished from c 1200 until the Spanish conquest in the 16th century

Bronze figure of Shiva, Tamil Nadu, India, 950. Shiva (Siva), the third member of the Hindu Trimurti, is a god with contrasting qualities of destructive and renovating power

Gurm Gamle (Gormo), King of Denmark from 840, 1815
Gurm Gamle, King of Denmark from 840, 1815. Gurm Gamle (Gormo) wearing a leather corselet over a tunic, a hat/crown of many folds

Mithras, ancient Persian god of light and ruler of the Universe, slaying the bull, 100-150. Roman marble sculpture. From the Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna

House of Neptune and Amphitrite mosaic, Roman, Herculaneum, c69. The Roman town of Herculaneum was buried in the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, which also destroyed Pompeii

Egyptian goddess Nut supporting the sky, New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC. Wall painting from the tomb of Horemheb, last king of the 18th dynasty, who reigned from c1319-c1292 BC

Atlas holding the universe on his shoulders. Statue in the Royal Palace, Amsterdam

Gold pendant representing Mitlantecuhtli, Aztec god of the dead, 15th century. This is one of the few gold ornaments which escaped being melted down

Statue of Artemis, Greek goddess of hunting. Artemis was known as Diana in the Roman pantheon

Hypostyle hall, temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC (1892)
Hypostyle hall, temple of Amon-Re, Karnak, New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt, 14th-13th century BC (1892). Carved and decorated pillars at the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak (Thebes)

Pectoral showing the god Horus, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1325 BC. A pectoral jewel of gold, semi-precious stone and faience showing Horus, the falcon-headed god

Ibis-headed god Thoth, secretary to the gods and patron of scribes, Ancient Egyptian. Wall painting from the Tombs of the Nobles, Thebes (Luxor), Egypt

Funerary papyrus, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1293 BC. Weighing the heart of the deceased in a balance. The baboon is one form of Thoth, inventor of writing and secretary to the gods

Votive stele dedicated by his brother to a man from Ermant, near Thebes, Ancient Egypt. Bas relief carving with the eye of Horus at the top and various hieroglyphs

Thoth, ibis-headed god of the Moon, Ancient Egyptian, 5th-6th Dynasty (c2498-2181 BC). Thoth was patron of scribes and magicians, and secretary of the gods. Limestone relief

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