Curated category
War gods
- OdinThe reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym Wōðanaz translates to lord of frenzy or leader of the possessed. This root adjective wōðaz means possessed…
- HorusThe name Horus appears in Egyptian hieroglyphs as with the original pronunciation reconstructed for Old and early Middle Egyptian.
- Set (deity)The earliest representations of what might be the Set animal come from a tomb dating to the Amratian culture, also known as Naqada I, which existed between…
- Mars (mythology)The Latin word Mars appears in Old Latin texts as Mamart-, a form likely borrowed from foreign tongues. Scholars once linked this name to the Vedic storm…
- AresThe name Ares appears in Mycenaean Linear B tablets as the syllabic form a-re. This earliest attested version dates to the Bronze Age, long before classical…
- TýrThe name Týr stems from the Proto-Germanic word Tīwaz, which simply means 'God'. This single term served as a title or epithet that eventually became…