CLAS230 Classical Mythology
Department of Classics
Monmouth College

Geography List for Pantheons
 

You should know the significance of each of the following places and be able to find each place on a map. The words in BOLD CAPITALS are the places you should know. The other words are hints at the significance of the place.

GREECE
Zeus
Hera
Athena
Hermes
Demeter
Hades
Ilium (Hissarlik)
Penelope
Odysseus
Prometheus
Sisyphus
Demeter
Persephone
Hades

EGYPT
Shu
Tefnut
Geb
Nut
Nephthys
Osiris
Isis
Set
Ra

INDIA
Agni
Brahma
Ganesh
Krishna
Indra
Shiva
Vishnu
Rama

JAPAN
Izanagi
Izanami
Amaterasu

CHINA
Yin / Yang
Pangu

JERUSALEM
Yahweh / Elohim

POLYNESIA
Maui=

MESOPOTAMIA
(Akkadian / Babylonian / Sumerian)
 Telepinu
An (Anu)
Apsu
Ea
Humbaba
Inanna
Ishtar
Marduk  
Tiamat
For quick ID's see: :http://fullmoon_deities.tripod.com/mesopotamian.html

NORSE / VIKING / SCANDINAVIAN / GERMANIC
Balder
Freya
Freyr
Frig
Loki
Njord
Odin
Thor
Tyr
For quick ID's see: http://fullmoon_deities.tripod.com/norse.html

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
MALI
Sunjata
GHANA
Anansi
YORUBA (Nigeria)
Olorun    
Orunmila   
Obatala    
Olokun    
Eshu
BENIN
Sagbata Sogbo

NORTH AMERICA
Coyote
Brer Rabbit
Wile E. Coyote
Raven
Sedna

CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA
Wanadi (Venezuela)
Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo Huaco (Inca)
Quetzalcoatl (Toltec/ Aztec)

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This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his students at Monmouth College. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.

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