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Q: 100 Gods of the Old/New World and Mythology ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   2 Comments )
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Subject: 100 Gods of the Old/New World and Mythology
Category: Reference, Education and News > Teaching and Research
Asked by: legover-ga
List Price: $200.00
Posted: 31 Jan 2005 12:36 PST
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Question ID: 466498
What are the names of 100 Gods that people worshiped in all countries
of the world since the beginning of time including all mythology,
their  descriptions, and what they were worshiped for?
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Subject: Re: 100 Gods of the Old/New World and Mythology
Answered By: adiloren-ga on 01 Feb 2005 00:03 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Thank you for the interesting question. I had no idea that were THIS
many Gods and Godesses worshipped throughout history.

I hope this collection of lists will assist you.

Good luck!
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General Lists:

*This is by far the most comprehensive list I found on the web. It has
well over 100 Gods and Godesses listed and is subcategorized to cover
every region of the world. It includes hyperlinks to descriptions of
the deities and what they were worshipped for, etc.

List of deities
From Wikipedia
This list of deities aims at giving information about deities in the
different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is
sorted alphabetically.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deities

*These are some other comprehensive databases of deities:

Encyclopedia Of Gods And Goddess 
http://www.geocities.com/thewitchescircle/biggg.htm

Major Gods and Goddesses of the World
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_myth_gods_index.htm

Here is a list of over 60 Gods and Godesses from Ancient Egypt
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/religion/godslist.html

366 Greek deities currently in database
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?_gods-list

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Regional Lists:

Ancient Roman Gods & Goddesses
http://www.crystalinks.com/romegods.html

188 Gods of Africa
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/african-mythology.php?_gods-list

Norse Mythology - Gods and Goddesses of Norse Mythology
http://ancienthistory.miningco.com/od/norsemyth/

Celtic Gods
http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/gods.htm

Mayan gods and goddess
http://putnam.k12.il.us/Mayan.htm

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Topical List:

15	Goddesses and Gods Love and Sexuality
http://wuzzle.org/cave/lovegods.html

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Google Search Strategy:

"list of gods"
"list of deities"
wikepedia. gods
"roman gods"
"greek gods"
"egyptian gods"
"norse gods"
"celtic gods"
"native american gods"

I hope this helps. Please request clarification if you need any
additional assistance with your question.

Best regards,

Anthony (adiloren-ga)

Request for Answer Clarification by legover-ga on 01 Feb 2005 04:25 PST
Anthony,

Thank You now I've got what I was looking for!!

Clarification of Answer by adiloren-ga on 01 Feb 2005 05:04 PST
Thank you very much for the question, the generous tip and the high
rating! I'm really glad I could help.

Best regards,
Anthony (adiloren-ga)
legover-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $50.00
Just what I was Looking for!!

Comments  
Subject: Re: 100 Gods of the Old/New World and Mythology
From: archae0pteryx-ga on 31 Jan 2005 23:30 PST
 
There's not even one such god; gods tend to be a local phenomenon.  If
you argue that they are all one, under different names, you're going
to end up with one, not 100.

Archae0pteryx
Subject: Re: 100 Gods of the Old/New World and Mythology
From: rsstites-ga on 10 Mar 2005 13:09 PST
 
You can also go to http://olympianmythology.blogspot.com/ to see a
full list of Greek Titans, gods, and demi-gods.

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