Includes 4 PNG files in a zipped folder: 1 Copy with Deities Colored by Archetype (i.e. Sun Gods, Fertility Goddesses, etc), 1 Copy with Colored Deity Art also Organized by Archetype, 1 Copy with Deities Colored by Dynasty (i.e. Ennead, Ogdoad, etc), and 1 Copy in Grayscale Optimized for Black & White Printing.
I (Joshua J Kes) am passionate about mythology and anthropology. I have a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Sociology; the studies of places and peoples, respectively. I've been working on a database for comparative mythological studies for a few years now, and thought I'd put together some slick informative charts/posters of family trees for various pantheons.
I also produce YouTube videos on this subject @Sapienite1, with episodes on individual motifs and pantheons. If you like what you see, you may check them out for more details:
https://www.youtube.com/@Sapienite1
In order to make a coherent 'family tree' structure, I've had to make a few inferences and choices about the relationships between more obscure deities, which sometimes have contradictory accounts. I've also decided to synthesize certain deities that, while informed by a philological comparison between differing sources, must ultimately come down to a subjective interpretation of similar motifs. My own pagan practice is more Hellenic and Ptolemaic, so that definitely colors my interpretation of these motifs. I am aware of my potential biases. Nonetheless, I try to meet each pantheon on its own terms. Therefore, I am putting this out there as a hybrid of artistic and academic intent.
Our methodology of comparison for mythological motifs usually involves planetary or astrological associations, but this time, I used a simple coding system including 11 motifs/archetypes/codes, each color-coded and in order from left-to-right:
1. HEARTH - Fire, Blacksmithing, or Domestic Deities like Hephaestus and Hestia.
2. EARTH - Earth, Fertility, or Wild Deities like Geb and Hathor.
3. SKY - Sky, Storm, and Messenger Deities like Shu and Nuit.
4. WATER - Sea, River, or Wellspring Deities like Nu and Nun.
5. CHTHONIC - Underworld Deities like Nephthys and Anubis.
6. DAY - Sun or Light Deities like Ra and Qadesh.
7. NIGHT - Moon, Night, or Dusk Deities like Neith and Nekhbet/Mut.
8. LOVE- Dawn, Love, or Justice Deities like Isis and Ma'at.
9. WAR - War Deities like Sekhmet and Anhuret/Onuris.
10. DEMIGOD - Demigods or Heroes like Hercules.
11. MONSTER - Monsters or Spirits like Bennu and Apophis.
Total List of Deities Invoked: Taweret, Ammit, Nu, Nun, Hathor, Mehturt, Khepri, Bennu, Neith, Khnum, Ptah, Cnuphis, Kek, Heqet, Heh, Hauhet, Apophis, Wadjet, Saosis, Atum, Ra, Serqet, Sobek, Renenutet, Amun, Nekhbet, Mut, Nuit, Geb, Tefnut, Shu, Ash, Satet, Nepper, Nepit, Qadesh, Khonsu, Nephthys, Osiris, Isis, Set, Bastet, Sekhmet, Anhuret/Onuris, Ma'at, Thoth, Sopdet/Sothis, Anubis, Wepawet, Horus, Min, Seshat.
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