Obsidian's Dictionary of

Here is an index to various catalogues of religious and mythological pantheons Bruce had researched. At the moment, the coverage is quite small, but he intended to expand it over time.

The records linked to below are concise dictionaries of the various divinities current in the cultures so indicated, and at the outset, perhaps a brief disquisition on who and what he meant by "divinity" would be appropriate. He attempted in each archive to note every God and Goddess he could find a record of, but he also mentioned Demi-Gods and Heroes as well. All these entities, he believed, are Spiritual Beings of one sort or another. He defined "Spiritual Being" as any entity having at least some of the following attributes and characteristics:

1. Existent in material form (if ever) only in the distant mythological or legendary past.
2. If based on an historical character, real (ie. non-mythological) knowledge of the person very sparse or absent altogether.
3. "Now" (ie. within the temporal context of the culture so named) existent on a purely or nearly purely spiritual plane of reality.
4. Having an awareness of and interest in the concerns of mortal humanity.
5. Having certain broadly defined supernatural powers and influences over a particular sphere of activity, contingent reality, philosophical or emotional state of being, etc.
6. Being generally recognized and accepted by the culture so named as a God, Demi-God, Avatar, Elemental, Angel, Demon, or other spiritual influence.

Note: The most recent additions and adjustments are indicated by name after the bibliography...

AMERINDIAN GROUP

A HAUDENOSAUNEE PANTHEON

A LAKOTA PANTHEON

A MAYAN PANTHEON Most recently added to: 11 January, 2002

EURASIAN GROUP

A CELTIC PANTHEON Most recently added to: 1 May, 2009

A GREEK PANTHEON Most recently addded to: 07 March, 2004

A ROMAN PANTHEON Most recently added to: 07 March, 2004

SLAVIC and EURASIAN PANTHEONS Most recently added to: 30 September, 2002

A TEUTONIC PANTHEON Most recently added to: 05 March, 2003

MIDDLE EASTERN GROUP

An EGYPTIAN PANTHEON Most recently added to: 27 October, 2001

A MESOPOTAMIAN PANTHEON Most recently added to: 11 September, 2001

THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK Most recently adjusted: 17 March, 2003

PARTIAL LIST OF SOURCES

• Arrowsmith, Nancy. A Field Guide to the Little People. Wallaby Books, NY, NY, 1977
• Athanassakis, Apostolos N. The Homeric Hymns. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1976
• Black, Jeremy & Anthony Green. Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1997
• Branston, Brian. The Lost Gods of England. Oxford University Press, NY, NY, 1974
• Budge, E. A. Wallis. A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. London, 1911
• Byock, Jesse L. (transl.). The Saga of the Volsungs. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, 1990
• Coe, Michael D. & Mark Van Stone. Reading the Maya Glyphs. Thames and Hudson, London, 2001
• Davidson, Gustav. A Dictionary of Angels. The Free Press, NY, NY, 1967
• Gill, Sam D., & Irene F. Sullivan. Dictionary of Native American Mythology Oxford University Press, NY, NY,  1992
• Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths (2 vol.). Penguin Books, Baltimore Maryland, 1955
• Green, Miranda. Celtic Goddesses. George Braziller Inc. NY, NY, 1996
• Gregory, Augusta. Cuchulain of Muirthemne. Colin Smythe Ltd., Gerrards Cross, Bucks., 1973
• Grimal, Pierre. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK, 1996
• Guterman, Norbert (transl.), Afanas'ev, Aleksandr (gen'l. editor). Russian Fairy Tales. Pantheon Books, NY, NY, 1945
• Jordan, Michael. Encyclopedia of Gods. Facts on File, Inc. NY, NY, 1993
• Lurker, Manfred. Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London, 1987
• Mackenzie, Donald. Scottish Wonder Tales From Myth and Legend. Dover Publications, Mineola NY, 1997 (Reprint of 1917 edn.)
• MacKillop, James. Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1998
• Malory, Thomas. Le Morte Darthur. University Books, Inc. New Hyde Park, NY, 1961
• Martin, Richard (editor). Bullfinch's Mythology. Harper Collins Publishers, NY, NY, 1991
• Sturluson, Snorri (Anthony Faulkes, translator). Edda. J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd. 1987
• Santino, Jack. All Around the Year.  University of Illinois Press, Urbana & Chicago, 1995
• Schele, Linda, & Peter Mathews The Code of Kings. Touchstone, NY, NY, 1998
• Scheub, Harold A Dictionary of African Mythology. Oxford University Press, NY, 2000
• Turner, Patricia, & Charles Russell Coulter. Dictionary of Ancient Deities. Oxford University Press, NY, 2000
• Tedlock, Dennis transl.) Popol Vuh. Touchstone, NY, 1996
• Terry, Patricia (transl.). Poems of the Elder Edda. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. 1990
• Van Over Raymond. Sun Songs. New American Library Inc. NY, NY, 1980
• (Various) The Hebrew-English Old Testament. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids Mich., 1977
• (Various) The Holy Bible (King James Version). Thomas Nelson & Sons, NY, NY, 1935
• Wolkstein, Diane & Samuel Noah Kramer. Inanna. Harper and Row, NY, NY, 1983

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