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Assyrian soldiers of Ashurbanipal carrying a statue of Adad (also known as Ramman), the god of tempest and thunder
UK
A water spirit takes on a human form in The Kelpie, a painting by Herbert James Draper. Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
China
Burning Offerings
Germany
Ancient Roman mosaic from Johannisstraße, Trier, dating to the early third century AD, showing the Pre-Socratic philosopher Anaximander...
Ireland
"Cuchulain Slays the Hound of Culain", illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hull's The Boys' Cuchulain, 1904
Netherlands
Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of beauty and love. Museum Willet-Holthuysen, Ã Amsterdam
Religious Paintings
God blessing the seventh day, a watercolor painting depicting God, by William Blake (1757–1827)
India
Saraswati, Hindu goddess of knowledge and music.
England
The Kirkby Stephen Stone, discovered in Kirkby Stephen, England, depicts a bound figure, who some have theorized may be the Germanic god...
Turkey
Statuette of a nude, corpulent, seated woman flanked by two felines from Çatalhöyük, dating to c. 6000 BCE, thought by most...
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