A huge stone slab discovered near the Iraqi city of Mosul offers new clues to the major deities of the ancient Assyrians, who ruled one of antiquity’s great empires. Unearthed by a German team at the ...

Each of the three culture types have three deity subtypes, represented by a major deity (Zeus, Ra, etc.). Beneath the major deities in each civilization are nine minor deities, although each major ...

Hinduism is a living religion with complex roots reaching back more than four thousand years. Its three major deities—the gods Shiva and Vishnu and the goddess with multiple names—each take on many ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a massive stone relief depicting important deities and Ashurbanipal, the last great ...

The Rigveda enumerates 33 devas or ‘shining ones’, representing primarily the forces of nature. Of these, three were important: Agni or fire, Indra or rain, and Soma, a plant. The popular deities ...

QUESTION: Which is the religion that boasts the most deities? Hinduism has thousands, if not millions, of gods and goddesses, as well as countless minor deities, each representing various aspects of ...