Images

The Seven Lucky Gods or Shichifukujin of Japanese folklore. From left to right: Soldan Sağa Hotei, Juroujin, Fukurokuju, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Daikokuten, Ebisu

A gold aureus from Antioch depicting Roman emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305 CE).

A Roman floor mosaic depicting the judgement of Paris, Antioch, Syria. 115-150 CE. (Louvre, Paris)

Thor's Fight with the Giants, oil on canvas by Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

The roof of the 18th century CE Kalighat Kali Temple in Calcutta dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali.

A statue of the Hindu goddess Kali from the Dakshineshwar Kali Temple in West Bengal..

A map indicating the possible routes of Indo-European migrations.

A marble bust of Roman emperor Constantius II, reign 337-361 CE. (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology)

The Shinto god Susanoo searching the waters for the eight-headed dragon known as Yamato-no-Orochi or the Koshi. (19th century CE print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi)

An 1857 CE print by Utagawa Toyokuni III showing the sun goddess Amaterasu, the most important deity of the Japanese Shinto religion. Here she emerges from self-exile in a cave. The figure on the right is most probably the god Ame-no-tajikara-wo...