List of craters on Ganymede
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Ganymede
is the largest moon
in the solar system
, and thus has many craters
covering its hard surface. Here is a list of Ganymedean craters that have been given names. Most are named after figures from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and other ancient Middle Eastern myths.
Ganymede (moon)
Ganymede is a satellite of Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System. It is the seventh moon and third Galilean satellite outward from Jupiter. Completing an orbit in roughly seven days, Ganymede participates in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance with the moons Europa and Io, respectively...
is the largest moon
Natural satellite
A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called its primary. The two terms are used synonymously for non-artificial satellites of planets, of dwarf planets, and of minor planets....
in the solar system
Solar System
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, and thus has many craters
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
covering its hard surface. Here is a list of Ganymedean craters that have been given names. Most are named after figures from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and other ancient Middle Eastern myths.
| Crater | | Coordinates | Diameter | Year named | Named after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achelous Achelous (crater) Achelous is a relatively fresh crater on Ganymede adjacent to the similarly sized Gula. It has an outer lobate ejecta deposit extending about a crater radius from the rim.... |
61.8°N 11.7°W | 40.0 | 1979 | Achelous Achelous In Greek mythology, Achelous was the patron deity of the "silver-swirling" Achelous River, which is the largest river of Greece, and thus the chief of all river deities, every river having its own river spirit. His name is pre-Greek, its meaning unknown... , Greek river god; father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede's mother. |
| Adad | 57.5°N 358.1°W | 39.0 | 1979 | Adad Adad Adad in Akkadian and Ishkur in Sumerian and Hadad in Aramaic are the names of the storm-god in the Babylonian-Assyrian pantheon. All three are usually written by the logogram dIM... , Assyro-Babylonian god of thunder. |
| Adapa | 73.1°N 31.3°W | 56.0 | 1979 | Adapa Adapa Adapa was a Babylonian mythical figure who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality. The story is first attested in the Kassite period .-Roles:... , Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life. |
| Agreus | 15.9°N 232.7°W | 63.0 | 1985 | Agreus Agreus In Greek mythology Agreus or Argeus and his brother Nomios are two of the Panes, creatures multiplied from the god Pan. They are human in shape, but have the horns of goats. Like Pan, both were the sons of Hermes, Argeus' mother being the nymph Sose, a prophetess: he inherited his mother's gift of... , Hunter god in Tyre. |
| Agrotes | 60.9°N 192.5°W | 74.0 | 1985 | Agrotes, Tyre; greatest god of Gebal; farmer god. |
| Aleyin | 15.1°N 134.1°W | 12.4 | 1997 | Aleyin, Son of Ba'al, spirit of springs. |
| Ammura | 31.7°N 342.4°W | 61.5 | 1979 | Ammura, Phoenician; god of the west. |
| Amon | 33.7°N 220.7°W | 101.8 | 1985 | Amon Amun Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt... , Theban king of gods. |
| Amset | 14.4°S 178.8°W | 10.9 | 1997 | Amset, One of the four gods of the dead, son of Horus. |
| Anat | 4.1°S 127.9°W | 2.9 | 1985 | Anat Anat Anat, also ‘Anat is a major northwest Semitic goddess.-‘Anat in Ugarit:In the Ugaritic Ba‘al/Hadad cycle ‘Anat is a violent war-goddess, a virgin in Ugarit though the sister and lover of the great Ba‘al known as Hadad elsewhere. Ba‘al is usually called the son of Dagon and sometimes the son of El.... , Assyro-Babylonian goddess of dew. Note: Defines 128 degrees longitude on Ganymede. |
| Andjeti | 52.8°S 161.1°W | 52.5 | 1985 | Andjeti, Egyptian; first god of Busirus. |
| Anhur | 32.6°N 192.3°W | 25.0 | 1997 | Anhur Anhur In early Egyptian mythology, Anhur was originally a god of war who was worshipped in the Egyptian area of Abydos, and particularly in Thinis... , Egyptian warrior god. |
| Antum | 5.1°N 218.9°W | 14.7 | 1985 | Antum, Babylonian; wife of Anu. |
| Anu | 65.2°N 344.3°W | 55.0 | 1979 | Anu Anu In Sumerian mythology, Anu was a sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, Consort of Antu, spirits and demons, and dwelt in the highest heavenly regions. It was believed that he had the power to judge those who had committed crimes, and that he had created the stars as... , Sumerian-Akkadian god of power, of heavens. |
| Anubis | 84.2°S 128.9°W | 113.8 | 1988 | Anubis Anubis Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion. In the ancient Egyptian language, Anubis is known as Inpu . According to the Akkadian transcription in the Amarna letters, Anubis' name was vocalized as Anapa... , Egyptian jackal-headed god who opened the underworld to the dead. |
| Anzu | 63.5°N 62.5°W | 205.0 | 2000 | Anzu Zu (mythology) Zu, also known as Anzu and Imdugud, in Persian and Sumerian, is a lesser divinity of Akkadian mythology, and the son of the bird goddess Siris. He is also said to be conceived by the pure waters of the Apsu-gods and the wide Earth... , Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird. |
| Apophis | 8.0°S 276.0°W | 65.0 | 2000 | Apophis Apep In Egyptian mythology, Apep was an evil god, the deification of darkness and chaos , and thus opponent of light and Ma'at , whose existence was believed from the 8th Dynasty onwards... , Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence. |
| Ashîma | 39.1°S 123.0°W | 84.2 | 1985 | Ashîm, Semitic-Arab god of fate. |
| Asshur | 54.2°N 333.5°W | 25.6 | 1979 | Asshur Ashur (god) Ashur is the head of the Assyrian pantheon.... , Assyro-Babylonian warrior god. |
| Atra-hasis | 22.5°N 254.2°W | 125.0 | 2000 | Atra-hasis Atra-Hasis The 18th century BCE Akkadian epic of Atra-Hasis is named after its protagonist. An "Atra-Hasis" appears on one of the Sumerian king lists as king of Shuruppak in the times before the flood. The Atra-Hasis tablets include both a creation myth and a flood account, which is one of three surviving... , Exceedingly wise' hero of Akkadian myth, survived the great flood. |
| Aya | 68.3°N 322.2°W | 38.0 | 1979 | Aya Aya (goddess) Aya in Akkadian mythology was a mother goddess, consort of the sun god Shamash. She developed from the Sumerian goddess Šherida, consort of Utu.- History :... , Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Shamash. |
| Ba'al | 24.9°N 329.9°W | 43.2 | 1979 | Ba'al, Phoenician; Canaanite god. |
| Bau | 23.0°N 48.7°W | 80.2 | 1988 | Bau, Goddess who breathed into men the breath of life; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash. |
| Bes | 25.5°S 180.9°W | 61.0 | 1985 | Bes Bes Bes was an Egyptian deity worshipped in the later periods of dynastic history as a protector of households and in particular mothers and children. In time he would be regarded as the defender of everything good and the enemy of all that is bad... , Egyptian god of marriage. |
| Chrysor | 15.3°N 134.3°W | 6.9 | 1997 | Chrysor, Phoenician god; inventor of bait, fishing hooks and line, first to sail. |
| Cisti | 31.7°S 64.2°W | 69.6 | 1997 | Cisti CISTI The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information began in 1924 as the library of the National Research Council of Canada , the leading agency for research and development in Canada. This library took on the role of national science library unofficially in 1957 and became the official... , Iranian healing god. |
| Damkina | 30.0°S 5.0°W | 180.0 | 2006 | Damkina, Babylonian sky and health deity, queen of the gods, and mother of Marduk in some accounts. |
| Danel | 4.3°S 21.3°W | 55.2 | 1979 | Danel Danel Danel was a culture hero who appears in an incomplete Ugaritic text of the fourteenth century BCE at Ugarit , Syria, where the name is rendered DN'IL, "El is judge".- Danel :... , Phoenician; mythical hero versed in art of divination. |
| Dendera | 1.2°S 255.4°W | 82.2 | 2000 | Dendera Dendera Dendera is a small town in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile, about 5 km south of Qena, on the opposite side of the river.-History:... , Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.) |
| Diment | 23.1°N 351.8°W | 40.4 | 1979 | Diment, Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead. |
| Ea | 17.7°N 148.7°W | 19.1 | 1997 | Ea, Assyro-Babylonian god of water, wisdom, and the earth. |
| El El (crater) El is a crater on Ganymede. It has a small "pit" in its center. Craters with such a "central pit" are common across Ganymede and are especially intriguing since they may reveal secrets about the structure of the satellite's shallow subsurface.... |
1.0°N 151.4°W | 54.3 | 1997 | El El (god) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning "deity", cognate to Akkadian and then to Hebrew : Eli and Arabic ).... , "Father of Men", existed before the birth of gods. |
| Enkidu | 11.6°N 168.4°W | 5.0 | 1997 | Enkidu Enkidu Enkidu is a central figure in the Ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh. Enkidu was first created by Anu, the sky god, to rid Gilgamesh of his arrogance. In the story he is a wild-man raised by animals and ignorant of human society until he is bedded by Shamhat... , Friend of Gilgamesh. |
| Enlil | 26.6°S 325.2°W | 121.1 | 1982 | Enlil Enlil Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband, Robert Browning, shortly after her death.-Early life:Members... , Assyro-Babylonian; nature god of the air, hurricanes, and nature. |
| En-zu | 55.3°N 312.2°W | 34.4 | 1979 | Enzu, Babylonian moon god. |
| Epigeus | 23.4°N 180.6°W | 343.0 | 1997 | Epigeus, Phoenician god. |
| Erichthonius | 15.3°S 175.3°W | 30.5 | 1997 | Erichthonius Erichthonius of Dardania The mythical King Erichthonius of Dardania was the son of Dardanus or Darda, King of Dardania, and Batea,... , Possible father of Ganymede. |
| Eshmun | 17.4°S 192.1°W | 96.5 | 1979 | Eshmun Eshmun Eshmun was a Phoenician god of healing and the tutelary god of Sidon.This god was known at least from the Iron Age period at Sidon and was worshipped also in Tyre, Beirut, Cyprus, Sardinia, and in Carthage where the site of Eshmun's temple is now occupied by the chapel of Saint Louis.According to... , Phoenician; divinity of Sidon. |
| Etana | 74.7°N 340.5°W | 44.5 | 1979 | Etana Etana Etana was an ancient, legendary Sumerian king of the city of Kish, and was, according to the Sumerian king list, one of the kings who reigned after the deluge. He is listed as the successor of Arwium, the son of Mashda, as king of Kish... , Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir. |
| Gad | 13.6°S 137.6°W | 72.1 | 1985 | Gad Gad (deity) Gad was the name of the pan-Semitic god of fortune, and is attested in ancient records of Aram and Arabia. Gad is also mentioned by the Book of Isaiah , as having been worshipped by a number of Hebrews during the babylonian captivity. Gad apparently differed from the god of destiny, who was known... , Semitic god of fate or good fortune. |
| Geb | 56.3°N 182.6°W | 60.0 | 1985 | Geb Geb Geb was the Egyptian god of the Earth and a member of the Ennead of Heliopolis. It was believed in ancient Egypt that Geb's laughter was earthquakes and that he allowed crops to grow. The name was pronounced as such from the Greek period onward,... , Heliopolis Earth god. |
| Geinos | 18.6°N 219.4°W | 58.0 | 1985 | Geinos, Tyre; god of brick making. |
| Gilgamesh | 62.8°S 125.0°W | 153.0 | 1979 | Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Gilgamesh was the fifth king of Uruk, modern day Iraq , placing his reign ca. 2500 BC. According to the Sumerian king list he reigned for 126 years. In the Tummal Inscription, Gilgamesh, and his son Urlugal, rebuilt the sanctuary of the goddess Ninlil, in Tummal, a sacred quarter in her city of... , Assyro-Babylonian; sought immortality after Enkidu died. |
| Gir | 34.0°N 145.7°W | 73.2 | 1985 | Gir, Sumerian god of summer heat. |
| Gula Gula (crater) Gula is a crater on Ganymede. It is a fresh crater with a distinctive central peak.... |
64.1°N 12.3°W | 38.0 | 1979 | Gula Gula Nintinugga was a Babylonian goddess of healing, the consort of Ninurta. She is identical with another goddess, known as Bau, though it would seem that the two were originally independent.... , Assyro-Babylonian; health god. |
| Halieus | 34.3°N 167.1°W | 91.6 | 1985 | Halieus, Tyre; fisherman god. |
| Hapi | 30.6°S 212.6°W | 98.5 | 1988 | Hapi Hapy Hapi, sometimes transliterated as Hapy, not to be confused with another god of the same name, was a deification of the annual flooding of the Nile River in Ancient Egyptian religion, which deposited rich silt on its banks, allowing the Egyptians to grow crops. His name means Running One, probably... , Egyptian god of the Nile. |
| Harakhtes | 35.9°N 100.2°W | 108.0 | 2000 | Harakhtes, "Horus of the Two Horizons", form of Egyptian god Horus who represents the path of the sun. |
| Haroeris | 28.5°N 296.8°W | 70.0 | 2000 | Haroeris, Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon, a form of Horus. |
| Hathor | 66.9°S 268.6°W | 173.0 | 1979 | Hathor Hathor Hathor , is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt... , Egyptian goddess of joy and love. |
| Hay-tau | 14.5°N 133.1°W | 26.9 | 1997 | Hay-tau, Nega god, spirit of forest vegetation. |
| Hedetet | 33.0°S 251.1°W | 102.3 | 2000 | Hedetet Hedetet Hededet or Hedjedjet is a scorpion goddess of the ancient Egyptian religion. She resembles Serket in many ways, but was in later periods merged into Isis. She was depicted with the head of a scorpion, nursing a baby. She is mentioned in the Book of the Dead.... , Egyptian scorpion goddess. |
| Hershef | 47.3°N 269.5°W | 117.9 | 2000 | Hershef, Egyptian ram-headed god. |
| Humbaba | 55.2°S 67.3°W | 35.0 | 2000 | Humbaba Humbaba In Akkadian mythology Humbaba or Huwawa , also Humbaba the Terrible was a monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by Utu, the Sun... , Babylonian terrifying guardian of the cedar forests. |
| Ilah | 21.9°N 160.6°W | 79.6 | 1985 | Ilah, First Sumerian sky god. |
| Ilus | 13.4°S 110.3°W | 90.0 | 1985 | Ilus Ilus Ilus is the name of several mythological persons associated directly or indirectly with Troy.-Ilus :Homer's Iliad mentions at several points the tomb of Ilus son of Dardanus in the middle of the Trojan plain... , Ganymede's brother. |
| Irkalla | 32.6°S 114.7°W | 116.2 | 1985 | Irkalla Ereshkigal In Mesopotamian mythology, Ereshkigal was the goddess of Irkalla, the land of the dead or underworld. Sometimes her name is given as Irkalla, similar to the way the name Hades was used in Greek mythology for both the underworld and its ruler.Ereshkigal was the only one who could pass judgment and... , Sumerian goddess of underworld, seen by Enkidu in a dream. |
| Ishkur | 0.3°N 8.4°W | 67.6 | 1985 | Ishkur, Sumerian god of rain. |
| Isimu | 8.4°N 2°W | 89.5 | 1985 | Isimu, Sumerian god of vegetation. |
| Isis | 67.3°S 201.1°W | 75.3 | 1979 | Isis Isis Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic... , Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris. |
| Kadi | 47.7°N 178.5°W | 86.7 | 1985 | Kadi, Babylonian goddess of justice. |
| Keret | 16.0°N 35.2°W | 36.0 | 1979 | Keret, Phoenician hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery. |
| Khensu Khensu (crater) Khensu crater is a crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It is a dark-floored crater with a bright ejecta blanket located in the Uruk Sulcus region. The dark component may be residual material from the impactor that formed the crater. Another possibility is that the impactor may have punched through... |
1.0°N 152.9°W | 14.2 | 1997 | Khensu, Egyptian moon god. |
| Khepri | 20.4°N 147.6°W | 47.1 | 1997 | Khepri Khepri This article is about the Egyptian god. For the type of robot, see Khepera mobile robot.In Egyptian mythology, Khepri is the name of a major god. Khepri is associated with the dung beetle , whose behavior of maintaining spherical balls of dung represents the forces which move the sun... , God of transformations for the Heliopitans. |
| Khnum | 17.8°S 85.2°W | 45.0 | Khnum, Egyptian ram-headed creation god. Note: Provisional name Khnum changed to Nah-Hunte because of duplication with Khnum Catena. | |
| Khonsu | 37.5°S 190.8°W | 80.0 | 1988 | Khonsu, Egyptian moon god. |
| Khumbam | 24.1°S 335.4°W | 56.9 | 1979 | Khumbam, Assyro-Babylonian; Elamite creator god. |
| Kingu | 34.8°S 227.1°W | 78.0 | 1988 | Kingu Kingu Kingu, also spelled Qingu, meaning "unskilled laborer," was a god in Babylonian mythology, and — after the murder of his father Apsu — the consort of the goddess Tiamat, his mother, who wanted to establish him as ruler and leader of all gods before she was slain by Marduk. Tiamat gave Kingu the 3... , Assyro-Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man. |
| Kishar | 72.6°N 349.7°W | 79.0 | 1979 | Kishar Kishar In the Akkadian epic Enuma Elish, Kishar is the daughter of Lahmu and Lahamu, the first children of Tiamat and Apsu. She is the female principle, sister and wife of Anshar, the male principle, and the mother of Anu... , Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess. |
| Kittu Kittu (crater) Kittu crater is a crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It is approximately in diameter.The crater shows a bright white central peak and rim, and dark brownish material surrounding it. Diffuse dark rays, sprinkled thinly atop surrounding grooved terrain, emanate from the impact site... |
0.4°N 334.6°W | 15.0 | 1985 | Kittu, Assyro-Babylonian god of justice. |
| Kulla | 33.3°N 113.8°W | 92.4 | 1985 | Kulla, Sumerian god of brick making. |
| Lagamal | 64.4°N 244.8°W | 131.0 | 2000 | Lagamal, Son of Babylonian god Ea. |
| Latpon | 58.8°N 171.2°W | 42.0 | 1997 | Latpon, One of the sons of El. |
| Lugalmeslam | 23.8°N 193.8°W | 65.1 | 1997 | Lugalmeslam, Sumerian god of the underworld. |
| Lumha | 36.0°N 154.3°W | 57.8 | 1985 | Lumha, Title of Enki as patron of singers; also Babylonian priest. |
| Maa | 1.3°N 203.6°W | 31.7 | 1997 | Maa Maa - Film :Maa is a word meaning Mother in Bengali,Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. It also means Earth in Finnish and Estonian. It can refer to several things such as* Maa - Most popular tv serial in India, is aired on Star Jalsha... , Egyptian god of the sense of sight. |
| Mehit | 29.0°N 164.4°W | 47.2 | 1985 | Mehit, Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife. |
| Melkart | 9.9°S 186.2°W | 105.0 | 1979 | Melkart, Phoenician; divinity of Tyre. |
| Menhit | 36.5°S 140.5°W | 140.0 | 2006 | Menhit Menhit In Egyptian mythology, Menhit was originally a foreign war goddess. Her name depicts a warrior status, as it means massacres.When included among the Egyptian deities, she became the female counterpart of Anhur... , Egyptian lion and war goddess. |
| Min | 29.2°N 1.2°W | 33.1 | 1988 | Min Min (god) Min is an Ancient Egyptian god whose cult originated in predynastic times . He was represented in many different forms, but was often represented in male human form, shown with an erect penis which he holds in his left hand and an upheld right arm holding a flail... , Egyptian fertility god. |
| Mir | 3.3°S 230.3°W | 8.0 | 1985 | Mir, West Semitic god of wind. |
| Misharu | 4.4°S 335.9°W | 88.0 | 1985 | Misharu, Assyro-Babylonian god of law. |
| Mont | 44.6°N 311.9°W | 15.0 | 1997 | Mont Menthu In Ancient Egyptian religion, Monthu was a falcon-god of war. Monthu's name, shown in Egyptian hieroglyphs to the right, is technically transcribed as mntw... , Theban war god. |
| Mor | 30.5°N 327.4°W | 41.3 | 1979 | Mor, Phoenician; spirit of the harvest. |
| Mot | 9.9°N 165.9°W | 23.3 | 1997 | Mot Mot In Ugaritic Mot 'Death' is personified as a god of death. The word is cognate with forms meaning 'death' in other Semitic and Afro-Asiatic languages: with Arabic موت mawt; with Hebrew מות ; with Maltese mewt; with Syriac mautā; with Ge'ez mot; with Canaanite, Egyptian Aramaic, Nabataean, and... , Spirit of the harvest, one of the sons of El. |
| Mush | 15.1°S 114.8°W | 99.3 | 1985 | Mush, Sumerian male deity; upper parts are human, lower parts a serpent. |
| Nabu | 45.4°S 1.2°W | 40.0 | 1979 | Nabu Nabu Nabu is the Assyrian and Babylonian god of wisdom and writing, worshipped by Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and as the grandson of Ea. Nabu's consort was Tashmetum.... , Sumerian god of intellectual activity. |
| Nah-Hunte | 17.8°S 85.2°W | 49.4 | 2000 | Nah-Hunte, Elamite god of light and justice. |
| Namtar | 58.3°S 340.8°W | 49.2 | 1979 | Namtar Namtar In Mesopotamian mythology Namtar was a hellish deity, god of death, and the messenger of An, Ereshkigal, and Nergal.Namtar was the son of Enlil and Erishkigal and was considered responsible for diseases and pests... , Assyro-Babylonian plague demon. |
| Nanna | 17.6°S 241.9°W | 56.0 | 1985 | Nanna Sin (mythology) Sin or Nanna was the god of the moon in Mesopotamian mythology. Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and became identified with Semitic Sin. The two chief seats of Nanna's/Sin's worship were Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and Harran in the north.- Name :The original meaning of... , Sumerian moon god; god of wisdom. |
| Nefertum | 44.3°N 321.1°W | 28.7 | 1997 | Nefertum, Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah. |
| Neheh | 72.1°N 62.5°W | 54.0 | 1985 | Neheh, Egyptian god of eternity. |
| Neith Neith (crater) Neith crater is a crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system.Impact features like Neith have been called "penepalimpsests" by some investigators or "dome craters" by others and are considered to be transitional between craters and palimpsests. Palimpsests are bright,... |
29.4°N 7.0°W | 87.6 | 1988 | Neith Neith In Egyptian mythology, Neith was an early goddess in the Egyptian pantheon. She was the patron deity of Sais, where her cult was centered in the Western Nile Delta of Egypt and attested as early as the First Dynasty... , Egyptian warrior goddess; goddess of domestic arts. |
| Nergal Nergal (crater) Nergal crater is a crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It has a distinctive ejecta blanket surrounding it that's darker nearer the craters and brighter further away. The inner region of the ejecta is characterized by a lobate appearance indicative of the flow of a liquid substance over the surface... |
38.6°N 200.3°W | 9.6 | 1997 | Nergal Nergal The name Nergal, Nirgal, or Nirgali refers to a deity in Babylon with the main seat of his cult at Cuthah represented by the mound of Tell-Ibrahim. Nergal is mentioned in the Hebrew bible as the deity of the city of Cuth : "And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal"... , Assyro-Babylonian king of the underworld. |
| Nidaba | 17.7°N 123.2°W | 199.4 | 1985 | Nidaba Nidaba Nanibgal , also Nisaba or Nidaba was the Sumerian goddess of writing, learning, and the harvest. Her sanctuaries were E-zagin at Eresh and at Umma. On a depiction found in Lagash, she appears with flowing hair, crowned with horned tiara bearing supporting ears of corn and a crescent moon... , Sumerian grain goddess. |
| Nigirsu | 58.2°S 320.5°W | 53.3 | 1979 | Nigirsu, Assyro-Babylonian; god of the fields, war god. |
| Ningishzida | 14.1°N 189.8°W | 32.0 | 1997 | Ningishzida Ningishzida Ningishzida is a Mesopotamian deity of the underworld. His name in Sumerian is translated as "lord of the good tree" by Thorkild Jacobsen.... , Sumerian vegetation god. |
| Ninkasi | 59.2°N 48.7°W | 81.0 | 1988 | Ninkasi Ninkasi Ninkasi is the ancient Sumerian matron goddess of the intoxicating beverage, beer.Her father was Enki, the lord Nudimmud, and her mother was Ninti, the queen of the Abzu. She is also one of the eight children created in order to heal one of the eight wounds that Enki receives. Furthermore, she is... , Sumerian goddess of brewing. |
| Ninki | 8.2°S 120.5°W | 194.2 | 1985 | Ninki, Consort to Ea, Babylonian god of water. |
| Ninlil | 6.2°N 118.3°W | 90.8 | 1985 | Ninlil Ninlil In Sumerian religion, Ninlil , also called Sud, in Assyrian called Mullitu, is the consort goddess of Enlil. Her parentage is variously described. Most commonly she is called the daughter of Haia and Nunbarsegunu... , Chief Assyrian goddess; Asshur's consort. |
| Ninsum | 14.5°S 140.6°W | 88.2 | 1985 | Ninsum, Minor Babylonian goddess of wisdom; Gilgamesh's mother. |
| Nut | 54.3°S 269.3°W | 93.0 | 1979 | Nut Nut (goddess) In the Ennead of Egyptian mythology, Nut was the goddess of the sky.-Goddess of the sky:... , Egyptian goddess of the sky. |
| Osiris | 38.1°S 166.4°W | 107.7 | 1979 | Osiris Osiris Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and... , Egyptian god of the dead. |
| Ptah | 65.9°S 217.0°W | 30.2 | 1988 | Ptah Ptah In Ancient Egyptian Religion, Ptah was the deification of the primordial mound in the Ennead cosmogony, which was more literally referred to as Ta-tenen , meaning risen land, or as Tanen, meaning submerged land, though Tatenen was a god in his... , Sovereign god of Memphis; patron of artisans. |
| Punt | 24.9°S 239.9°W | 135.0 | 1997 | Punt Land of Punt The Land of Punt, also called Pwenet, or Pwene by the ancient Egyptians, was a trading partner known for producing and exporting gold, aromatic resins, African blackwood, ebony, ivory, slaves and wild animals... , Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed from Punt Facula. |
| Ruti | 13.2°N 308.6°W | 16.0 | 1979 | Ruti Rüti Rüti, which comes from the Old High German word riod, meaning clearing is a popular name for towns in the German speaking part of Switzerland... , Phoenician; Byblos god. |
| Saltu | 14.2°S 352.7°W | 40.0 | 2006 | Saltu, Babylonian goddess of discord and hostility. |
| Sapas | 57.4°N 33.9°W | 56.0 | 1979 | Shapash, Assyro-Babylonian; torch of the gods. |
| Sati | 30.9°N 12.8°W | 94.7 | 1988 | Sati Satis In Egyptian mythology, Satis was the deification of the floods of the Nile River, and her cult originated in the ancient city of Swenet, now called Aswan on the southern edge of Egypt. Her name means she who shoots forth referring to the annual flooding of the river... , Wife of Khnum, Egyptian god of the Cataracts. |
| Sebek | 61.2°N 356.9°W | 65.0 | 1979 | Sebek, Egyptian crocodile god. |
| Seima | 17.1°N 215.9°W | 38.0 | 1985 | Seima, Mother goddess of the Arameans. |
| Seker | 39.2°S 345.5°W | 103.4 | 1988 | Seker Seker Seker or Sokar is a falcon god of the Memphite necropolis. Although the meaning of his name remains uncertain the Egyptians themselves in the Pyramid Texts linked his name to the anguished cry of Osiris to Isis 'Sy-k-ri' , in the underworld. Seker is strongly linked with two other gods, Ptah the... , Egyptian god of the dead at Memphis. |
| Selket | 15.0°N 105.8°W | 172.3 | 1985 | Selket, Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead. |
| Serapis | 12.5°S 44.1°W | 169.3 | 1997 | Serapis Serapis Serapis or Sarapis is a Graeco-Egyptian name of God. Serapis was devised during the 3rd century BC on the orders of Ptolemy I of Egypt as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in his realm. The god was depicted as Greek in appearance, but with Egyptian trappings, and combined iconography... , Egyptian healing god. |
| Shu | 43.2°N 356.8°W | 44.1 | 1988 | Shu Shu (Egyptian deity) In Egyptian mythology, Shu is one of the primordial gods, a personification of air, one of the Ennead of Heliopolis. He was created by Atum, his father and Iusaaset, his mother in the city of Heliopolis. With his sister, Tefnut , he was the father of Nut and Geb... , Egyptian god of air. |
| Sin | 52.9°N 357.5°W | 19.0 | 1979 | Sin Sin (mythology) Sin or Nanna was the god of the moon in Mesopotamian mythology. Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and became identified with Semitic Sin. The two chief seats of Nanna's/Sin's worship were Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and Harran in the north.- Name :The original meaning of... , Babylonian moon god. |
| Tammuz | 13.4°N 230.6°W | 51.0 | 1985 | Tammuz, Egyptian childbirth goddess. |
| Tanit | 57.5°N 36.6°W | 26.0 | 1979 | Tanit Tanit Tanit was a Phoenician lunar goddess, worshipped as the patron goddess at Carthage. Tanit was worshiped in Punic contexts in the Western Mediterranean, from Malta to Gades into Hellenistic times. From the fifth century BCE onwards Tanit is associated with that of Baal Hammon... , Akkadian youthful god of vegetation; Ishtar's son. |
| Tashmetum | 39.7°S 264.5°W | 135.0 | 2000 | Tashmetum Tashmetum Tashmetum is an Akkadian goddess, the consort of the god Nabu.... , Assyro-Babylonian; Carthaginian goddess. |
| Ta-urt | 27.6°N 304.1°W | 94.4 | 1988 | Taurt, Assyro-Babylonian goddess who invented writing with her husband Nabu. |
| Teshub | 68.5°S 279.6°W | 188.0 | 1994 | Teshub Teshub Teshub was the Hurrian god of sky and storm. He was derived from the Hattian Taru. His Hittite and Luwian name was Tarhun , although this name is from the Hittite root *tarh- to defeat, conquer.- Depiction and myths :He is depicted holding a triple... , Elamite god of the tempest. |
| Thoth | 43.3°S 147.2°W | 102.5 | 1985 | Thoth Thoth Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat... , Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences. |
| Tros | 11.1°N 27.3°W | 93.9 | 1979 | Tros Tros In Greek mythology, Tros was a ruler of Troy and the son of Erichthonius by Astyoche or of Ilus I, from whom he inherited the throne. Tros was the father of three sons: Ilus, Assaracus, and Ganymedes. He is the eponym of Troy, also named Ilion for his son Ilus... , Greek; father of Ganymede. |
| Upuant | 46.4°N 319.5°W | 16.5 | 1997 | Upuant, Jackal-headed warrior god, god of the dead. |
| Wadjet | 53.8°S 268.9°W | 100.0 | 2000 | Wadjet Wadjet In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet, or the Green One , was originally the ancient local goddess of the city of Dep , which became part of the city that the Egyptians named Per-Wadjet, House of... , Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut. |
| We-ila | 12.4°S 290.3°W | 36.3 | 2000 | We-ila, Akkadian god from whom the hero Atra-hasis was created. |
| Wepwawet | 69.9°S 59.8°W | 87.0 | 2000 | Wepwawet Wepwawet In late Egyptian mythology, Wepwawet was originally a war deity, whose cult centre was Asyut in Upper Egypt . His name means, opener of the ways... , Ancient Egyptian jackal deity. |
| Zakar | 31.2°N 333.7°W | 170.0 | 1997 | Zakar, Assyrian supreme deity. |
| Zaqar | 58.2°N 37.3°W | 33.0 | 1979 | Zaqar Zaqar In Mesopotamian mythology, Zaqar or Dzakar is the messenger of the god Sin. He relays these messages to mortals through his power over their dreams and nightmares.... , Assyro-Babylonian; Sin's messenger who brought dreams to men. |