Jordan, Michael;
Encyclopedia of gods :over 2,500 deities of the world
Facts on File 1993-07 Hardcover, 337 pages
ISBN 0816029091
topics: | reference | religion
blurb: more than 2,500 deities, from the most ancient gods of polytheistic societies - Hittite, Sumerian, Mesopotamian - to the most contemporary gods of the major monotheistic religions - Allah, God, Yahweh. Among the cultures included are African peoples, Albanian, Pre-Islamic Arabian, Aztec, Babylonian, Buddhist, Canaanite, Celtic, Egyptian, Native American, Etruscan, Germanic, Greek, Roman, Hindu, Persian, Polynesian, and Shinto.