How we keep it accurate
Mythology is messy. The same god can have different parents in two poems written a generation apart, and much of what people "know" about Loki or Hades comes from films rather than the old texts. So every tradition page says what its oldest sources are and who wrote them down, every family tree follows the most widely cited version, and every character page lists where the sources disagree.
Where a story is a modern reconstruction rather than something a medieval or ancient source actually says - as with most of the Slavic gods, or the idea of Danu as mother of all the Irish gods - we label it as one. Relatives without a full profile yet still appear in the trees, drawn with dashed boxes.
Each character and family page also links to matching name generators, if you like the sound of a tradition but want new names in the same style rather than the historical ones.
Common Questions
Which mythology has the oldest written sources?
Egyptian. The Pyramid Texts were carved around 2400-2300 BCE, while Egyptians still worshipped these gods. Greek myth was written down by Homer and Hesiod around 700 BCE. Norse and Irish myths, by contrast, were recorded by Christian writers centuries after conversion, and almost no native Slavic myth was ever written down.
What's on each mythology page?
Every tradition page (like Norse or Greek Mythology) opens with an overview of the pantheon and its sources, then lists its family groups and individual character profiles. Each character page covers their role, domain, symbols, alternate spellings, and how they connect to the rest of the family tree.
How accurate are the family trees?
Family trees are built from the relationships recorded in the primary sources - the Eddas, Hesiod and Homer, the Kojiki, Lebor Gabála Érenn and so on. Genealogies often contradict each other between regions and eras, so each tree draws the most widely cited version, and the character page lists where the sources disagree (for example, Homer and Hesiod give Aphrodite different parents). Where a family exists only in modern reconstructions, as with most Slavic gods, we say so instead of drawing it.
Can I use these names for my own project?
Yes — mythological names are public domain and commonly used for characters, pets, usernames, and creative projects. Each tradition and character page links to matching name generators (like Norse God Names or Greek Goddess Names) if you want AI-generated names in the same style rather than the historical names themselves.
