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The History of God
FIELD No. 8CC4
Visual depiction of Aphrodite

Hover to play loop & narration. Visual depiction; cultural attribution in the metadata below.

Vol. II · Polytheism · love

Aphrodite

Greek goddess of love

emerging from sea foam on a scallop shell, doves and roses surrounding her, Cupid hovering above with bow drawn

Organization
Mixed Bronze-Age pantheons (Vedic + Mesopotamian)
Time period
c. 2000 BCE – 500 BCE
Location
Eurasia (India + Mesopotamia)
Archetype
love

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of Andal

Andal

Mixed Pantheons (set 4)

 Visual depiction of Ereshkigal

Ereshkigal

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Janus

Janus

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Nana Asma'u

Nana Asma'u

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

 Visual depiction of Saraswati

Saraswati

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Vulcan

Vulcan

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian