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The History of God
FIELD No. 83E0
Visual depiction of Ukko

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

Vol. II · Polytheism · sky

Ukko

Finnish sky god

wielding his hammer and sending thunderstorms across the Baltic, king of gods enthroned on a cloud with his eagle

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

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 Cronos

Cronos

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Hevioso

Hevioso

Mixed Pantheons (set 5)

 Visual depiction of Mama Quilla

Mama Quilla

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Parvati

Parvati

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian

 Visual depiction of Tarhunna

Tarhunna

Mixed Pantheons (set 4)

 Visual depiction of Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Vedic/Sumerian/Mesopotamian