The Dialogue-The 17 Gods & Goddesses

All religions teach us to make this world a better place. Building a consensus of co-existence and mutual understanding among the religious communities is a crucial task.

Ganesha, the Sumerian worshipers, the Mayan corn god, the Aboriginal lightning god, Navaho sand paintings, God Tarnis, Gilgamesh, etc. have perhaps nothing in common but they are all images used for devotion and conduits to the spirit world. Sacred reality is reflected through symbolic language in all cultures, a vast inheritance of intercultural archetypal iconography. Many images have survived time but for some of them, the meaning has been lost. Choices in “The Dialogue” focus on images that predate the birth of Christ. The selections reflect a fascination with hands, eyes, gender, seated poses, and the realization that none of the archetypal iconographic paintings were fully human.

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Glyph An image that reflects multiple iconic symbols, common to many cultures past and present.	Gilgamesh 2700 B.C. 5th King of Ur in Babylonia, ruling for 126 years on the River Euphrates in modern Iraq. His writings are the oldest existing records of written language.	Navajo 1000AD Sand Paintings from Native America ,commonly called dry painting and represent the "places where the gods come and go" in the Navajo language.	Corn God 30AD In Mayan mythology, Yum Caax, personified as the god of maize and the god of agriculture and nature.

Sumerian worshipers 2,600 BC Akkadian, Assyrian, Sumerian and Amorites cultures sculpted these figurines, placed in temples to represent personal constant prayer in an absence of the congegrate.	Lilith 1778 BC Iraquean Queen of the night, symbolizing the sun, flanked by owls, symbols of wisdom and perched upon a double lioness.	Ganesha, 400AD One of the best-known and most widely worshiped deities in the Hindu pantheon.	Celtic 600BC The image is taken for the relief found on the Gundestrup Cauldron, in Denmark.

Four Faced Buddah Indiane God of creation, known for showing mercy and benevolence. 4 symbolizes the source of all knowledge in creation of the Universe.	Japan 700 BC Ritual figure, called Shakko-Dogu represents the invisible forces of nature and the universe.	Nigeria 1000 BC Central Nigeria’s highly advanced culture of Nok, a known refined African civilization that mysteriously vanished around 200 AD.	Agean Snake Goddess 1,600 BC The Minoan culture in Knossos Create housed the prototypes for gods like Olympus and Athena.

Nefertari & God Horus 3,000 BC Horus was the god of the sky and is usually depicted as a falcon or a man with a falcon's head wearing the crown of all Egypt.	Huehueteotl Aztec Huehueteotl is one of the oldest deities from ancient America. Huehueteotl is the “Fire God.”	Incas of Peru 950 AD According to the Inca religion, the sun represents their main god, called Inti. The head vault represents the rainbow, a celestial vault.	Austarlia 1,200 BC Australian cave painting. Aboriginal Lightning spirit, Aboriginal elders gathered round these sacred rocks and cave interiors to perform solemn rituals.

Artemis or Diana 550 BC. The Ephesians worshiped the goddess Artemis, whose temple in Ephesus was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.