Directory 26,567 records
Across cultures.
Across time.
Every record here, by kind and by tradition — each one a page, in two clicks.
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By kind and by tradition
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Gods, people, places, festivals.
Each kind is a list of its own — most linked first, the events in order of date — with a page for every record in it.
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Traditions
Religions, schools and movements 2,710 records -
Pantheons
Gods a culture counted together 97 records -
Deities
Gods, goddesses and divine beings 4,089 records -
Figures
Founders, prophets, saints and teachers 7,622 records -
Places
Temples and shrines 8,540 records Archaeological sites 380 Holy cities 44 -
Practices
Festivals, holy days, rites and pilgrimages 555 records -
Events
Councils, conclaves, schisms and crusades 513 records -
Texts
Scriptures, epics and commentaries 1,237 records -
Stories
Myths and sacred stories 227 records -
Offices
Seats passed from holder to holder 238 records -
Houses
Dynasties and ruling families 540 records -
Institutions
Orders, churches, councils and states 5,961 records -
Objects
Relics, vessels and objects of veneration 8 records -
Every place,
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By tradition
Every collection, and what it holds.
A collection is a set of traditions read together. Each opens its own page, or goes straight to its largest lists.
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2,177 recordsIslam
Arabia, North Africa, the Near East, South and Southeast Asia and beyond, 7th century CE to the present.
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1,943 recordsBuddhist traditions
India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan, roughly 500 BCE to the present.
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1,718 recordsSouth Asian traditions
Indian subcontinent and its diaspora, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.
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1,562 recordsJudaism
Levant, Mesopotamia, Europe, North Africa and the diaspora, roughly 1000 BCE to the present.
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1,007 recordsEast Asian traditions
China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the diaspora, roughly 1200 BCE to the present.
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321 recordsCeltic, Slavic and Baltic
Western, central and eastern Europe, roughly 500 BCE to 1500 CE.
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287 recordsMesoamerica and the Andes
Mexico, Central America and the Andes, roughly 1500 BCE to 1600 CE and after.
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247 recordsMesopotamia and the Levant
Tigris–Euphrates, Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean coast, roughly 3500 BCE to 200 CE.
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212 recordsNorse and Germanic
Scandinavia, the North Sea and the Germanic-speaking world, roughly 500 BCE to 1200 CE.
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156 recordsAnatolia and the ancient Balkans
Anatolia, the Aegean and the Balkans, roughly 1700 BCE to 300 CE.
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96 recordsAfrican traditions
Sub-Saharan Africa and the Atlantic diaspora, antiquity to the present.
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94 recordsIranian traditions
Iranian plateau, Mesopotamia and the Roman frontier, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.
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45 recordsSteppe, Siberia and the Arctic
Eurasian steppe, Siberia and northern Scandinavia, roughly 800 BCE to the present.
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