http://www.metafilter.com/tags/tableofgods Posts tagged with 'tableofgods' at MetaFilter. Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:43:10 -0800 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:43:10 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/57169/Ye%2DLargishe%2DList%2Dov%2DGods%2Dand%2DSpirits I want to love <a href="http://folk.ntnu.no/wiborg/tableofgods/index.php">the Table of Gods</a>, a list of "4862 gods, godesses, deities, avatars, incarnations, angels, demons and various spirits, and 520 aliases, mispronounciations and generally confusing name variations." There isn't much more than a list of names with short descriptions, but you can search by <a href="http://folk.ntnu.no/wiborg/tableofgods/index.php?sort=keywordlist">keyword</a> (say, <a href="http://folk.ntnu.no/wiborg/tableofgods/index.php? sort=keywordsearch&searchstr=chthonic">chthonic</a>), by <a href="http://folk.ntnu.no/wiborg/tableofgods/index.php?sort=originlist">origin</a> (e.g., <a href="http://folk.ntnu.no/wiborg/tableofgods/index.php?sort=originsearch&searchstr=Canaan">Canaan</a>), and by <a href="http://folk.ntnu.no/wiborg/tableofgods/index.php?sort=name">name</a>. The information and presentation are not in the same league as <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/2564">Encyclopedia Mythica</a>, or even <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/35137">Godchecker</a>, but it does list <a href="http://folk.ntnu.no/wiborg/tableofgods/index.php?sort=namesearch&searchstr=Hanuman">Hanuman</a>. <br><br>The listings invite you to add keywords and comments, but unfortunately the feature is broken. You can add either, but they are appended unmoderated to the record for "A", which is consequently <a href="http://folk.ntnu.no/wiborg/tableofgods/index.php?sort=namesearch&searchstr=A">a mess</a>. If I've been a good boy this year, this feature will work and be gleaning meaningful user contributions on Christmas morning, and I will get to love the Table of Gods. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.57169 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:43:10 -0800 mythology tableofgods owhydididoit