The Forgotten Gods

The Forgotten Gods: Deities the World Tried to Erase
By Maya Turner

Across centuries of conquest and conversion, countless gods once worshipped by entire civilizations were silenced, demonised, or forgotten. Their temples crumbled, their names were struck from records, and their images shattered-yet their echoes remain.

In The Forgotten Gods, Maya Turner uncovers the suppressed history of deities the world tried to erase. From the storm-lord Baal condemned in biblical texts, to Seth the Egyptian god recast as a demon, to the Celtic land spirits hidden beneath Christian saints, these chapters bring back into focus the divine figures who once shaped human destiny.

Inside this book, you will discover:

• How gods were deliberately erased through conquest, censorship, and demonisation
• The survival of forgotten deities in folklore, saints, and even demons
• The psychological and political forces behind divine suppression
• What these lost gods reveal about humanity's struggle with power, fear, and memory

Written with historical accuracy and a haunting sense of atmosphere, The Forgotten Gods is not a book of fantasy but a mirror of humanity's oldest truths.

To read it is to step into broken temples, ruined shrines, and buried myths-and to hear the voices of gods who refuse to be forgotten.

For readers of mythology, history, folklore, and the occult, this is a compelling journey into the shadows of the divine.