Abstract
Archival Preface
These ledgers record the descent lines most consistently supported by temple registries, relic inscriptions, and rites with stable outcomes.
They are not a claim of completeness. They are a claim of what can be written without turning history into wishful ink.
Standards of Certainty
- [Record | High confidence] — corroborated rite-results, stable inscriptions, convergent registries.
- [Consensus | Medium–High confidence] — broad agreement across traditions; incomplete verification.
- [Inference | Medium confidence] — simplest explanation consistent with Record/Consensus.
- [Hypothesis | Low–Medium confidence] — plausible but unverified, disputed, or unsafe to test.
Archivist note right
If a lineage cannot survive repetition by independent hands, it does not belong in a ledger. It belongs in a hymn.
How to Read These Ledgers
- Descent is recorded as Parent → Child.
- Union is recorded as A ∪ B → Offspring.
- Where traditions disagree, I record the lowest-controversy structure and note disputes only when they affect rites.
Ledger I: The Sky–Earth Wreath (Sanctioned)
I. Primordial Pair (Earliest Convergent Line)
| Entity | Title | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Ouranos | Primordial Skies | [Consensus | Medium] |
| Gaia | Primordial Earth | [Consensus | Medium] |
[Inference | Medium confidence] The Sky–Earth line is the most widely cross-referenced because later pantheons repeatedly ground their legitimacy in it.
Archivist note left
Every court wants a pedigree. The Sky and Earth are convenient ancestors: too vast to contradict, too old to sue.
II. Titan Descent (Core Line)
Ouranos ∪ Gaia → The Titans
[Consensus | Medium confidence] The core Titan list appears with strong consistency across registries:
- Oceanus
- Coeus
- Crius
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Cronus
- Rhea
- Theia
- Mnemosyne
- Phoebe
- Tethys
- (Additional Titans and local epithets vary by region.)
Archivist note right
The moment the list becomes “complete,” it becomes political. I prefer the humility of “core line” and the honesty of “variants.”
III. Olympian Descent (Primary Line)
Cronus ∪ Rhea → The First Olympian Siblings
[Record | High confidence] This sibling set is the most stable across sanctioned rites and temple lineages:
- Hestia
- Demeter
- Hera
- Hades
- Poseidon
- Zeus
From these, the Olympian line proliferates through unions, adoptions, and apotheoses. Because the third generation becomes cyclical (and frequently disputed), I record it as a set of appendices rather than a single “clean” chart.
Appendix A: Zeus-Line (Selected, widely attested)
[Consensus | Medium] To be expanded per temple registry cluster (Olympus, regional cults, oath-houses).
Appendix B: Sea-Line (Selected, widely attested)
[Consensus | Medium] To be expanded.
Appendix C: Underworld-Line (Selected, widely attested)
[Consensus | Medium] To be expanded.
Archivist note left
I am not withholding names out of mystery. I am withholding them out of exhaustion. A wreath does not fit on one page without lying.
Ledger II: The Dragon Descent (Separate Registry)
I. Primordial Authority
| Entity | Title | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Tiamat | Primordial Dragon | [Consensus | Medium] |
[Consensus | Medium confidence] Dragon genealogies preserve their own accounting methods and rarely reconcile cleanly with Sky–Earth registries. Where they intersect, the records are often territorial rather than devotional.
Appendix: Chromatic Broods / First Clutches
[Hypothesis | Low–Medium] To be compiled from draconic inscriptions and verified oath-witness accounts.
Archivist note right
Dragons do not keep history to remember. They keep it to claim.
Ledger III: The Boundary Lines (Rites of Change and Closure)
I. Paired Authorities
| Entity | Title | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Izanagi | Sage of Chaos | [Consensus | Medium] |
| Izanami | Primordial Death | [Consensus | Medium–High] |
[Record | High confidence] Rites concerning endings, sealing, and irreversible thresholds show the most consistent alignment with Izanami’s signature.
Appendix: Recorded Offspring and Derived Authorities
[Consensus | Medium] To be compiled where registries agree across three or more independent archives.
Archivist note left
Death is the cleanest line in any genealogy: it does not tolerate ambiguity for long.
II. Singular Authority
| Entity | Title | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Lobon | The Sacred Spear | [Consensus | Medium] |
[Consensus | Medium confidence] Lobon appears most often in verdict-rites, oath-enforcement, and “decisive consequence” traditions. Descent claims vary widely; therefore, Lobon is catalogued here by rite-signature rather than by parentage.
Pending Work
- Regional pantheon ledgers (one pantheon per page) to prevent wreath-entanglement from collapsing into contradiction.
- Cross-ledger union index (Sky–Earth ↔ Sea, Sky–Earth ↔ Underworld, etc.), to be built from temple registries and relic provenance.